Political
What is the 19th Amendment?
19th Amendment – women vote
What is 1918?
World War I ended in this year.
What are speakeasies?
Secret bars where alcohol was sold illegally during Prohibition.
Who are suffragettes?
Women who fought for the right to vote.
What is installment buying?
Many Americans bought goods this way by paying a little each month instead of all at once.
Who was Warren G. Harding?
He was the U.S. president during the early 1920s.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This treaty officially ended WWI and blamed Germany.
What are flappers?
Young women who wore short dresses, danced, and rejected traditional norms.
What are flappers?
Young women in the 1920s who wore short dresses and challenged traditional roles.
What is the economic boom?
A time when businesses made lots of money and people spent freely during the 1920s.
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?
This scandal involved government officials secretly leasing oil-rich land.
What is the Spanish Flu?
This deadly flu pandemic killed millions right after the war.
What is Prohibition?
The 18th Amendment created this nationwide ban on alcohol.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
What is Black Tuesday?
The stock market crashed on this day, marking the end of the 1920s prosperity.
What is jazz?
This new form of music became extremely popular in the 1920s and was associated with dance halls and speakeasies.
What are the Fourteen Points?
President Wilson’s plan for lasting peace after WWI.
What is buying on margin?
Buying stocks with borrowed money.
Who is Frances Perkins?
She became the first woman to serve in a U.S. Cabinet position.
What is overproduction?
Farmers struggled because they produced more crops than people could buy.
What is the Immigration Act of 1924 (National Origins Act)?
This 1924 law limited immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe.
What is the League of Nations?
This organization was created to maintain peace after WWI, but the U.S. didn’t join.
What is bootlegging?
The illegal smuggling and transportation of alcohol during Prohibition.
Who is Margaret Sanger?
She founded the American Birth Control League, which later became Planned Parenthood.
What is the Great Depression?
This event led to a severe worldwide economic downturn after the 1920s