1) Name five important books of the 1920s.
· Gatsby, three soldiers, main street, Babbitt, Arrow smith and Elmer gantry
2) What was the first "talkie"? How did it change America?
· The jazz singer, it was a multi million dollar production, and Hollywood became “Hollywood.”
3) Discuss the "Red Scare of 1919".
· It was the idea that anything slightly tainted by socialism was dangerous. So foreigners started being deported.
4) What was the 18th amendment? Why was it enacted? How did it go wrong?
· It prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxication liquors. It was supposed to be an answer to social instability and moral decline at the beginning of the 21st century. There were a lot of riots and organized crime skyrocketed. The invention of illegal things such as bath tub gin and moonshine were created to compensate for the decline of legal alcohol which in the end the amendment didn’t stop or end alcoholism and alcohol related deaths because if people wanted a drink they drank.
5) Who were Susan B. Anthony and Alice Paul?
· Together they set up the NWSA, Susan B. Anthony was called the napoleon of women’s rights, and they were women activists. They pushed for reforms in New York and continued to urge the vote for women at the national level; they thought it was just as important as black people being able to vote.
6) What is important about Henry Ford? How did he change America?
· He revolutionized the automobile industry. He perfected the assembly line and the versions of the automobiles. He came out with the first Model T. The American dream of freedom on the open road became a reality.
7) What is important about Charles Lindbergh? How did he symbolize the times?
· He was the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic. It took him 33 hours. He was a symbol of “do anything” American inventiveness.
8) What were "pool operators" and how were they crooked?
· They were schemers. They would make stock prices go up really high and then they would con someone into buying their stocks at a high price and then the stock would go way down and they would take that money and run.
9) How were stocks inflated? How did this cause the crash?
· They got inflated because every one was buying them and then they would borrow money from the brokers who would borrow money from the bank and then they wouldn’t be able to pay them back so then the banks closed which was the crash.
10) What was Black Thursday and Black Tuesday?
· On black Thursday 13 million stocks were sold and then Black Tuesday more than 16 million stocks were sold.
11) What was Hoover's view of Government relief programs?
· That they need to stay out of the problems and they need just let things work themselves out and that hope and good/happy times were around the corner.
12) What was the "Bonus Army"?
· 10,000 veterans went to Washington D.C. because they were supposed to be getting a bonus in a couple years and they wanted it now so they led a riot.
13) What happened during the "Hundred Days"?
· It was the new deal, which was FDR’s attempt to bring the economy back up by making government funded programs that employed the people in order to bring the economy back up.
14) What was the WPA and what did it do?
· Workers progress administration. It was set up for federal construction projects. It also set up artistic projects that employed thousands of musicians, writers and artists.
15) What were Roosevelt's FIRESIDE CHATS and why did they become important?
· It was where FDR did radio broadcasts about what was going on in the government and it made the people feel more secure
