The Roaring Twenties
young women in the 1920s who embraced a more liberated lifestyle, challenging traditional societal norms and embracing freedom and independence
Flappers
October 29, 1929
Stock Market Crash; Beginning of the Great Depression
In the 1920s consumers purchased
Radios and cars
Who mass produced the first car?
Henry Ford
Immigration contributed to a higher population, which in turn led to this style of living.
Urban
granting women the right to vote
Suffrage Movement & the 19th Amendment
Who was President during 1921-1923
Warren G. Harding
What music defined the Roaring Twenties?
Jazz
The nation's total wealth more than doubled, and gross national product expanded significantly due to?
Immigration
Who took the first flight in Kitty Hawk N.C
The Wright Brothers
21st Amendment
The amendment that overturned prohibition.
Who was President from 1923-1929
Calvin Coolidge (two consecutive terms)
What was the most popular dance of the early 1920s?
The Charleston
illegal bars that served alcohol during Prohibition
Speakeasies
Germany invaded Poland, causing
WW2
the Dust Bowl, which caused widespread ________________
Migration
Who was President from 1929-1933
Herbert Hoover
a severe economic crisis that began with the Wall Street crash of 1929 known as
The Great Depression
This program aimed to address the economic crisis, and the decade ended with the outbreak of World War II in Europe
The New Deal
September 1, 1939, when
World War II is generally considered to have begun. (when Germany Invaded poland)
February 14, 1929
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
The KKK was founded by
Defeated Confederate generals
The Great Depression also led to _______________, a severe drought that devastated agricultural areas in the Midwest.
Dust Bowl
He created the New deal
Franklin Delanor Roosevelt
This amendment abolished buying, selling, and manufacturing of alcohol in America
18th Amendment
The Most Notorious Gangster in the 1920s?
Al Capone
led to widespread poverty, homelessness, and hardship, with families struggling to survive
The Great Depression
The unemployment rate soared, reaching nearly 25% in
1933