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First person to fly unassisted across the Atlantic Ocean
Who is Charles Lindbergh
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This president filled his cabinet with his buddies.
Who is Warren G. Harding
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This made Americans more mobile than ever and changed cities into less centralized areas.
What is the Automobile
100
The rise of this white supremacist group was a result of more immigrants coming into the country.
What is the KKK or Ku Klux Klan
100
This man created the beloved cartoon character, Mickey Mouse
Who is Walt Disney
200
The first woman to fly across the Atlantic, she disappeared during a flight around the world.
Who is Amelia Erhardt
200
He replaced Warren Harding and led the US during most of the Roaring Twenties
Who is Calvin Coolidge
200
He paid his employees more than other factory owners in an effort to encourage loyalty and attract the best workers.
Who is Henry Ford
200
Nicknamed Satchmo, he was the most famous Jazz musician of the 20s
Who is Louis Armstrong
200
He wrote the Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
300
This slugger was the most popular baseball player in America and the best player for the New York Yankees
Who is Babe Ruth
300
This scandal rocked Harding's Presidency--his cabinet members accepted bribes in exchange for drilling rights on federal property
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal
300
This was the most popular form of entertainment and an important appliance that nearly every family had.
What is the radio
300
The greatest golfer of the 1920's
Who is Bobby Jones
300
This was the name for the illegal bars during prohibition
What is a speakeasy
400
A boxer who grew up in Utah and eventually became the heavyweight champion.
Who is Jack Dempsey
400
also known as "trickle down economics", this involves lowering taxes so that businesses and investors would spend their money.
Supply side economics
400
These men made the first crewed, powered flight in history.
Who are the Wright Brothers
400
This was a major trial in the 1920's over whether evolution should be taught in the classroom.
What is the scopes trial
400
This was the most popular sport in the 1920s
What is baseball
500
Italian-born gangster and the man behind the Valentines day massacre.
Who is Al Capone
500
this is the idea that the US should stay out of european and world affairs
What is isolationism
500
This allowed almost all Americans to participate in the consumer culture of the 1920s
What is Consumer Credit
500
This black Nationalist wanted to fill a boat with African Americans and start a colony in Africa
Who is Marcus Garvey
500
This was the name given to women of the 1920s who bobbed their hair and wore "short" dresses
What is a flapper
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