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Who was the first cabinet official in US history to go to prison

Albert Fall

What was the success of the washington conference

An effective end to building new battleship fleets.

A major element of the new morality was

An increase in support for women's independence

The chief architect of economic policy in the US during the 1920s was

Andrew Mellon

Which two of harding's appointees remained under President coolidge and contributed greatly to the prosperity of the 1920s

Andrew Mellon and Herbert Hoover

The emergence of mass media helped make which baseball star a national hero

Babe RUth

The Empress of the Blues

Bessie Smith

What artist applied the influence of photography and the geometric forms of Cubism to his paintings of urban and rural American landscapse

Charles Sheeler

First important writer of the Harlem Renaissance

Claude McKay

Economic development 2

Dallas: Oil

Economic development

Detriot: Autos

The emergancy quota act theoretically restricted the number of immigrants from all countries, but in practice it discriminated heavily against people from southern and _____ Europe

Eastern

In the name of preserving traditional moral standards, religious fundamentalists supported passage of the ---- banning the sale of alcohol

Eighteenth Amendment

_______ was a great writer of the 1920s who wrote about "heroic antiheroes" in World War I.

Ernest Hemmingway

American modern arrtists were greatly influenced by the art movements of

Europe

During the 1920s the national debt increased due to greater government spending

False

President Harding gave many cabinet posts and other high level jobs to friends and political allies from Iowa

False

Robert M. La Follette, Harding's secretary of the interior, secretly allowed private interests to lease lands containg US navy oil reserves

False

TS Eliot fiction presented a new literary style characterized by direct, simple, and concise prose, as shown in his novel A FareWell to Arms.

False

The Birth of a Nation was the first talking motion picture

False

Stylish uncoventional american women of the 1920s who dressed in attire considered too revealing by previous genereations were called

Flappers

Women who wore makeup, drank prohibited liquor, and smoked cigarettes in the 1920s were called

Flappers

Many americans feared that the country was losing its traditional values and responded by joining a religious movement known as

Fundamentalism

The site of a flowering of African American arts

Harlem

The flowering of African American arts in the 1920s became known as the

Harlem Renaissance

How was Marcus Garvey successful in influencing African American culture.

He instilled African AMericans with a sense of pride in their culture and heritage

What distinguished Carl Sandburg from other writers before him

He used common speech to glorify the midwest

Much of the turmoil of the early 1920s was blamed on

Immigrants

In what way did the mass media promote social change

It broke down provincialism by exposing people to new ideas

How did the Harlem REnaissance transform African American society

It brought international fame to African AMerican artists and spurred political activism

What style of music was influenced by DIxieland blues and ragtime

Jazz

Economic development 3

LA: Film Industry

______, a prolific and original writer, became a leading voice on the African American experience in America

Langston Hughes

The ______, including radio, movies, newspaper, and magazines, fostered a sense of a shared experience that helped unify the nation

Mass media

What was the primary result of the great migration

Northern cities became key centers of African American culture

Fundamentalists were active in which social movement that pushed for the ratifications of the eighteenth movement.

Prohibition

The Universal NEgro Improvement Association was formed to

Promote black pride and unity

The National Origins Act of 1924 placed permanent limits on immigration based on a _____ system

Quota

Claude McKay's poetry expressed two striking characteristics of Harlem Renaissance wriitng, a proud defiance and bitter contempt of

Racism

What position did herbert hoover hold in the coolidge administration

Secretary of commerce

The first musical written, produced, and performed by African Americans

Shuffle Along

Attorney General Harry Daugherty resigned in disgrace after being investigated for taking bribes in exchange fro allowing

Someone to acquire a valuable german owned company seized during the war

What entertaining pastime rose to new heights of popularity because of the mass media

Sports

The golden age of hollywood began in 1927 with the release of the first

Talking motion picture

President Harding's secretary of the interior, Albert B Fall, secretly allowed private interests to lease lands containing US navy oil reserves, causing a scandal that came to be known as the

Teapot Dome Scandal

The unconventional way in which many writers and artists lived during the 1920s was referred to as

The Bohemian lifestyle

The 1920s movement taht believed the christian bible was literally true and denied the theory of evelution was

The Fundamentalist movement

The explosion of African American arts, music, and political activity in the 1920s became known as

The Harlem Renaissance

Anger against immigrants and emerging racial tensions over jobs led to the rise of which previously defunct group

The KKK

THe sharp reduction in immigrants due to new immigration laws in the late 1920s contributed to the decline of

The KKK

Which famous scandal involved the secretary of the interior taking bribes to lease oil reserves to private interests

The Teapot Dome Scandal

How did the new morality of the 1920s change traditional views of marraige.

The ideals of romantic love and friendship became more important

How did african americans influence politics in the 1920s

Their numbers in Northern cities made them a powerful voting block.

Many people viewed Sacco and Vanzetti with suspicion because

They were italian immigrant sand anarchists

Charles R Forbes sold scarce medical supplies from veterans hospitals and kept the money for himself

True

In his policies, Calvin Coolidge aligned himself and the government with big business

True

One of the most innovative playwrights of the time was Eugene O'Neil, whose modern themes portrayed realistic characters and situations, offering a vision of life that sometime's touched on the tragic

True

Several poets of this time, such as gertrude stein, had an important impact on the literary culture

True

Pulitzer Prize winner Edna St. Vincent Millay wrote about

Womens equality and women's inner lives

Author whose work featured African American women as central characters

Zora Neale Hurston

Rather than relying on armed force to influence global policy during the 1920s, the US used

economic polices and arms agreements

What is the name of the belief that one's land needs to be protected against immigrants

nativism

The cotton club was

A Harlem nightspot where many African American entertainers got their start

The Ohio Gang was

A group of Harding's friends

What did many of the groups that wanted to restrict immigration and preserve what they considered traditional values fear was taking over the nation

A new morality