Economic Growth and Technological Innovation
What product became more affordable due to Henry Ford’s assembly line?
The Model T car
What was the first major form of mass media that connected Americans?
Radio
What type of music became widely popular during the 1920s?
Jazz
What term described young women who rebelled against traditional norms in the 1920s?
Flappers
What amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
What group of people struggled economically because of falling crop prices?
Farmers
What new method of payment allowed consumers to buy expensive items over time?
Installment buying
What kind of movies were popular before sound was introduced?
Silent films
What neighborhood in New York City became the center of African American cultural expression?
Harlem
What type of competitions involved people dancing for long periods to see who could last the longest?
Dance marathons
What major event led to an increase in women in the workforce?
World War I
What law limited the number of immigrants allowed into the U.S.?
The Emergency Quota Act of 1921
Name one household appliance that became more common due to the expansion of electricity.
Refrigerator, washing machine, vacuum, or stove
Who was the most famous silent film star of the 1920s?
Charlie Chaplin
Name one famous jazz musician from the 1920s.
Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, or Bessie Smith
What was Shipwreck Kelly famous for?
Flagpole sitting
What was the period called when alcohol was made illegal in the U.S.?
Prohibition
What was the movement of African Americans from the South to the North for better opportunities called?
The Great Migration
What industry saw massive growth as a result of the automobile boom?
Steel, rubber, glass, or road construction industry
What year was the first "talkie" (movie with sound) released?
1927
Who was a famous poet of the Harlem Renaissance known for celebrating African American culture?
Langston Hughes
Who wrote The Great Gatsby, a novel that captured the spirit of the 1920s?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
What were illegal bars called that served alcohol during Prohibition?
Speakeasies
How did racial discrimination continue to affect African Americans in northern cities?
Limited job opportunities and housing discrimination led to race riots
By how much did U.S. goods production increase from 1923 to 1929?
It nearly doubled
Name one way radio changed sports culture in America.
It allowed fans to listen to live play-by-play descriptions of games
What invention helped spread jazz music to a wider audience?
The radio or phonograph
What artistic movement focused on abstract styles and rejected realism?
Modernism
What amendment repealed Prohibition?
21st Amendment
What was the term for the fear of communism that led to mass arrests and deportations?
The Red Scare