Economic Boom
What famous car was mass-produced by Henry Ford?
Model T
Which amendment started Prohibition?
18th Amendment
What Tennessee trial debated teaching evolution?
Scopes Trial
What city was the center of the Harlem Renaissance?
New York City / Harlem
What nickname was given to young women who challenged traditional norms?
Flappers
What system did Ford use to speed up car production?
Assembly line
What law enforced Prohibition?
Volstead Act
What lawyer defended Scopes at the trial?
Clarence Darrow
Who was the famous jazz trumpeter known as “Satchmo”?
Louis Armstrong
What amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920?
19th Amendment
What does “Buy now, pay later” refer to?
Credit / Installment buying
What nickname was given to illegal bars?
Speakeasies
What group resurged in the 1920s, targeting immigrants, Catholics, Jews, and African Americans?
Ku Klux Klan
Which poet wrote “I, Too” and celebrated Black pride?
Langston Hughes
What new technology transformed how people listened to music and news?
Radio
What new industry grew from people wanting to travel more by car?
Gas stations, motels, roadside businesses
What group of criminals made money from bootlegging?
Gangsters / Organized crime, ex. Al Capone
What was the name of the law that limited immigration with quotas?
Immigration Act of 1924
Who wrote the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God?
Zora Neale Hurston
Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic?
Amelia Earhart
By the late 1920s, what percent of U.S. homes had electricity?
About 70%
Which amendment ended Prohibition?
21st Amendment
Which case upheld quotas by ruling that Congress could limit immigration?
U.S. v. Bhagat Singh Thind
What was the significance of the Harlem Renaissance for African Americans?
Cultural pride, challenged racism, reshaped American identity
How did women’s roles change in the workplace during the 1920s?
More entered the workforce, but still faced limits in pay and opportunities