The Jazz Age

The White house
1920's women
Prohibition
Henry Ford
100
What were movie theaters called?
Nickelodeons
100
Who was the president in this time period?
Warren G. Harding
100
Who got the right to vote?
Women
100
Name a movement that was created to stop the use of alcohol?
Women's Christian Temperance movement
100
What did Henry Ford make?
Cars/automobiles
200
Jazz music emerged from what race?
African Americans (Blacks)
200
Who was the first cabinet member convicted for taking bribes?
Albert Fall
200
What were young women who cut their hair, wore short dresses and makeup called?
Flappers
200
What were the people who bought the illegal alcohol/liquor called?
Speakeasies
200
What was his cheapest model called?
Model T
300
What was a motion picture with sound called?
A "talkie"
300
Who became president after Harding?
Calvin Coolidge
300
Name a famous women actress from this time period?
Greta Garbo
300
What was a bootlegger?
Someone who smuggled alcohol and sold it to speakeasies.
300
What was the original selling price of the Model T?
$850
400
What was the first "talkie" ever made?
The Jazz Singer
400
What was the name of the big white house scandal
The Teapot Dome scandal
400
How many women were serving as state legislature?
145
400
Name a famous bootlegger
Al capone
400
What helped Ford manufacture cars quickly?
He used a moving assembly line which used conveyer belts to move parts and partly assembled cars from one group of workers to another.
500
Name the 3 most popular Jazz musicians
Louis Armstrong, "Duke" Ellington, Bessie Smith
500
Who pushed for tax cuts for Americans?
Andrew Mellon
500
Name 3 jobs were women could start degrees for?
Doctors,Lawyers, and Architects
500
What amendment outlawed the manufacture,sale, and transportation of alcohol?
The 18th Admendment
500
What factors cause automobiles to be more expensive today than in Henry Ford's time?
Automobiles today have bigger and faster engines. We have a/c and radio stations now and also our automobiles our bigger. We have lights attached to our cars and buttons to contact emergency officals. Also we have higher taxes on our products now. So this is what I think the answer is.
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