"modern girl", wore latest fashions, had a career job, acted differently than previous generations. She might even drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes in public
FLAPPER
100
Republican President during the Teapot Dome Oil Scandal. Died after being in office only two and one half years.
WARREN G. HARDING
100
Completed the first solo flight over the Atlantic Ocean in 27 hours. Became an American "HERO".
CHARLES LINDBERGH
100
During the 1920s unions supported other unions who were on strike by using the tactic.
GENERAL STRIKE
100
Ethnic neighborhood where immigrants of a particular group lived after arriving in America.
GHETTO
200
popular music of the 1920's, brought to Harlem from places like St. Louis or New Orleans. Included horns, strings and singing.
JAZZ
200
After WW1, many Americans were afraid of anything Communist. Some feared a Bolshevik Revolution in the United States. The fear of communism was given this name
RED SCARE
200
President Warren G. Harding was tied to this scandal where a private business began drilling for oil on public land.
TEAPOT DOME
200
Name the new type of government created in the Soviet Union after the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was based on the belief that all citizens should share equally in the benefits of the country. There should be no rich or poor, everyone should be treated equally.
COMMUNIST or COMMUNISM
200
Business practice where union workers and employers negotiate a contract that includes wages, hours, working conditions and benefits.
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
300
Area of New York City that became the "center" for African-American artists, musicians and writers. This period was given this name.
HARLEM RENAISSANCE
300
Republican President during the 1920's. He was in office when the Stock Market crashed in 1929 and the Great Depression began.
HERBERT HOOVER
300
Made automobiles more affordable by using the moving assembly line. The "tin lizzie" cost only $400. He was anti-union but paid his workers $5 a day (very good pay)
HENRY FORD
300
Immigrant "anarchists" accused, put on trial, found guilty and executed for a murder in 1920. Many Americans believed they were found guilty for political reasons not proper evidence. People followed the case in the newspaper and on the radio.
SACCO and VANZETTI
300
Inventions and improvements to machines or production of goods. The result often creates jobs. People finding new ways to make items or problem solve. Doing work quicker or cheaper is helped by people's creativeness and ingenuity.
TECHNOLOGY
400
During the PROHIBITION ERA (ban on alcohol) this referred to producing, smuggling, selling and consuming illegal alcohol.
BOOTLEGGING
400
Leader of the Bolsheviks. He was the first Communist leader of the Soviet Union after the Russian Revolution of 1917
VLADIMIR LENIN
400
Republican President during the 1920's. He was seen as a friend of BIG BUSINESS because he was if favor of TARIFF TAXES on foreign products.
CALVIN COOLIDGE
400
Tennessee trial where a high school science teacher was arrested, put on trial and found guilty of teaching Darwin's Theory of Evolution rather than the fundamentalist bible version of creation of man.
SCOPES TRIAL
400
She started the HULL SETTLEMENT HOUSE in a poor Chicago neighborhood to help immigrants or the people living nearby. Help included english classes, child care and legal help. This woman was ...
JANE ADDAMS
500
Secret illegal drinking place, often found in basements or backrooms. There were more of these when alcohol was illegal than when you could legally purchase it. It was "exciting " to be at one of these bars.
SPEAKEASIES
500
Started a "self-respect" group for African-Americans during the Harlem Renaissance. Believed in respecting your heritage and being "proud" to be African-American
MARCUS GARVEY
500
Writers of the "Lost Generation" after WW1. They used themes like disillusionment and "little to look forward to in the future". One wrote "THE WASTELAND" and the other wrote "THE GREAT GATSBY".
T.S.ELIOT and F.SCOTT FITZGERALD
500
Scandal involving a private company drilling for oil on public land after paying an illegal bribe to a member of President Warren G. Harding's cabinet of advisers. The cabinet member was the Secretary of the Interior (public land)
TEAPOT DOME
500
Name the ERA in American history that corrected the corruption of the GILDED AGE by passing LAWS to improve the daily lives of people on the jobs or in their city neighborhoods.