US Hist U5 Part 1

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This deck covers key events, figures, and concepts from the 1920s in the United States, including Prohibition, major political events, and cultural shifts.

Which statement best describes a major challenge to Prohibition?

Organized crime thrived under Prohibition.
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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

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TermDefinition
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