Prohibition
Organized Crime
The Roaring Twenties
The Harlem Renaisance
Vocabulary
100

An organization founded in 1826 in Boston to encourage people to quit drinking liquor and limit other alcoholic beverages. 

The American Temperance Society

100

Tis act was passed in October 1919 to enforce the 18th amendment. 

The Volstead Act. 
100

Young women who liked to break social rules and flaunt their latest fashions were called 

Flappers

100

A musician from New Orleans who also went by the names Satchmo or Pops. 

Louis Armstrong

100

To make sure that rules or laws are obeyed. 

Enforce.

200

An organization founded in 1874 in Cleveland, Ohio. The main goal was to promote an alcohol - and - free society and improve the country's morals. 

Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)

200

Businesses that illegally sold alcohol during Prohibition. 

Speakeasies. 

200

True or False:

During the 1920s, the role of women changed causing their fashion to become more conservative.


False

200

A painter who was heavily inspired by the Great Migration. 

Jacob Lawrence

200

A form of language that is spoken in a particular area or by a particular group of people. 

Dialect

300

By 1879 many members of the WCTU wanted to add this right for women to their goals.

Suffrage

300
Name two of the most notorious gang members mentioned in the book.
Charles "Lucky" Luciano & Al Capone
300

Name one of the products that became popular during this time.

Household appliances, cars, radios

300

African American Cultural Movement of the 1920s and early 1930s that centered in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.

The Harlem Renaissance 

300

To cancel or undo something, often a law.

Repeal

400

What were the names of people who were for and against prohibition?

Wets and Drys

400

A popular speakeasy in the Harlem speakeasy that featured musical acts and dancers.

The Cotton Club

400

To illegally move something in secret.

Smuggle

500

This amendment enacted Prohibition, making it illegal to manufacture, transport, and sell alcoholic beverages in the United States.

The 18th Amendment

500

True of False: All of the literary styles were the same during the Harlem Renaissance.

False

500

A new growth of activity or interest in something, especially art, literature, or music. 

Renaissance

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