Flappers & Fashion
What was the term for young women in the 1920s who embraced new fashions and social freedoms?
What is a flapper?
The 18th Amendment started this nationwide ban in 1920.
What is Prohibition?
This new style of music exploded in popularity during the 1920s.
What is Jazz?
The 1920s were often referred to as this "booming" decade.
What is The Roaring 20s?
This American businessman revolutionized the automobile industry with the assembly line.
Who is Henry Ford?
This iconic haircut style became popular among flappers.
What is the bob
This type of illegal bar thrived during Prohibition.
What is speakeasy?
This city became the heart of the Jazz Age, home to artists like Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong.
What is Harlem, New York?
The major economic event that marked the end of the Roaring 20s.
This popular household invention brought entertainment programs into homes across America.
What is the radio?
The name of the dance craze that became a symbol of flapper culture.
What is the Charleston?
This gangster became infamous during the Prohibition era, controlling Chicago’s bootlegging scene.
Who is Al Capone?
The 1920s saw the rise of this type of film, which included spoken dialogue.
What is a "talkie" (or "talking picture")?
This economic system allowed consumers to "buy now, pay later."
What is credit?
This famous African American cultural movement flourished in the 1920s, celebrating Black art, music, and literature.
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
This famous designer popularized simple, elegant, and comfortable clothing for women in the 1920s.
Who is Coco Chanel
Many Americans made their own illegal alcohol, often called this.
What is moonshine?
This famous author wrote The Great Gatsby, a novel capturing the excesses of the Roaring 20s.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
This 1928 Republican president believed in limited government intervention in the economy.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
This board game, originally developed in the 1920s, later became a household favorite in the 1930s.
What is Monopoly?
This makeup item, previously considered scandalous, became widely used by women in the 1920s.
Lipstick
The 21st Amendment, passed in 1933, did this.
What is repeal?
The first talking cartoon, featuring Mickey Mouse, was released in 1928.
What is Steamboat Willie?
This controversial trial in 1925 pitted science against religion in the debate over teaching evolution.
What is the Scopes Trial?
This new highway, stretching from Chicago to Los Angeles, was established in 1926 and became an iconic American road trip route.
What is Route 66?