The KKK
What is Bad Bunny’s real name (first name only is fine! Bonus point if you can tell me more)?
Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio
Define prohibition.
The production, sale, and transportation of alcoholic drinks were made illegal across the United States.
Define secular.
Not connected to religion.
Define "Jim Crow Laws".
The Jim Crow laws legalised segregation and helped to keep Black Americans in inferior positions in society, politics and the economy.
Define suffragette.
A suffragette in the context of 1920s America, were women who actively campaigned for the right to vote. They often used protests, marches, and sometimes militant actions to fight for political equality, helping achieve voting rights like the 19th Amendment in the United States (1920).
Identify what members of the KKK called themselves AND what the Klan's leader was called.
leader - Imperial Wizard
What plush character went viral as a bizarre but beloved meme in 2025?
Labubu
Identify the year that Tennessee passed the "Butler Act", which forbade the teaching of evolutionary theory in schools.
1925
The Act aimed to protect religious beliefs about creation rather than support scientific ideas such as evolution.
Identify the name of one of the massacres that occured in the 1920's.
Rosewood Massacre (1923): A racially motivated attack occurred in Rosewood, Florida, in 1923, when a white mob destroyed the predominantly Black town, killing several residents and forcing survivors to flee. The massacre highlighted extreme racial violence and the failure of authorities to protect Black communities.
Tulsa Race Massacre (1921): In Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1921, a white mob attacked the prosperous Black neighborhood of Greenwood, known as “Black Wall Street,” destroying homes and businesses and killing hundreds. The massacre exposed deep racial tensions and economic envy, as well as the systemic failure to hold perpetrators accountable.
Identify two freedoms gained by women in the 1920's.
The right to vote (19th Amendment, US, 1920)
Access to higher education and universities
More women entering the workforce
Greater social freedom to attend parties and dances
Ability to wear new fashions like shorter skirts and bobbed hair
The freedom to drive cars and travel independently
Participation in sports and physical activities
More women pursuing careers in professions like journalism or medicine
Freedom to smoke and drink in public
The right to challenge traditional gender roles and seek personal independence
Explain the aim of the KKK.
To intimidate African Americans and prevent them from voting. In addition to this, they showed terrible violence towards Jews, Catholics and immigrants.
Explain what the Volstead Act in 1920 was and what it aimed to do.
The Act banned the production and sale of wine, beer and spirits, with the aim of reducing drunkenness, gambling and immorality in the country.
Explain what fundamentalists argued/believed.
The traditional church was being threatened by modernists, who sought to adapt Christianity to modern, scientific ideas.
They denied Darwin's theory of evolution (men developed from apes) and believed that God created the world in seven days, as described in the bible.
Ehere is the next olympics being held?
LA
Explain why the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) and American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) were rivals before merging in 1890.
The National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association were rivals because they disagreed over the 15th Amendment, which gave Black men the right to vote. The NWSA, led by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, opposed ratifying it without also granting women the vote, arguing it unfairly excluded women. The AWSA, led by Lucy Stone, supported the 15th Amendment, believing it was better to secure Black men’s voting rights first and continue fighting for women’s suffrage separately. This disagreement over strategy and priorities kept the groups divided until they merged in 1890.
Explain how the KKK embedded themselves in the local community.
Members of the KKK were politicians, business people, church leaders and police officers.
State what the AAPA stands for and what they argued.
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment (AAPA)
Argued that prohibition led to an increase in the consumption of hard liquor, such as spirits, and thus an increase in drunkenness.
Explain what the Scope Trial was.
The Scopes Trial, often called the “Monkey Trial,” was a famous court case about whether it was legal to teach evolution in schools. A teacher was put on trial for teaching the ideas of Charles Darwin, which some religious groups believed contradicted the Bible’s explanation of creation. The trial highlighted the growing conflict between religious beliefs and modern scientific ideas in the 1920s.
In the end, the teacher was found guilty and fined, meaning supporters of the religious law technically won the case, although the trial also drew national attention and support for the teaching of science.
Explain what lynching was.
Lynching was the illegal killing of a person, usually by a mob, without a trial or legal process, most often targeting Black Americans in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was used as a tool of racial terror to intimidate Black communities and enforce white supremacy. Victims were often accused of crimes without evidence, and lynchings were sometimes public events meant to send a warning to others.
How many bones are in the adult human body?
206
To what extent did the Ku Klux Klan shape social divisions in the United States during the 1920s?
The Ku Klux Klan significantly deepened social divisions in the United States during the 1920s by promoting racism, religious intolerance, and anti-immigrant views. With millions of members, the Klan targeted African Americans, Catholics, Jews and immigrants, encouraging discrimination and violence. However, while the Klan intensified these divisions, many Americans opposed its ideas, showing that society was not universally supportive of its beliefs.
Evaluate how successful Prohibition in the United States was in reducing crime and social problems in the United States during the 1920s.
Prohibition was only partly successful in reducing alcohol consumption and some alcohol-related social problems. However, it also led to major unintended consequences, such as the growth of organised crime and illegal bars known as speakeasies. Overall, Prohibition failed to reduce crime effectively and instead created new criminal activities linked to the illegal alcohol trade.
Which animal caused a major traffic jam in London in 2025?
A) A runaway llama
B) A giant tortoise
C) A flock of geese
D) A lost kangaroo
D) A lost kangaroo
Evaluate how the treatment of African Americans differed across the United States during the early 20th century.
In the North, Black Americans often faced discrimination and segregation in schools, housing, and jobs, but it was generally less violent and there were more opportunities for work and education.
In the South, Jim Crow laws enforced strict racial segregation, and Black communities faced widespread violence, including lynchings and attacks like the Rosewood and Tulsa massacres. Economic opportunities in the South were more limited, often restricted to low-paying, unskilled labor.
Overall, racism existed across both regions, but the South was far harsher and more legally enforced.
To what extent did the 1920s bring greater independence and opportunities for women in society?
The 1920s brought significant independence and new opportunities for women, including the right to vote, access to education, and greater freedom in fashion, work, and social life. Women also began entering professions and challenging traditional gender roles, symbolised by the “flapper” lifestyle. However, these changes were mainly experienced by middle- and upper-class women in urban areas, so while progress was real, it was not universal across all social and economic groups.