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14 Cards in this Set
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Who was elected President in 1920 and had a slogan of "return to normalcy" ?
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Warren G. Harding
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What limited naval shipbuilding by the 5 major powers?
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Treaty of Washington - 1921
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What treaty was signed with 62 other nations in 1928 to outlaw war?
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Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact
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Who became President after Harding?
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Calvin Coolidge
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What American pilot was a hero of the 1920s and what did he accomplish in 1927?
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Charles A. Lindbergh (first to fly nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean)
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What rebellious girls became the symbol of the Roaring Twenties?
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flappers
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What was the 18th Amendment in 1919?
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Prohibition (made intoxicating liquors illegal)
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What were illegal taverns called?
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speakeasies
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What was the big business of selling illegal liquor?
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bootlegging
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Who was the leader of a large crime ring in Chicago nicknamed "Scarface"?
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Al Capone
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What famous trial took place as a result of the teaching of evolution?
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Scopes Trial (Dayton, Tennessee)
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Who used government property for his own profit and became the first cabinet member in history to be imprisoned for misdeeds in office?
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Albert B. Fall
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What act of corruption is associated with Albert B. Fall?
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Teapot Dome Scandal
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What Republican was elected President in 1928?
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Herbert Hoover
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