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Hardings vice president who became president in the 1920's, he also practiced Laid back politics but provided moral stability, criticized for being to lenient at times. 

Calvin Coolidge 

100

New woman of the 1920's who cut her hair, drank, smoked and broke social norms. This is also another name for the types of dresses worn. 

Flappers

100

This allowed people to go to locations outside of the city more easily instead of using trains/carriage. 

Automobiles

100

Famous baseball during the 1920's and held the home run record

Babe Ruth

100

The time period where the worst economic collapse in U.S. history occurred. 

The Great Depression
200

This was the last Ohio President who served at the beginning of the 1920's. His administration was marked with scandals however...

Warren G. Harding

200

Another name for people who illegally distributed and manufactured alcohol

Bootlegging

200

The ____ _____ was a time of economic growth, social change, mass construction, jazz and the Harlem Renaissance. 

Roaring 20's

200

Hate group which re-emerged in the 1920's due to anti-immigrant sentiments

Klu Klux Klan

200

People started buying on ______ which eventually became hard to track. One of the leading factors which caused the Great Depression. 

Credit

300

Amendment ratified in 1920 which made the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcohol illegal

18th Amendment 

300

Widespread fear of the spread of Communism after WWI

Red Scare

300

This invention allowed the American public to communicate more effectively and also helped entertain with different shows. 

Radio

300

This invention was used to travel very far distances. The U.S. Postal Service started using this in 1918. 

Airplane/ airplane travel
300

The ____ _____ _____ was the spark that made the U.S. economy tank overnight in the late 1920's.  

Stock Market Crash of 1929

400

This Amendment gave women the right to vote

19th Amendment 

400

New music of the 1920's which featured African-American artists

Jazz

400

Production method that breaks down production into smaller steps to increase output. 

Assembly Line

400

This type of entertainment was usually accompanied by with synchronized speech and singing. This is still used a lot in today's society. 

Talking motion pictures/movies. 

400

Day the Stock Market Crashed 

Black Tuesday 

500

This type of economics was used in the early years of the 1920's which led to massive profit for businesses and less government regulation. (DAILY DOUBLE dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun!) 

Laissez-Faire Economics

500

Illegal bars which sold alcohol during Prohibition

Speakeasies

500

Revolutionized the auto industry by using the assemble line to mass produce the Model T

Henry Ford

500

The period of U.S. history marked by creativity within the African American community with art, music and literature was called the ______ ______. 

Harlem Renaissance

500

This event happened which drastically affected crop yield over the span of 10 years. 

The Dust Bowl