Name:
Date:
American History K
1920’s Revision
Identify:
Schenk v. United States
Red Scare
1928 Election
National Origins Act of 1924
Consumer economy
Charles Lindbergh
Speculation
Isolationism
bootlegger
fundamentalism
speakeasy
flapper
Jim Thorpe
Warren G. Harding
Red Scare
Main Ideas:
1.
What were the warning signs of an unsound economy?
2.
Why did many Americans fear Vladimir I. Lenin and the Bolsheviks?
3.
What were two key features of Republican administrations of the 1920’s?
4.
Although small in number, what did flappers represent?
5.
What created a national culture in the 1920’s?
6.
What did women’s fashions indicate about the 1920’s?
7.
In the 1920’s, how did the status of women in the workplace change?
8.
After immigration laws were tightened, who received many of the low paying jobs?
9.
Where was one of the hottest places in New York to listen to jazz?
10.
How did installment plans affect the American economy in the 1920’s?
11.
What were the results of the boom in the automobile industry?
12.
Why did many people believe Sacco and Vanzetti were executed?
13.
What industry did the most to boost other industries in the 1920’s?
14.
What did advertisements in the 1920’s emphasize to sell products?
15.
Who group benefited from the huge rise in the stock market in 1920?
Essay: Respond to each statement in paragraph form. Do not forget a topic sentence. (5 points
each)
1.
2.
Explain how the mass production of automobiles in the 1920’s affected the economy
of the United States.
Explain how organized crime developed as a result of Prohibition and the passage of
the Eighteenth Amendment.