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This 1927 movie became the first to use sound that matched the action on screen.
What is The Jazz Singer?
This Pittsburgh radio station began broadcasting in 1920.
What is KDKA?
This decade was known as the Golden Age of Sports because athletes became national heroes.
What is the 1920s?
This amendment granted women the right to vote in 1920.
What is the Nineteenth Amendment?
This movement in art and literature expressed the uncertainty and changing beliefs that followed World War I.
What is modernism?
This famous comedian played the Little Tramp and starred in the movie The Immigrant.
Who is Charlie Chaplin?
This device allowed Americans to listen to recorded music whenever they wanted.
What is a phonograph?
This man became the first person to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean in May 1927.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
This young woman of the 1920s was known for shorter hemlines, heavy makeup, and a bob hairstyle.
What is a flapper?
This name was given to American writers who lost faith in traditional beliefs after World War I.
What is the Lost Generation?
This term described movies with spoken dialogue and music that became popular after silent films.
What are talkies?
These two popular dances helped create a shared national culture during the 1920s.
What are the fox trot and the Charleston?
This was the name of Lindbergh’s airplane, and this was the nickname he received after his famous flight.
What is the Spirit of St. Louis, and who is “Lucky Lindy”?
This political organization demanded full equality for women through an Equal Rights Amendment.
What is the National Woman’s Party?
This author wrote The Great Gatsby, a novel that explored how the American Dream of wealth and success could lead to disappointment.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?