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Dances
Slang
100
The ban on selling and possession of alcohol, causing a huge rise in organized crime
What is prohibition?
100
This scientist created a way to become the evil Mr. Hyde
Who is Dr. Jekyll?
100
A short, chin-lengthed haircut.
What is a bob?
100
A lively dance that involved turning the knees inward and kicking out the lower legs.
What is the the Charleston?
100
an important person
What is big cheese?
200
This sport was very popular in the 1920s, having many stadiums and fields built for players and fans alike.
What is baseball?
200
A movie starring Ramon Novarro that follows a wrongly accused Roman forced to work on a ship while trying to exact his revenge.
What is Ben Hur: A Tale of Christ?
200
Loose fitting pants gathered at the knee
What are knickerbockers?
200
A dance in triple time performed by a couple who as a pair turn rhythmically around and around as they progress around the dance floor.
What is the Waltz?
200
to have a fit
What is cast a kitten?
300
The term that describes that there were more people living in cities than rural areas in the 1920s.
What is urbanization?
300
A film about a framed man who hides in a big top from police officers and eventually gets hired on by the Ringmaster.
What is The Circus?
300
A famous fashion designer who popularized the boyish 'garconne' look and began to bridge the gap between men and women's clothing.
Who is Coco Chanel?
300
A smooth, progressive dance characterized by long, continuous flowing movements across the dance floor.
What is the Foxtrot?
300
a taxi cab
What is a ten cent box?
400
Places that secretly sold illegal alcoholic beverages
What are speakeasies?
400
A film about a man who joins the Klondike gold rush but gets trapped in a cabin by a blizzard with a successful prospector and a criminal.
What is The Gold Rush?
400
A loose fitting undergarment that replaced the constrictive corsets of the Victorian era.
What is a Camisole?
400
A dance Ethel Williams help popularize described as a "Kick and a hop three times on each foot followed by a slide"
What is the Texas Tommy?
400
anything that is old-fashioned
What is a prune pit?
500
Nationwide panic about communism
What is the red scare?
500
A short film about Mickey Mouse who pretends to be the captain of a river steamboat.
What is Steamboat Willie?
500
A widely popular hat worn to tuck women's hair back.
What is a Cloche hat?
500
A ballroom dance from Buenos Aires characterized by marked rhythms and postures and abrupt pauses.
What is the Tango?
500
a person who chews gum
What is an oil burner?