Prohibition
It was *this number* amendment that outlawed the distribution and consumption of alcohol on US soil.
What is the 18th amendment?
It was this act that limited the number of people who could immigrate to the United States.
What was the Immigration Act or Johnson-Reed Act?
These types of high-rise buildings developed in urban areas, becoming a landmark of 1920s American urbanization.
What are skyscrapers?
This movement was the catalyst for the 19th amendment.
What was the Suffragette Movement?
This event, which occurred on October 29, 1929, marked the beginning of the Great Depression.
What was Black Tuesday/the stock market crash?
It was this year prohibition was enacted.
When is 1920?
Only this percentage of people could immigrate to America according to the Immigration Act.
2% of people
This architectural style developed in the 1920s, characterized by symmetry, geometry, simple stone and gold designs.
What is Art Deco?
The 19th amendment, enacted in 1920, did this.
What is guaranteeing women the right to vote?
This term refers to the economic situation where the production of goods exceeds consumer demand, leading to a decline in prices and economic downturn.
What is overproduction?
These were secret bars and clubs that would illegally provide alcohol to consumers to spite Prohibition.
What are speakeasies?
This island located off of lower Manhattan became a hotspot for Immigration.
What is Ellis Island?
Any of the following:
New York, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles.
This star became emblematic for his comedy work in silent films of the 1920s.
Who was Charlie Chaplin?
This environmental disaster, characterized by severe drought and soil erosion, exacerbated the economic hardships in the Great Plains during the Great Depression.
What is the Dust Bowl?
It was this amendment that repealed Prohibition.
What is the 21st amendment?
It was this ethnic group whose immigration statistic did not decline due to need for heavy labor in the south.
Who are the Mexicans?
These three social issues became prominent while urbanization became more rapid.
What are poverty, crime and racism?
Though he became mainstream in the 1930s, this "founding father" of jazz rose to fame in the 1920s.
Who was Louis Armstrong?
This many Americans would be unemployed by the height of the Depression.
25%
Al Capone was involved with this Italian-American gang centered in Manhattan.
What was the Five Points gang?
This act made significant changes to the US' approach on the immigration system, making it more inclusive.
What is the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965?
This major city introduced the first subway system in 1904.
What is New York City?
This sport became the subject of the first ever radio broadcast.
What is baseball?
This President, often associated with the Great Depression, served from 1929 to 1933.
Who was Herbert Hoover?