Roaring 20's A
True or False: The 20's were said to "roar" because of the widespread wars that occured.
False: The 20's were said to "roar" because of economic prosperity & cultural change.
The 1920's saw a rise in Americans buying new products. What term encompasses this trend?
What is Consumerism?
Forget television and movies! They weren't invented yet! The ____ was the most popular form of entertainment during the 1920's.
Radio
Which of the following amendments made the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol illegal?
18th
The time period that followed the stock market crash was called the ______ ______ because many people lost their jobs, savings, and livelihood.
Great Depression
Fashion and appearance changed a lot for women in the 1920's. They cut their hair and wore shorter dresses. Women that took on this style were called...
Flappers
The 19th Amendment of the Constitution, signed in 1920, did what for women?
Gave them the right to vote.
The artistic movement of African American's in a neighborhood of New York was called the...
The Harlem Renaissance
In order to sell more goods, people began to make monthly payments on things they buy. This is called
What is Paying in Installments?
In the 1920s, Americans were very paranoid about communism and were told to spy on their neighbors. This period became known as
The Red Scare
A movement that believed in a "word for word" interpretation of the Bible was called
What is Fundamentalism?
The Roaring 20's was also known as the _____ Age.
Jazz
One of the most well known Gangster who controlled the bootlegging of Alcohol during the Prohibition Era?
Who is Al Capone?
Black Tuesday was the day the ____ _____ ____, signaling the end of the prosperity of the roaring 20's.
stock market crashed.
Return to...
Normalcy
A foreign policy of fewer foreign interactions is called
Isolationism
What was the slang term for films that replaced the silent films with Dialogue
What are Talkies?
What is Using credit to purchase stock?
"Buying on a Margin"
During the 1920's, many people bought new inventions on _______, giving companies a false sense of wealth / profit.
Credit
A cultural divide between the Fundamentalists & Modernists was revealed in what famous trial?
The Scopes Trial
In 1919 the government passed the 18th Amendment, banning the sale of alcohol. This was referred to as...
Prohibition
A leading figure and influential writer during the Harlem Renaissance
Who is Langston Hughes?
President Coolidge believed in fewer regulations on business which was the return of this concept.
What is Laissez Faire?
Albert Fall, the Secretary of the Interior, spent a year in prison as a result of what scandal?
Teapot Dome
Who was the first person to fly non-stop from New York to Paris?
Who is Charles Lindbergh?