women in the 20's
This nickname described young, urban women who rejected traditional fashion by wearing shorter skirts and bobbed hair.
Flappers
Over 30,000 workers walked off the job in this major strike.
The Winnipeg General Strike
The nickname for the economic boom of the 1920s.
The Roaring Twenties
Prohibition outlawed this substance
Alcohol
This music style became extremely popular in the 1920s.
Jazz
This amendment, passed in 1920, granted women the right to vote in the United States.
The 19th Amendment
After WWI, many soldiers struggled to find work, creating this tense economic situation
Unemployment
As incomes rose, Canadians increasingly purchased cars produced by this major American company.
Ford
Hidden, illegal bars where alcohol was served were known by this name.
Speakeasies
This invention brought music, news, and sports into Canadian homes.
The radio
Although women gained suffrage, this legal restriction still prevented most married women from keeping their earnings.
Coverture (married women’s property laws)
Question: The 1920s saw the proliferation of this cultural phenomenon in urban areas, where people gathered for intellectual discussions and social reforms.
Salons
This new federal tax, introduced in WWI, was originally meant to be temporary but strengthened Canada’s revenue during the 1920s.
Income tax
This government level decided whether prohibition was enforced in each province.
The provincial government
This new form of transportation inspired artists and filmmakers and symbolized modernity.
The automobile
This 1929 ruling, led by the Famous Five, declared women “persons” under the law.
The Persons Case
The 1920s marked significant changes in the media, with this form of visual entertainment, combining music and storytelling, captivating the American public.
Motion pictures (films)
Canadian companies grew stronger thanks to this new system of mass production.
The assembly line
Doctors frequently prescribed alcohol for “medical reasons,” using this type of official document.
Prescription
energetic dance associated with the Jazz Age.
The Charleston
Women entering this recreational activity ,once considered improper but then symbolized growing independence.Mostly men did it.
Smoking in public
Canadian companies grew rapidly thanks to this new style of consumer purchasing that allowed people to “buy now, pay later.”
Credit (or installment buying)
The 1929 Stock Market Crash had devastating effects on the Canadian economy, leading to widespread unemployment and this subsequent period of hardship.
The Great Depression
Prohibition laws pushed many Canadians toward homemade alcohol known as this.
Moonshine
This Hollywood actor became the most famous comedian of the decade.
Charlie Chaplin?