Economy & Business
What industry boomed because of the assembly line?
The automobile industry
What did the 18th Amendment make illegal?
Alcohol
What movement celebrated African American culture in the 1920s?
What were young women who challenged traditional behaviors called?
Flappers
What law limited immigration?
Emergency Quota Act of 1921; National Origins Act of 1924
Who created the Model T and improved the assembly line?
Henry Ford
What were illegal bars called?
Speakeasies
What NYC neighborhood became the center of the Harlem Renaissance movement?
Harlem
What right did women gain in the 1920s?
Right to vote
What white supremacist group grew during the 1920s?
Ku Klux Klan
What was buying goods with borrowed money known as?
Buying on credit (installment buying)
What was the illegal selling of alcohol called?
What type of music became popular during this time?
Jazz
What invention spread news and entertainment into homes?
What trial involved teaching evolution of schools?
The Scopes Trial
In what year did the stock market crash?
1929
Who was the most famous Chicago gangster?
Al Capone
Langston Hughes
What were movies that had sound first called?
Talkies
What was the conflict between traditional and modern values called?
Cultural conflict
What was October 29, 1929 called?
Black Tuesday
Which amendment ended Prohibition?
Louis Armstrong
Who flew solo across the Atlantic in 1927?
Charles Lindbergh
What farming problem hurt farmers in the 1920s?
Overproduction