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Which statement best describes a major challenge to Prohibition?
Organized crime thrived under Prohibition.
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Which statement best describes a major challenge to Prohibition?
Organized crime thrived under Prohibition.
The ___ required the United States government to submit an annual spending plan.
National Budget Act
The manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol was outlawed by the Eighteenth Amendment
Prohibition
The Roaring Twenties
characterized by a happy-go-lucky, have-fun-at-any-cost way of life
Scandal in which Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall accepted bribes from oil companies
Teapot Dome
Intention was to check naval arms race and protect China’s sovereignty
Washington Naval Conf
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Which statement best describes a major challenge to Prohibition? | Organized crime thrived under Prohibition. |
The ___ required the United States government to submit an annual spending plan. | National Budget Act |
The manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol was outlawed by the Eighteenth Amendment | Prohibition |
The Roaring Twenties | characterized by a happy-go-lucky, have-fun-at-any-cost way of life |
Scandal in which Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall accepted bribes from oil companies | Teapot Dome |
Intention was to check naval arms race and protect China’s sovereignty | Washington Naval Conf |
The ___ society was characterized by the Charleston, straw hats, suspenders, floppy hats, and long beads. | Flapper |
A Sentinel guard of the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Regiment guards the ___ day and night. | Tomb of the Unknown Soldier |
Which President passed away while in office? | Warren G. Harding |
_____ misappropriated $225 million intended for the Veteran’s Bureau. | Charles R. Forbes |
The Fordney-McCumber ___ hurt America’s economy by taxing imported goods. | Tariff |
Depressed agricultural prices caused ________ on many farms. | foreclosure |
After World War I, the United States became a(n) _______ nation to European governments. | creditor |
What was the intent of the Paris Peace Pact (Kellogg-Briand Pact)? | outlawed war between the United States and France |
_______ policemen who refused to return to work were fired by Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge. | Boston |
Proponents of _______ believed controlled breeding programs could improve the human race. | eugenics |
_______ was a belief that Americans descended from English settlers needed protection from immigrants. | Nativism |
The ______ Plan attempted to reduce the burden of Germany’s war reparations. | Dawes |
The _____ used the radio for the first time to communicate with voters. | Election of 1924 |
The _______ strike shut down the city for five days and involved 60,000 workers. | Seattle |
In 1919, ______ endured two weeks of race riots. | Chicago |
A(n) ________ was an illegal bar or saloon. | speakeasy |
_________ in risky investments led to a “bubble” in which stocks became overvalued in the late 1920s. | Speculation |
What two developments had the greatest impact on the lifestyle of Americans in the 1920s? | expansion of electricity and increased availability of automobiles |
_ was a movement in Christian denominations during the 1920s. | Fundamentalism |