Unit 7: The Roaring 20s Name: ______
Study Guide Date: ______
1. He was a great trumpet player and musician of the Jazz Age. He became known as America’s Ambassador of Goodwill when he traveled to Europe and Africa.
2. This treaty was rarified by 64 nations. Countries agreed to abandon war “as an instrument of national policy” and to settle disputes by peaceful means.
3. He was a left-handed pitcher and outfielder in baseball. He set records for home runs and played most of his career for the New York Yankees.
4. These business places sold liquor illegally during Prohibition.
5. This economic group did not share in the Coolidge prosperity of the 1920’s. Better technology led to increased production and a surplus of crops. This caused prices to fall and created hardships for this group. Some say the Great Depression started 9 years earlier for this group.
6. That Harding administrations most infamous scandal.
7. This is the name given to people who made illegal liquor or smuggled it in from foreign countries.
8. The 30th President of the U.S. that Said, “the chief business of America is business.” He served as President from 1923 to 1929 and was nicknamed “Silent Cal”.
9. This is an original American form of music based on blues and ragtime. It allows the musicians to improvise.
10. He campaigned for the presidency in 1920 and promised a “return to normalcy.”
11. Members of this group believed in the superiority of white Anglo-Saxons and declared themselves to be the defenders of Traditional/Rural American values.
12. He flew the first nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris in 1927.
13. The other two names for the 18th Amendment (Prohibition) that made the manufacture and sale of liquor illegal throughout the
United States.
14. This trial was a debate on the right of public school teachers to teach the scientific theory of evolution.
15. He was the attorney general during President Wilson’s administration that led raids against communists after a bomb exploded out side of his house.
16. This scientist conducted research in bacteria and was instrumental in developing penicillin.
17. He revolutionized the automobile industry with mass production methods. He also started a profit-sharing plan for employees.
18. The court case where two Italian immigrants were convicted with circumstantial evidence on murder charges. It was an example of how Americans feared foreigners and sometimes discriminated against immigrants.
19. He was a gangster who tried to control the liquor trade in Chicago. He arranged the St. Valentine’s Day massacre against Bugs Moran’s mob and was later convicted on tax evasion.
20. This literary movement in part of New York City produced many great African-American writers, artists, and musicians.
21. This Act made immigration restriction the permanent policy of the Federal government. The act was clearly meant to discriminate against certain nationalities and races.
22. The name given to women were seen in public dancing, smoking, drinks, and wearing flashy clothing in public.
23. The name given to the raids made on private homes of suspected Communist sympathizers and on the headquarters of labor and radical organizations in 1919 and 1920.
24. Eight-nation conference in Washington, D.C. that lasted from November 1921 to February 1922. The purpose of the conference was to stop the competitive naval buildup and competition over trade with China.
Short Answer:
25. What was the goal of Prohibition and did it work?
Essay
26. Where did American’s fear and dislike of immigrants during the 1920s come from?
27. Describe the three major impacts that the Automobile had on society.
28. Define Anarchy and Communism using complete sentences.
29. Fill in the Blank: How did prosperity work during the 1920s?
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