1920's Culture
Minorities in the 20's
The Economy
The Birth of Modern America
Don't forget the Ladies
100
The rebirth of African American art, culture, music and literature.
Harlem Renaissance
100
Among other factors, this insect aided in the rapid movement of African-Americans from the South to the North prior to the 1920's.
Boll Weevil
100
The introduction of _________________ allowed Americans to purchase goods they could not necessarily afford.
credit or buying on credit
100
The widespread use of this invention would later give rise to other mass media devices like the tv and today, cell phones and streaming platforms.
Radio
100
She would devote much of her adult life to gaining the right to vote and fighting to get the federal government to get tougher on lynching in the South.
Ida B. Wells
200
As a result of the fear of immigrants, anarchism, racism and the changing role of women, this group grew to its largest size in 1924, estimated to be 4 million.
The Ku Klux Klan
200
This was a 1921 attack on the black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It marked the rise in anti-black and anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States.
The Tulsa Race Massacre
200
This process used by Henry Ford in factories led to a dramatic decrease in the price of goods such as the Ford Model T.
Assembly line
200
The image above is an example of America's obsession with buying stuff, which grew rapidly in the 1920's.
consumerism
200
This was the name given to the young women of the 20's who challenged attitudes on gender by wearing their hair short, dressing provocatively and smoking and sometimes drinking like the guys
Flappers
300
As a result of the growing attitudes of nativism, restrictions were created to limit _________________________.
Immigration
300
His "Back to Africa" movement along with his black separatist ideology was the beginnings of a 1920's civil rights movement.
Marcus Garvey
300
This banned the sale and distribution of alcohol throughout the United States beginning in 1920.
Eighteenth Amendment, Prohibition, Volstead Act
300
This attitude that immigrants can pose a threat to Americans in a number of ways is alive and well in the US today. What name has the attitude been given.
Nativism
300
As a result of changing attitudes toward women and gender roles, the 20's saw women beginning to pursue and or attend what before was maybe only for men.
college degrees, attending college
400
This year long trial and questionable conviction and executions was the result of nativism, or Americans' fear of foreigners and foreign politics like anarchism that they feared were entering the country.
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
400
Although immigration laws were created in the 20's, this particular group continued to migrate to the US, especially in the years following the Great Migration and the resurgence of cotton after the Boll Weevil infestation.
Mexicans/Mexican Farm Workers
400
The 1920's economy began to grow rapidly as a result of the increased use of these TWO forms of transportation.
Cars and Planes
400
The radio led to the rapid growth in the popularity of this form of entertainment, enjoyed globally by hundreds of millions of people.
Sports
400
1920's consumerism still held on to this traditional role for women, as seen in this advertisement.
housewives and mothers
500
Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith were best known for what style of music?
Jazz
500
Although their goals were different and they sometimes were at odds, these men were key players in the 1920's and early civil rights movement.
WEB DuBois and Booker T. Washington
500
African-American, and by extension, Mexican immigrant economic lives improved as a result of this movement of people from one region to another.
The Great Migration
500
This 1920's court case challenged traditional religious belief with the new theory of evolution.
The Scopes Monkey Trial
500
As a result of decades of protest and finally their efforts in helping during World War I, women were granted the right to vote by this amendment to the Constitution.
Nineteenth Amendment