Vocabulary
A person who illegally produces, sells, or transports alcohol.
Bootlegger
What was the First Red Scare a reaction to?
The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.
Which president promised a "Return to Normalcy"?
Warren Harding
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
An increase in African-American art, music, and literature.
What amendment made alcohol illegal in the United States and what Amendment made it legal again?
The 18th Amendment made it illegal
The 21st Amendment made it legal again.
The state of being usual, typical, or expected.
Normalcy
Which organization reached millions of members nationally, promoting racism and hatred in the 1920s?
The Ku Klux Klan
How did Americans of all backgrounds get wealthy from investing in companies?
The Stock Market
What were flappers?
Young women who cared about the latest fashion trends and went to bars.
What were the issues that came as a result of Prohibition? Select THREE correct answers.
It caused the crime rate to go up.
There were no rules surrounding alcohol.
Police and city government were corrupt.
A production method that moves pieces along to be connected.
Assembly Line
In what city did a White mob burn down a section of town known as Black Wall Street?
Tulsa, Oklahoma
How did credit help consumers buy products they otherwise couldn't afford?
It allowed them to pay a little up front and the rest in installments.
What factors caused the Great Migration? Select TWO correct answers.
Job opportunities became available thanks to World War 1.
Racism and segregation were less prevalent in the North than the South.
What were some issues that made people call for Prohibition? Select THREE correct answers.
It contributed to poverty.
It contributed to domestic abuse and other crimes.
It contributed to illness and diseases.
An illegal bar or nightclub.
Speakeasy
What did Americans think communists would do during the First Red Scare?
Overthrow the government
What scandal saw the government sell of oil meant for the navy to private companies?
The Teapot Dome Scandal
How did flappers go against mainstream American views of women?
These women were individualistic, rather than home-oriented.
What was the issue behind the Scopes Trail?
Whether or not evolution had a place in public schools.
A share of a company that people buy hoping it will increase in value
Stocks
What caused the Palmer Raids?
A communist assassination attempt on Attorney General Mitchell Plamer.
What caused the desire for a return to normalcy?
Chaos in America caused by the First Red Scare and race riots.
A lagging economy.
Why was the Harlem Renaissance special as an expression of African-American culture?
African-Americans were able to express themselves in ways they couldn't in the South.
They were able to tell their stories, their beliefs, their experiences.
Was the 1920s a decade of change or conservatism?
Answers will vary from student to student, using evidence to back up their claim.
Change - Focus on evidence of how America is developing in culture, politics, or economics.
Conservatism - Focus on evidence of how America is returning to normalcy or tradition values.