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Anything from the 20s
100

The hottest piece of entertainment that Americans could buy in the 1920s

What is the radio

100

The most well known baseball player of the 1920s

Who is Babe Ruth

100

The amendment that gave women the right to vote

What is the 19th amendment

100

Famous novel about the 1920s written by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

What is The Great Gatsby

100

The amendment that banned the sale and distribution of alcohol

What is the 18th amendment

200

The most popular silent movie film star of the 1920s

Who is Charlie Chaplin

200

The first pilot to successfully fly across the Atlantic Ocean

Who is Charles Lindbergh

200

The name given to women of the 1920s that symbolized freedom for women

What is a flapper

200

The psychologist that argued that much of human behavior is driven by unconscious desires

Who is Sigmund Freud

200

The name given to a place that sold alcohol illegally

What is a speakeasy

300

The first movie that had sound synchronized to the action

What is the Jazz Singer

300

The length of time it took Charles Lindberg to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.

What is 33.5 hours

300

Famous African-American woman from the Harlem Renaissance

Who is Bessie Smith

300

The nickname given to many writers of the 1920s

What is the "Lost Generation"

300

The man who was charged with teaching the theory of evolution in the "Monkey Trial"

Who is John T. Scopes

400

By the mid-1920s, 50% of U.S. households had this item.

What is a refrigerator, telephone, stove, or electricity

400

The record number of home runs that Babe Ruth hit in a single season

What is 60

400

The group that took a more militant position on women's rights and demanded complete economic, social, and political equality.

What is the National Women's Party

400

This extremist group rose to prominence in the 1920s and had around 4-5 million members

What is the Ku Klux Klan

400

The street in New York that came to symbolize America's booming economy in the 1920s

What is Wall Street

500
Name two fashionable dances that became part of American culture in the 1920s.

What is the fox trot and the Charleston

500

This best all-around athlete from the 1920s

Who is Jim Thorpe

500

The first states that elected women as governors

What is Wyoming and Texas

500

Name a style of art that became popular in the 1920s

What is modernism or abstract art

500

The "rebirth" that occurred in New York and reflected an explosion of African-American culture

What is the Harlem Renaissance