Political Changes
It prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the U.S.
What was the 18th Amendment?
A cultural, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem, New York, during the 1920s.
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A manufacturing process in which parts are added in a sequential manner to create a finished product.
What is an assembly line?
A white supremacist hate group that targeted African Americans and other minorities.
What was the Ku Klux Klan?
They made travel more accessible and convenient for many Americans
How did cars change travel?
It granted women the right to vote in the United States.
What is the Nineteenth Amendment about?
A leader who promoted Black pride and economic independence in the early 1900s.
Who was Marcus Garvey?
Cars made travel easier and led to the growth of suburbs.
What impact did cars have on society?
A 1925 legal case about teaching evolution in schools, which highlighted the conflict between science and religion.
What was the Scopes Trial?
Masss produced automobiles made travel more affordable for many people
What was one result of innovations in US transportation technoloy
A nationwide ban on the production and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933.
What is Prohibition?
An underground bar that sold alcohol during Prohibition.
What was a speakeasy?
An economy that depends on a large amount of spending by consumers.
What is a consumer economy
They represented the fear of immigrants and the nativist sentiment in America.
What did Sacco and Vanzetti represent?
Cars became more affordable because of the introduction of the assembly line
Why did car sales rise between 1910 and 1925?
They targeted suspected radicals and anarchists in the U.S. during the Red Scare.
What did the Palmer Raids aim to do?
Jazz music became a major cultural movement and influenced popular music and dance.
How did jazz influence the 1920s?
The search for jobs and better living conditions in northern cities by African Americans.
What led to the Great Migration?
Women gained more independence, entered the workforce, and began to vote.
How did immigration laws change?
By increasing the expenses associated with relocation
how did developements in transportation most affect the standard of living in US cities
A policy of favoring native inhabitants over immigrants.
What does Nativism mean?
A famous nightclub in Harlem that showcased African American musicians, but was segregated.
What was the significance of the Cotton Club?
It led to a major economic depression in the 1930s.
What was the effect of the stock market crash?
Women gained more independence, entered the workforce, and began to vote.
How did women’s roles change in the 1920s?
Lindbergh showed that air travel was an acceptable form of transportation.
How did Charles Lindbergh affect the development of aviation in the United States?