Vocab 2
someone who sells or makes illegal alcohol
What is a bootlegger
Changed American life with his Model T
Who is Henry Ford
Which amendment started Prohibition?
What is the 18th Amendment
the scientific theory that humans and other forms of life have evolved over time
What is evolution
membership in this organization skyrocketed in the 20s to almost 4 million; members terrorized and killed African Americans and other minority groups
What is the KKK
women who wore shorter dresses, short hair, and partied.
What is flappers
First to fly solo across the Atlantic
Who is Charles Lindbergh
This organization fought for an anti-lynching law
What is the NAACP
the belief that God created the world and everything in it, usually in the way described in the Bible
What is fundamentalism
This industry boomed in the 1920s thanks to all the new products available.
What is the advertising industry
a production system with machines and workers arranged so that each person performs an assigned task again and again.
What is an assembly line
Person responsible for the St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Who is Al Capone
This Pact made war illegal
What is the Kellog Briand Pact
Large scale manufacturing done with machinery.
What is mass production
One of the worst scandals in American history; happened during Harding's presidency
What is Teapot Dome Scandal
the banning of selling, producing or transporting liquor/alcohol.
What is prohibition
Wrote the Sun Also Rises and a Farewell to Arms; simple straight forward writing, criticized glorification of war.
Who is Ernest Hemingway
This was the name for the plan to loan money to Germany so they could pay their reparations, so our Allies could pay us back
What is the Dawes Plan
Developed the theory of relativity
Who is Albert Einstein
Which amendment repealed Prohibition?
What is the 21st Amendment.
rise of population in cities
What is urbanization
Composer and musician known for his jazz music; played at the Cotton Club
Who is Duke Ellington
This tariff was the highest ever in American history. Helps to cause the Great Depression.
What is the Hawley-Smoot Tariff.
this epidemic spurred on many people to ask why things happen, leading to many innovations
What is the flu
Campaign phrase used by Calvin Coolidge
What is the business of America is business