Prohibition/Org Crime
He was a notorious gangster who reflected the danger and crime of the 1920s.
Al Capone.
1925 Tennessee law made it unlawful to teach human evolution in public schools.
Butler Act.
This type of classroom activity, hands-on and student-centered, became more common as Progressive Education spread.
Project-based activities.
New technology helped spread jazz across the U.S. by broadcasting music into people’s homes.
Radio
This New York neighborhood became the center of African American culture and jazz in the 1920s.
Harlem
What was the substance that was which fueled organized crime?
Alcohol.
Who was a prominent American politician and orator who served as the prosecutor in the Scopes Trial.
William Jennings Bryan
1918 Law that required children to attend school up to a certain age.
Compulsory School Attendance Law
This medical discovery in the early 1920s made it possible to control diabetes.
Insulin
What “secret bar” was used to drink alcohol illegally?
Speakeasy
What did the black market control?
Bootlegging and illegal production.
Who’s theory of evolution was prohibited.
Darwin.
This 1920s movement called for schools to focus on a child’s emotional, social, and physical development, not just academics.
Expanded curriculum.
This 1920s medical tool helped doctors see inside the body using high-frequency sound waves.
Early ultrasound technology
Which three instruments was 1920s Jazz known for?
Trumpet, clarinet, or trombone.
When did the 18th amendment first go into effect.
January 17,1920
What 2 topics did the liberal theologians want to combine?
Religion and science.
This famous American educator, known for ideas like “learning by doing,” influenced Progressive Education in the 1920s.
John Dewey
In 1926, this American scientist launched the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket, marking the beginning of modern rocketry.
Robert Goddard
The cake walk, the black bottom and the flea hop where all what?
Types of dances.
How many murders did Al Capone commit himself?
Zero
This teacher was tried in 1925 for teaching evolution, becoming the central figure in the Scopes “Monkey” Trial.
John T. Scopes
This 1920s federal proposal aimed to create a Department of Education but failed due to fears of federal control over schools.
What is the Towner–Sterling Bill.
In the 1920s, this physicist developed the uncertainty principle, fundamentally changing how scientists understand atomic behavior.
Werner Heisenberg
Known as the “King of Jazz,” this musician revolutionized jazz in the 1920s with his trumpet playing and improvisation.
Louis Armstrong