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What did President Harding say we should return to in the 1920s?
normalcy
what was the trial that was unfair and biased? ____________ and __________.
sacco and vanzetti
What was America's foreign policy?
isolationism
What internation peace alliance did the US not join?
League of Nations
Who were traditional religious people of the time?
fundamentalists
Fill in the blank. "The buisness of America is _____________."
buisness
What new form of payment was introduced?
credit
what sort of a culture immerges?
hero culture
Who flew the plane over the Atlantic?
Charles Lindbergh
Who was a movie star?
charles chaplin
Who sold alcohol illegally?
the mafia
What was a hello girl?
telephone operator
Who was lost trying to fly around the world?
Amelia Earhart
Who was Duke Ellington?
a jazz musician, composer and band leader
Why were Americans ready to embrace the idea of heros in the 1920s?
they wanted to go back to simpler past times
Who was the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
Sinclair Lewis
Who were the three republican presidents of the 1920s?
Warren Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
How much did Ford pay his workers?
$200
What were three industries created by the use of automobiles?
motels
trucking industry
roadside resturants/stops
What type of media competed for readers?
newspapers
Which continent was explored by Admiral Richard Byrd?
Antartica
What was the name of the 1919 Supreme Court Case which defended the government's right to limit citizens freedom of speech during war?
Schneck vs. United States
What was a famous jazz club in Harlem?
Cotton Club
Which instrument did Dizzy Gillepsie play?
trumpet
Which amendment was the only one to be repealed?
19th
What were four groups targeted by the KKK?
jews, blacks, catholics, immigrants
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American Exerience 1920s
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