Prohibition
What amendment banned the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages.
What is the 18th Amendment
During the 1920s, Americans were moving out of rural communities and to...
What is urban communities/cities
An emancipated young woman who embraced the fashions and urban attitudes of the 1920s.
What is Flapper
The most powerful form of mass communication to come out of the 1920s.
What is the Radio.
A literary and artistic movement celebrating African America culture.
What is the Harlem Renaissance.
What illegal activity significantly rose during the 1920s as a consequence of prohibition?
What is Organized Crime.
The Protestant movement grounded in a literal, or non symbolic, interpretation of the Bible
What is Fundamentalism.
A set of principles granting greater freedoms to men than to women, requiring women to observe stricter standards of behavior than men do.
What is Double Standard.
Beginning in the 1910s and accelerating in the 1920s, enrollments in __________ dramatically rose.
What is High School.
A genre of music that is a blend of ragtime and the blues.
What is Jazz.
During Prohibition, illegal bars and taverns were known by this name, often requiring a password for entry. What were they called?
What is Speakeasies.
The Supreme Court case that was a clash of the teaching of the Theory of Evolution in public schools.
What is The Scopes Trial.
What is a Paying job/employment/wage/money
Unlike prior to the 1920s, where high schools only focused on college prep, highschools during the 1920s prepared students to join...
What is the work force.
The mass exodus of African Americans out of the South and into urban centers in the North and partially the West
What is the Great Migration.
While not illegal to drink, the 18th Amendment banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol. This led to a surge in illegal production and distribution of alcohol, known as...
What is Bootlegging.
A tendency to consider material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values.
What is Materialism.
The decline in birthrates was the result of...
What is greater access to birth control information.
What is the title of the oldest magazine founded in 1922?
The Harlem Renaissance's most famous poet who's poems described the difficult lives of working-class African Americans, often moving to the tempo of jazz and the blues.
What is Langston Hughes
This amendment to the US Constitution, ratified in 1933, repealed Prohibition, ending the ban on alcohol. What was this amendment?
What is the 21st Amendment.
Disney's first animated film with sound.
What is Steamboat Willie.
Situations where individuals, particularly women, are expected to fulfill both paid work and unpaid domestic responsibilities.
What is the Double Burden
America's most beloved hero during the 1920s for his flight over the Atlantic that was the first non-stop solo flight between America and Europe.
What is Charles A. Lindbergh.
An early leader of the NAACP who introduced 3 anti lynching bills to Congress.
What is James Weldon Johnson.