Events and Figures
What historical event, which took place between 1914 and 1918 that set up a booming economy
World War 1
This was banning the sale, manufacturing and transportation of alcohol during the Roaring 20s
Prohibition
This was a young woman who embraced the new attitudes and styles of the Roaring 20s
Flapper
What music genre was popularised during the 1920s?
Jazz Music
The Roaring 20s are also known as the _____ Age
The Jazz Age
The movement of African Americans from rural areas of the Southern states of the United States to urban areas in the Northern states between 1916 and 1970.
The Great Migration
What were hidden nightclubs and bars called?
Speakeasies
What hairstyle did flappers typically have?
Bobbed hair
______ were invented as a form of entertainment and became increasingly popular during the 1920s.
Movies/Talkies
Most famous jazz artist of the 20's. A song of his is "What a Wonderful World."
Louis Armstrong
Who was the notorious gangster who ruled Chicago during the Roaring 20s?
Al Capone
What were people that made, distributed, or sold alcohol during the Prohibition called?
Bootleggers
middle class women alleviate society against alcohol.
Temperance Movement
Also known as America's pastime, this sport became very popular among Americans
Baseball
This author wrote about the Roaring 20s in his most famous work, The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
What was the fear that communism would spread to America in the early 1900s?
Red Scare
Which Amendment banned the sale, manufacturing and transportation of alcohol during the Roaring 20s?
18th Amendment
In 1920, what did the 19th Amendment grant?
It granted all women the right to vote
The invention of this piece of technology connected American's in ways that have never been before.
Radio
These two immigrants were convicted and sentenced to death and became symbols of the fears of immigrants and Communism.
Who were Sacco and Vannetti
Which Amendment ended Prohibition?
21st Amendment
This author of the Harlem Renaissance is most famous for her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston
What was the first movie with sound in 1927?
The Jazz Singer