2. People of the 1920’s Peacetime ChangesJazz AgeEconomy 10 20 30 40 50 40 30 20 10 50 40 30 20 10 50 40 30 20 10 50 40 30 20 10

3. Topic 1 – 10 Points QUESTION: What is the vocabulary word for reducing and/or limiting the military? ANSWER: disarmament

4. Topic 1 – 20 Points QUESTION: What is the vocabulary term which means the state owns the means of production, and a single party rules? ANSWER: communism

5. Topic 1 – 30 Points QUESTION: Describe the Teapot Dome scandal. ANSWER: The Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Albert Fall, secretly leased land and its oil reserves to an oil man. In return, he received a kickback of $400,000.

6. Topic 1 – 40 Points QUESTION: Why did President Calvin Coolidge feel that the government had the right to intervene in foreign matters? ANSWER: Coolidge felt the government had the right to intervene in situations if it had to do with affecting American business.

7. Topic 1 – 50 Points QUESTION: What made Woodrow Wilson and fellow Democrats so unpopular following World War I.? (Hint: two answers) ANSWER: The mishandling of the Treaty of Versailles A failing economy/recession

8. Topic 2 – 10 Points QUESTION: What is the vocabulary word that means illegal taverns that served liquor? ANSWER: speakeasies

9. Topic 2 – 20 Points QUESTION: What was the vocabulary word that meant liquor smugglers? ANSWER: bootleggers

10. Topic 2 – 30 Points QUESTION: What two areas of the world was liquor frequently smuggled from? ANSWER: Canada The Caribbean

11. Topic 2 – 40 Points QUESTION: In what three ways did the automobile change Americans lives? ANSWER: Freedom/Independence It provided new business/jobs Rest Stops (Ex. gas stations, and restaurants)

12. Topic 2 – 50 Points QUESTION: Who were the first two female governors, and what states were they the governors of? ANSWER: Nellie Tayloe Ross- Wyoming Miriam “Ma” Ferguson- Texas

13. Topic 3 – 10 Points QUESTION: What is the vocabulary word that meant a new type of music that originated in the city of New Orleans? ANSWER: jazz

14. Topic 3 – 20 Points QUESTION: Who was the first pilot to fly nonstop across the Atlantic? ANSWER: Charles Lindbergh

15. Topic 3 – 30 Points QUESTION: Name three major social critics during the Roaring 20’s? ANSWER: F. Scott Fitzgerald Ernest Hemingway Sinclair Lewis

16. Topic 3 – 40 Points QUESTION: Name three people that made significant contributions during the Harlem Renaissance. ANSWER: Langston Hughes James Weldon Johnson Zara Neale Hurston

17. Topic 3 – 50 Points QUESTION: The game of mah-jonng was invented by what group of people? ANSWER: The Chinese

18. Topic 4 – 10 Points QUESTION: What is the vocabulary word that means a period of rising stock prices? ANSWER: bull market

19. Topic 4 – 20 Points QUESTION: What is the vocabulary word that means borrowing money in order to pay stocks? ANSWER: buying on margin

20. Topic 4 – 30 Points QUESTION: What two occupations suffered the most following World War I.? ANSWER: agriculture industry

21. Topic 4 – 40 Points QUESTION: What idea kept out goods that ultimately would have competed with domestic products? ANSWER: Creating higher tariffs on imported goods

22. Topic 4 – 50 Points QUESTION: What were two reasons why unemployment was high during the Roaring 20’s even though wages were rising and companies were offering new benefit packages in jobs? ANSWER: Those who had jobs found they were changing. The assembly line was pushing out skilled workers. Unskilled workers could do the same work for less pay.

23. Topic 5 – 10 Points QUESTION: President who won the Election of 1920 and ran his campaign on the idea of “normalcy” ANSWER: Warren Harding

24. Topic 5 – 20 Points QUESTION: Famous actor of the movie industry in the 1920’s. ANSWER: Charlie Chaplin

25. Topic 5 – 30 Points QUESTION: Social critic and author of the 1920’s who wrote the Great Gatsby which depicted the luxurious lifestyle of the wealthy. ANSWER: F. Scott Fitzgerald

26. Topic 5 – 40 Points QUESTION: He was a figure of the Harlem Renaissance that combined poetry with politics of the time period. ANSWER: James Weldon Johnson

27. Topic 5 – 50 Points QUESTION: Who was the first women to swim the English Channel? ANSWER: Gertrude Ederle