Social Changes
Legislation & Amendments
Scandals and Trials
Economics
Prohibition and Crime
100

This music genre that became popular during the Harlem Renaissance.

Jazz

100

What was it called when alcohol was illegal in the U.S.?

Prohibition

100

What group promoted white supremacy and opposed immigrants, African Americans, Catholics, and Jews in the 1920s?   

Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

100

What development led to the use of new appliances in homes and changed American life in the 1920s?

electricity

100

What term describes the illegal production and distribution of alcohol during Prohibition?

Bootlegging


200

Who were the young women in the 1920s who embraced new fashions and social freedoms?

Flappers

200

The amendment that granted women the right to vote.

The 19th Amendment

200

Government raids during the Red Scare targeting suspected communists and radicals.

Palmer Raids

200

What allowed Americans in the 1920s to buy goods and pay for them over time instead of all at once?

credit

200

What were the hidden bars called where people would secretly consume alcohol during Prohibition?

Speakeasies

300

What was the movement of African Americans from the rural South to Northern cities for better job opportunities?

Great Migration

300

The amendment that started Prohibition by banning the sale of alcohol.

The 18th Amendment

300

The period of intense fear of communism and radicalism following World War I.

Red Scare

300

Which industry grew rapidly in the 1920s, leading to new roads, jobs, and the growth of suburbs?

Automobile Industry

300

Who was the notorious gangster who made a fortune from illegal alcohol sales in Chicago during the 1920s?

Al Capone

400

What was the cultural movement celebrating African American art, music, and literature in the 1920s?

Harlem Renaissance

400

What 1924 law set quotas to limit the number of immigrants allowed into the United States based on nationality?

The National Origins Act

400

What scandal involved government officials taking bribes to lease oil reserves to private companies?

The Teapot Dome Scandal

400

Who used assembly line production to make cars affordable for the average American?

Henry Ford

400

What government agency expanded its role during the 1920s to combat organized crime and enforce Prohibition laws?

The FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)

500

In 1927, over this percentage of Americans owned cars.

50%

500

What law enforced the ban on alcohol during Prohibition?

The Volstead Act

500

The trial that debated the teaching of evolution in public schools.

The Scopes Trial

500

What industry grew in the 1920s to promote consumer goods, encouraging people to buy more products?

Advertising

500

What law was passed to enforce Prohibition in the United States?

The Volstead Act

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