Postwar Prosperity
This man pioneered the mass production of automobiles, most notably his "Model T."
Who is Henry Ford?
This man promised a "return to normalcy" after World War I.
Who is Warren G. Harding?
This amendment outlawed alcohol, leading to a period called Prohibition.
What is the Eighteenth Amendment?
Young women who challenged traditional expectations and gender roles in the 1920s.
Who were flappers?
This neighborhood was the center of a flourishing of African American art in the 1920s.
What is Harlem?
This is what we call the flood of the new products that were available in the 1920s.
This man, a strong supporter of conservative, laissez-faire policies, became President after Harding's death.
Who is Calvin Coolidge?
This term refers to fears of a possible communist revolution in the United States.
What is the Red Scare?
Group of writers from the 1920s who often wrote about disillusionment and sought out new meanings and truths.
Who were the "Lost Generation?"
A form of music based on improvisation, this is often seen as the soundtrack to the 1920s.
What is jazz?
The method of payment allows consumers to pay off the cost of a product over several months.
What is installment buying?
This 1924 plan loaned money to Germany to help France and Britain repay their debts to the United States.
What is The Dawes Plan?
This 1925 court case involved the legality of teaching evolution in public schools.
What is the Scopes Trial?
An aviator who famously flew across the Atlantic solo, and nonstop in 1927.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
A poet of the Harlem Renaissance, this man is known for poems such as "A Dream Deferred" and "My People."
Who is Langston Hughes?
A period of rising prices.
What is inflation?
This man, Secretary of Treasury under three Presidents, supported pro-business policies such as tax cuts.
Who is Andrew Mellon?
What is the quota system?
The first film with synchronized sound, this brought the era of silent films to an end.
What is The Jazz Singer?
A Black nationalist known for organizing the "Back to Africa" movement.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
Mass transit and automobiles allowed more people to live in these areas.
What are suburbs?
This major political scandal involved a member of Harding's cabinet accepting bribes.
What was Teapot Dome?
A strong belief in the literal truth of every word in the Christian Bible and Protestant teachings.
What is fundamentalism?
This developed across the United States due to the growth of movies, newspapers, and radio stations.
What is a mass culture?
The large movement of African Americans form the South to the North and West that occurred in the early 20th century.
What is the Great Migration?