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100

These regions of Europe were targeted by the 1924 Immigration Law

What are Southern and Eastern Europe

100

This man inspired Malcolm X because urged Black Americans to take pride in their identity and gain economic independence

Who was Marcus Garvey? (leader of the Univeral Negro Improvement Association)

100

This man used the assembly line to manufacture cars cheaply.

Who was Henry Ford?

100
This author wrote a book about the negative impact of wealth and consumer culture in the 1920s, called the Great Gatsby
What is F. Scott Fitzgerald
100

Tennessee took issue with this controversial topic in 1925 with the Scopes Monkey Trial.

Teaching Evolution

200

The 1924 Immigration Act formally restricted immigration from this Asian country

What is Japan

200

This neighborhood was the center of the flourishing African American arts and culture of the 1920s

What is Harlem

200

An invention that allowed Americans across the country to experience the same culture & hear the same news.

What was the radio

200
This Amendment made it illegal to make or sell alcohol in the 1920s
What is the 18th Amendment
200

The company Amazon has successfully blocked workers from forming these and in the 1920s, these led an increase in fear of communism...

What are labor unions

300
These two Italian immigrants were charged with homicide in the 1920s
Sacco and Vanzetti
300

This group, which had existed since 1865, was resuscitated in the 1920s due to nativism, white supremacy, and racial discrimination...

The KKK

300

The first President to be heard by the US people over the radio...

Who was Warren G. Harding?

300
This amendment repealed prohibition
What is the 21st Amendment
300

What group of people were finally granted citizenship with the Citizenship Act of 1924?

Native Americans

400

In the 1920s, this man was in charge of finding communists and deporting immigrants

A. Mitchell Palmer (attorney general--"Palmer Raids")

400

In 1921, this was a two-day-long massacre committed by white supremacists which burned 35 city blocks and killed over 300 African-Americans.

What is the Tulsa Race Massacre or the Black Wall Street Massacre

400

Many Americans used this form of currency to purchase the new products of the 1920s

What is credit?

400
This pilot became famous for flying across the Atlantic alone
Charles Lindbergh
400

This pandemic ended in 1920 with an estimated death of 50 million people worldwide.

Spanish Flu

500

This event in Asia caused fear of communism in the United States

What is the Communist/Russian/Bolshevik Revolution

500

This important Jazz club in Harlem is a symbol of the hypocrisy of the 1920s and race expectations

What is the Cotton Club

500

The first movie with sound (from 1927)

What is the Jazz Singer 

500

This team purchased Herman 'Babe' Ruth in 1920.

New York Yankees

500
This artist was known for his poetry of the Harlem Renaissance
Langston Hughes
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