Prohibition
This movement began as a way for women to exercise their social power to try and reduce excessive alcohol abuse and the domestic abuse that came with it.
What is the Temperance Movement?
This is what people called World War One when they were going through it, not knowing another war was coming.
What is the Great War?
Known for his impressive stunts, this silent film star never made the crossover to film that included audio.
Who is Buster Keaton?
This is the name for the time period from the late 1880s to the early 1900s that emphasizes the great disparity in wealth in America.
What is the Gilded Age?
This was the 1919 constitutional amendment that prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol in the United States.
What is the 18th Amendment?
This is the name for German submarines.
What is a U-Boat?
Remembered best for his fake moustache, this silent film actor successfully transitioned to film with audio.
Who is Charlie Chaplin?
This is the time period from roughly the late 1800s to the early 1900s that is characterized by the upper middle class movement to make society the way they thought it should be.
What is the Progressive Era?
This is the name of the LAW, not the amendment, that was passed to actually enforce Prohibition.
What is the Volstead Act?
This is the organization that Woodrow Wilson wanted to form as a global governing body with the U.S. at the head.
What is the League of Nations?
This was what contemporary Americans called films that included audio recordings of dialogue.
What are "talkies"?
Also called the Roarin' Twenties, the 1920s are also known by this name, because of the explosion in styles of music.
What is the Jazz Age?
What is the name for alcohol that is made illegally, usually with a very high alcohol content?
What is moonshine?
This was the term for the space between opposing trenches during World War One, a dangerous area filled with mines, barbed wire, and bullet fire.
What is "No Man's Land"?
This man, working for Thomas Edison, is the man largely given credit for inventing the modern motion picture camera.
Who is W. K. Laurie Dickson?
This 1896 Supreme Court ruling made racial segregation the law of the land.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This famous American family that would later produce one president, a couple of senators, and a handful of congresspeople, make its fortune rumrunning.
Who are the Kennedys?
This is the treaty that ended the war.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Along with Dreamland and Steeplechase, this place known for its bright lights was one of the first amusement parks on Coney Island.
What is Luna Park?
This is the name for the earliest form of stage entertainment in America, which was based largely around the concept of a variety show.
What is vaudeville?