1) Name five important books of the 1920s. great gatsby, main street, arrow smith, three soldiers, elmer gantry 2) What was the first "talkie"? How did it change America? The Jazz Singer. It caused the nation to be drawn too showbiz and it transformed Hollywood 3) Discuss the "Red Scare of 1919". it was the idea that anything that had something to do with socialisim was considered a threat. And any people who were a threat would be deported. 4) What was the 18th amendment? Why was it enacted? How did it go wrong? the prohibition of liqours. it was supposed to fix social disabilty however it was unable to be enforceable and caused an unrising. There were a higher rate of fatalities 5) Who were Susan B. Anthony and Alice Paul? Susan B Anthony was called the Napoleon of womens rights. They both fought for womens rights nationally as well as for black rights 6) What is important about Henry Ford? How did he change America? he created the perfected versions of the automobile. he believed in for making a car for the masses which revolutionised the assembly line 7) What is important about Charles Lindbergh? How did he symbolize the times? first man to fly solo over the atlantic ocean. he symbolizes that idea to do anything 8) What were "pool operators" and how were they crooked? they would buy stocks and would sell them for a high amount leaving the person who bought it with an inflated stock that was only to go down 9) How were stocks inflated? How did this cause the crash? as people bought stocks it caused prices to go up and to be worth more and as people started pulling out everything they had from banks to invest it cause the banks to be completely broke and as the prices of stocks got lower as people went into a frantic rage they sold everything so they lost out and didn't make a profit. leaving everyone and every bank broke. 10) What was Black Thursday and Black Tuesday? on black thursday over 13 million stocks were sold. People thought the crisis was over but on black tuesday over 16 million were sold 11) What was Hoover's view of Government relief programs? he figured that things would work themselves out. So he just left things be and kind of go about their way. however it didn't work. 12) What was the "Bonus Army"? over 10,000 thousand veterans wanted their bonus now so they lead a riot right to washington D.C. 13) What happened during the "Hundred Days"? the FDIC was designed in order to protect peoples savings after the crash as well as other corporations in order to protect the nations financial securities 14) What was the WPA and what did it do? it gave jobs for construction and landscaping. as well as artists and musicians 15) What were Roosevelt's FIRESIDE CHATS and why did they become important? it was FDR's way of securing the nation. by talking on the radio next to his fireplace