Roaring Twenties Culture
The establishment were many young people sought out to go drink and dance.
What is a "Speakeasy"
Many immigrants in the late 19th settled in these areas.
What are cities
This type of warfare defined the Great War.
What is Trench warfare
Scottish immigrant who became an industrialist in the American steel industry
A prominent union organizer, community organizer, and activist who coordinated major strikes and co-founded the Industrial Workers.
Mother Jones
This type of music, which was a mix of several musical traditions became popular in the 1920's, and combined ragtime with the blues.
What is "Jazz"
These immigrants helped to build the Western section of the transcontinental road.
Who are the Chinese
Now known as post-traumatic stress disorder, but during the Great War, it was more more well-known as . . .
What is "Shell-Shock"
American Industrialist who founded Standard Oil
Who is John D. Rockefeller
Settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator and author who started Hull House in Chicago.
Jane Adams
The nation's first black literary and artistic movement which occurred in New York City.
What is the "Harlem Renaissance"
Some of the most popular leisure destinations for the urban working classes included beer gardens, prize fighting, and
What are saloons?
German submarines who attacked ships around the British isles.
What are U-boats.
American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping, and founded a university in Tennessee.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt
A nurse and midwife advocated for birth control methods for the poor and working classes.
Who is Margaret Sanger
A widespread awareness that new ideas and ways of doing things were making a sharp break with tradition.
What is "Modernism"
Many from Ireland, Italy and Southeast Europe were discriminated because of their beliefs in . . .
What is Catholicism
Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey (the Ottoman Empire) were Known as the Triple Alliance, or . . .
What are the "Central Powers"
American financier who dominated Wall Street and the railroad industry
Who is J.P. Morgan
As a First Lady, she was an outspoken advocate for women's issues, labor unions and African Americans.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt
The New York City modern art exhibit in 1913 that created not only a sensation, but controversy.
What is the Armory Show.
Name given to racists who believed the "Anglo Saxon" Americans were superior to Slavics.
What are nativists
Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States were known as . . .
The "Allied Powers"
Banker, businessman and politician whose most famous gift was the money and the artwork to establish the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.
Who is Andrew Mellon
A leading muckraker who exposed corruption in Standard Oil.
Who is Ida Tarbell