Roaring Twenties 1
U.S. President at the beginning of the 1920s
Who is Warren G. Harding?
was the banning of the sale/manufacture of liquor
What was the 18th Amendment?
They opposed immigration, targeted racial and religious minorities.
What did nativists and the KKK oppose?
This musical style, rooted in African American traditions, became a national phenomenon in the 1920s and helped reshape American culture, influencing dance, youth culture, and racial integration in entertainment.
What is Jazz?
This buying method let consumers purchase goods like cars and appliances by paying small regular amounts over time, boosting 1920s mass consumption.
What are installment plans/credit?
A Return to Normalcy
What did President Harding what to return to?
it led to a rise in organized crime
What did Prohibition lead to a rise in?
They limited immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe and banned many Asians.
What did the 1920s immigration quotas do?
Young women known for short skirts, bobbed hair, and bold behavior who challenged traditional gender norms and symbolized changing social attitudes in the 1920s.
Who were the Flappers?
During the late 1920s, many Americans bought stocks on margin and chased quick profits, inflating prices and contributing to the 1929 market crash.
What is stock market speculation?
This was was known as "The Great War" and ended in 1920.
What is World War I?
was women’s suffrage
What is the 19th Amendment?
The belief that natives of countries should be prioritized over immigrants
What was nativism?
This 1925 courtroom showdown in Tennessee debated whether public schools could teach evolution, pitting modern science against traditional religious beliefs.
What is the Scopes Trial?
These state and local laws enforced racial segregation in the South after Reconstruction, creating separate facilities and denying Black Americans equal rights.
What are Jim Crow laws?
The United States was worried about this political ideology infiltrating the US.
What are Communists?
a technique introduced by Henry Ford, to build objects more efficiently, quicker and cheaper
What was the assembly line?
This mass movement saw millions of African Americans leave the rural South for northern and midwestern cities seeking jobs and escaping Jim Crow.
What is the Great Migration?
This industrialist revolutionized mass production with the moving assembly line and lowered car prices, transforming American industry and daily life.
Who is Henry Ford?
This new household technology brought news, music, and advertising into millions of homes, helping create national culture and boost consumer demand.
What is the radio?
These two Italian immigrants were accused of robbing a payroll clerk in Braintree, Massachusetts.
Who is Sacco and Vanzetti?
Albert Fall leased federal oil reserves to private companies for bribes. It mattered because it revealed government corruption and damaged public trust
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?
This cultural movement in the 1920s centered in a New York neighborhood and celebrated Black art, music, literature, and intellectual life.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This Presidents nickname was known as "Silent Cal"
Who is Calvin Coolidge?
This musician during the Harlem Renaissance was famous for the song "What a Wonderful World"
Who is Louis Armstrong?