Economic Boom
Who successfully flew the first airplane?
The Wright Brothers
What was the mass movement of African Americans from the rural South to cities in the North called?
Great Migration
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
What was the name given to women in the 1920s who wore their hair & dresses short and acted freely?
Flappers
True/False - There was no discrimination in the North.
False
What areas saw the greatest growth after cars became more widespread?
Suburbs
Who was the teacher arrested for trying to teach evolution in his classroom?
John Scopes
Which two amendments are associated with Prohibition?
18th - started Prohibition
21st - ended Prohibition
What was the name given to the "rebirth" of African American culture during the 1920s?
Harlem Renaissance
What does it mean to take away a law or amendment?
Repeal
What invention lowered the price of a Ford Model T?
The assembly line
What was the period of intense fear and paranoia over communism called?
Red Scare
What movement wanted to limit the consumption of alcohol in America?
Temperance Movement
What novel did F. Scott Fitzgerald write about the glitz and glamour of the 1920s?
The Great Gatsby
Name one reason why Prohibition was ended.
- crime & violence increased
- government lost money, too expensive
- Great Depression - people needed a drink & jobs
What did Frederick McKinley Jones invent that allowed fresh food to be transported across the country?
Refrigerated transport/train cars
Who were the two main groups that the KKK's "100% Americanism" targeted?
African Americans & Immigrants
Which suffrage group wanted to draw support through more radical means?
National Woman's Party
What 1920s author wrote the "Grapes of Wrath"?
John Steinbeck
Name 5 inventions of the 1920s
Electricity, Cars, Assembly Line, Vacuum Cleaner, Washing Machine, Radio, Toaster, Traffic Light, Refrigerated Transport, Telephone
Who invented the traffic signal?
Garrett Morgan
List one example of backlash to the more diverse immigration of the 1920s.
-literacy tests required for immigrants
-immigration banned from Asia
-quotas (limits) set on immigration
What was the main difference in tactics between the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) and the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA)?
NWSA focused on gaining support for a constitutional amendment at the NATIONAL level, while the AWSA wanted to secure the right to vote across AMERICA state-by-state.
Who was a landscape painter known for her urban scenes and images of the American Southwest?
Georgia O' Keeffe
Jacob Lawrence - painter
Langston Hughes - poet
Louis Armstrong - musician