American Culture
American Automobile manufacturer who created the Model T. He Revolutionized automobile production in the US with the use if Assembly lines.
Who is Henry Ford?
Elected President in 1920, was known for his outgoing personality and his conservative policies.
Who is Warren Harding?
The Amendment that made alcohol illegal in the United States.
What is the 18th Amendment?
The Amendment that gave women the right to vote across the United States.
What is the 19th Amendment?
The American White Supremacist terror and hate group who attacked immigrants, Catholics, Jews, African Americans, and more.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
Young women in the 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed hair, and enjoyed a carefree, modern lifestyle.
What are Flappers?
Nativist policies that limited immigration from specific countries to a specific amount of people.
What are Quota Systems?
People who illegally make, transport, or sell alcohol during the prohibition.
What are Bootleggers?
Known for her achievements as a pilot. These include setting the altitude record and becoming the first female to fly across the Atlantic Ocean (twice).
Who is Amelia Earhart?
A growing trend, mostly in Urban areas of the US, that emphasized science and secular values over traditional ideas.
The unofficial ambassador of Jazz from the 1920's.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
The Vice-president of Warren Harding who took over the presidency after his death. He held similar conservative policies to Harding but was far less personable.
Who is Calvin Coolidge?
One of the groups of people in the United States that are pro-prohibition.
What are women? or What are rural citizens?
Due to new technology and the rise of corporations, Women began getting jobs as... (Name 2)
What are secretaries, typists, telephone operators, or receptionists?
People who felt that immigrants were harmful to American society.
What are Nativists?
Recorded music marketed towards African Americans from 1920-1940. The records typically contained African American music such as blues, jazz, or gospel music.
What are Race Records?
The economic system used by the conservative presidents of the 1920's where the economy was left to guide itself. Supporters of this system claim that an "Invisible Hand" guides the market.
What is Laissez-Faire?
The act of legislation that enforced prohibition
The Volstead Act
She was a prominent member of equal rights movements in the United States. Though originally an abolitionist, she eventually became an advocate for women's rights in the U.S.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
Movement that renewed emphasis on the Protestant teaching that every word in the Bible was literal truth.
What is Fundamentalism?
Arguably the most famous silent film actor of the 1920's. Known for his comedy movies and his iconic character "The Little Tramp".
Who is Charlie Chaplin?
Warren Harding's Secretary of the Treasury. He cut taxes on both businesses and individuals and cut government spending significantly.
Who is Andrew Mellon?
Al Capone
In 1925, She became the first woman to be elected governor of the state Wyoming.
Who is Nellie Tayloe Ross
This iconic trial argued whether a teacher broke the law by teaching evolution in school. The trial turned into an argument that divided Americans. Science vs. Religion, Traditionalism vs. Modernism.