Vocabulary
They are defined by shorter dresses and short haircuts, primarily seen in bigger cities.
Flapper
The conflict between science and traditional teaching of the bible leads to what movement?
Fundamentalism
Gave Women the right to vote.
The 19th Amendment
This African-American cultural movement, centered in Harlem, celebrated black identity and creativity during the 1920s.
The Harlem Renaissance
This automobile mogul's assembly line revolutionized the manufacturing industry, making cars affordable for the average American.
Who is Henry Ford?
A Group of writers who moved from America to Europe in the 1920s.
The Lost Generation
After WW!, the United States passed the immigration Act banning or limiting immigration from which countries?
Southern and Eastern Europe
It outlawed the sale and production of alcohol.
The 18th Admendment
Biggest crime boss in Chicago.
Al Capone
This type of purchasing, popular in the 1920s, allowed people to buy goods by paying a small initial payment and then making regular installments.
What is installment buying
A person who makes, distributes, or sells alcohol illegally.
Bootleggers
It resulted from the passing of a law influenced by the Fundamentalist movement.
What is Scopes Trial
Define a drink as liquor if it contains 1% Alcohol.
Volstead Act
This 1927 film genre, combining sound and images, revolutionized the film industry.
Talkie
This innovative business practice, pioneered by Henry Ford, allowed mass production of goods, making products like automobiles affordable for the average American
What is the assembly line?
A Secret bar where illegal drinks are sold.
Speakeasies
After a teenager drowns, violence will break out across the city, leading to 38 deaths. Known as?
The Chicago Race Riot 1919
It was passed as a reaction to the publishing of the "Jungle"
The Meat Inspection Act
One of the most prominent forms of media in the 1920s started out of a garage in Pittsburgh.
The Radio
The First automobile developed in 1896.
What is the model-T?
A large-scale movement of American Americans from the rural South to urban areas in the North.
The Great Migration
A violent attack on the prosperous Black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma (Black Wall St).
The Tulsa Massacre
prohibited public school teachers from teaching evolution or any theory that denied the Bible's account of creation
The Butler Act
During the 1920s and 1930s, jazz music and dance styles gained worldwide popularity. Influencing other forms of art as well.
The Jazz Age
An increase in the use of ______ in homes marks the decade.
What is electricity?