Society
In the 1920s American society became increasing divided between rural communities and _________.
What are cities?
This businessman created the modern automobile manufacturing system.
The term for the legal system which discriminate against African Americans after Reconstruction.
What is Jim Crow?
He was the leader of the NAACP who argued for political reform and legal opposition to Jim Crow laws
Who is W.E.B. Dubois
This form of music which is a mixture of European instruments and African rhythms became a popular form in the 1920s.
What is Jazz?
American public education changed as more people enrolled in __________.
What are colleges or universities?
This movement of African Americans from the South to Northern cities for jobs and higher equality began in WWI and continued through the 20s.
What is the Great Migration?
This is the name of US policy following WWI which called for the US to stop being involved in world politics and conflicts.
What is Isolationism?
The is white nativist movement was reborn following the end of WWI
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
Women gained the right to vote under this amendment to the Constitution.
What is the 19th?
America's first great hero of the 20s became famous by his solo flight across the Atlantic.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
As a result of WWI and increased demand for workers caused American women to increasing join _________.
What is the workforce (or economy)?
What is the Red Scare?
This law banned the production, sale and consumption of alcohol in the US
What is the 18th amendment or Prohibition?
This leader of the Chicago mob made his fortune from the illegal importing and sale of alcohol.
Who is Al Capone?
This famous case divided Americans on the question of evolutionary theory versus biblical literalism.
What is the Scopes trial?
Pop culture and driving culture were both caused by the growing wealth of this class in America in the 1920s
What is the Middle Class?
These two Italians were executed in Massachusetts on trumped up charges.
Who were Sacco and Vanzetti?
This new form of culture spread throughout the US with the wider available access to radio and movies.
What is Pop Culture?
The illegal trial and execution of a person is known as
What is lynching?
What is a Speakeasy?
The continued lack of regulation on the market in the 1920s was part of this economic theory.
These raids were unconstitutional attacks on american communists, anarchists and socialists.
This leader advocated the creation of a African national homeland.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
The introduction of this transport technology brought American cities and culture closer together.
What is the airplane?