Roaring 20's A
True or False: The 20's were said to "roar" because of the widespread wars that occured.
False: The 20's wear said to "roar" because of economic prosperity & cultural change.
Who started the “Back to Africa” movement?
Marcus Garvey
Forget television and movies! They weren't invented yet! The ____ was the most popular form of entertainment during the 1920's.
Radio
Which of the following amendments made the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol illegal?
18th
The time period that followed the stock market crash was called the ______ ______ because many people lost their jobs, savings, and livelihood.
Great Depression
Fashion and appearance changed a lot for women in the 1920's. They cut their hair and wore shorter, more revealing dresses. Women that took on this style were called...
Flappers
The 19th Amendment of the Constitution, signed in 1920, did what for women?
Gave them the right to vote.
The artistic movement of African American's in a neighborhood of New York was called the...
The Harlem Renaissance
People who thought newer ideas were better
Modernists
Some believed in evolution, but traditionalists believed in ___________.
Creationism/ Fundamentalism
What group lost hope in the previous culture norms due to their experiences with WWI?
The Lost Generation
The Roaring 20's was also known as the _____ Age.
Jazz
What is the vocab word for the rapid manufacturing of large numbers of identical products making goods cheaper to make & buy?
Mass production
Black Tuesday was the day the ____ _____ ____, signaling the end of the prosperity of the roaring 20's.
stock market crashed.
Return to...
Normalcy
A foreign policy of fewer foreign interactions is called
Isolationism
The ability for news to reach many people across great distances is called?
Mass Media
What is Using credit to purchase stock?
"Buying on a Margin"
During the 1920's, many people bought new inventions on _______, giving companies a false sense of wealth / profit.
Credit
A cultural divide between the Fundamentalists & Modernists was revealed in what famous trial?
The Scopes Monkey Trial
In 1919 the government passed the 18th Amendment, banning the sale of alcohol. This was referred to as...
Prohibition
During prohibition times, many bars selling alcohol illegally popped up. These secret bars were called ________.
Speakeasies
F. Scott Fitzgerald was a famous writer during the 1920s. He wrote for the Saturday Evening Post but he also wrote a very famous book called _______. This book was made into a movie in 1974 & 2013.
The Great Gatsby
Albert Fall, the Secretary of the Interior, spent a year in prison as a result of what scandal?
Teapot Dome
Which of the following trials exposed the extreme cultural biases due to Nativism?
Sacco & Vanzetti