Section 1: Prohibition America
The name for women in the 1920s that described there loose style of clothing
Flappers
A system that used conveyer belts to move parts from one group of workers to another that helped reduce the cost of production.
moving assembly line
interests that many people follow with great excitement for a short time (hair-dos, clothes, etc.)
fads
The ______________ got its name from the music that was very popular in the 1920s.
The Jazz Age
Secretary of Interior Albert Falls accepted large sums of money and valuable gifts from private oil companies in exchange to allow the companies to control government oil reserves
Teapot Dome scandal
The banning of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol
prohibition
The movement of African Americans from the South to Northern cities in order to escape racism and poverty
The Great Migration
a pact that outlawed war which many nations agreed to but there was no way to enforce the pact
Kellogg-Briand Pact
A period of great African American artistic achievement
The Harlem Renaissance
High school science teacher that was arrested for teaching evolution
John Scopes (Scopes Trial)
Secret illegal clubs that sold alcohol
Speakeasies
allowed people to purchase items paying a small amount of the cost of the item every month until the cost of the item is paid off
installment plan
movies with music or dialogue
talkies
African American poet that became popular during the Harlem Renaissance.
Langston Hughes
The belief that the Bible is literally true and can be relied on as an unquestioned authority.
Fundamentalism
Name the amendment that made alcohol illegal AND name the amendment that made it legal again.
18th Amendment - banned alcohol 21st Amendment - ended prohibition
Law that gave all American Indians the legal and voting rights of United States citizens.
Indian Citizenship Act
The first person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean
Charles Lindbergh
Artist known for urban scenes and paintings of the southwest
Georgia O'Keeffe
The 29th president that died of a heart attack during his presidency before the details of the Teapot Dome scandal became public.
Warren G. Harding
People involved in transporting alcohol illegally were known as
bootleggers
African American leader from Jamaica that supported black nationalism. He wanted African Americans to become economically independent and to take pride in their African heritage. Eventually he was sent back to Jamaica.
Marcus Garvey
The first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. Attempted to fly around the world but disappeared.
Amelia Earhart
People who leave their native country to live somewhere else.
expatriates
Writers of the _______________ were critical of the values of postwar American society.
The Lost Generation