Postwar Disillusionment
The first war that was being waged with rapid-fire machine guns.
World War I
The original American Dream focused on this.
spiritual improvement.
This amendment was intended to control the abuse of alcohol.
18th
Gatsby's role model
Bill Cassidy
This neighborhood in NYC became the center for African American artists.
Harlem
Unsanitary conditions during the war bred these 3 diseases.
malaria, typhoid, dysentery
This decade reversed the trend of the American Dream.
1920's
The most powerful mob boss during the 1920's.
Al Capone
Dan Cody
This time period may also be referred to as this.
The Harlem Renaissance
WWI was mostly this type of warfare.
Trench.
Two reasons why people began moving back to the city.
Poor agricultural planning and the assembly line.
This amendment appealed the Prohibition Act.
21st
In the 1920's, the practice of creating this was encouraged.
A routine
New York's African American population increased by this percent in the 1920's.
66%
During the war, this group of people tasted independence.
Women
wealth
There were thought to be this many speakeasies in New York City by the middle of the decade.
100,000
Two things that were on Gatsby's schedule.
exercising, studying electricity, working, playing sports, practicing poise, study of inventions.
Despite improvements, American society was still _________.
segregated.
What returning soldiers "jonesed" for.
The adrenaline rush of combat
There was a shift in the definition of class from lineage to this.
wealth
A password
Bill Cassidy's "profession"
cowboy
The characters in The Great Gatsby migrated to NY from this region.
the midwest