Questions for Don't Know Much About History

1) Name five important books of the 1920s.
2) What was the first "talkie"? How did it change America?
3) Discuss the "Red Scare of 1919".
4) What was the 18th amendment? Why was it enacted? How did it go wrong?
5) Who were Susan B. Anthony and Alice Paul?
6) What is important about Henry Ford? How did he change America?
7) What is important about Charles Lindbergh? How did he symbolize the times?
8) What were "pool operators" and how were they crooked?
9) How were stocks inflated? How did this cause the crash?
10) What was Black Thursday and Black Tuesday?
11) What was Hoover's view of Government relief programs?
12) What was the "Bonus Army"?
13) What happened during the "Hundred Days"?
14) What was the WPA and what did it do?
15) What were Roosevelt's FIRESIDE CHATS and why did they become important?