Events and Figures
What historical event, which took place between 1914 and 1918, was one of the main driving forces behind prohibition?
World War 1
This was banning the sale, manufacturing and transportation of alcohol during the Roaring 20s
Prohibition
This was a young woman who embraced the new attitudes and styles of the Roaring 20s
Flapper
What music genre was popularised during the 1920s?
Jazz Music
The Roaring 20s are also known as....
The Jazz Age
What was The Great Migration?
The movement of African Americans from rural areas of the Southern states of the United States to urban areas in the Northern states between 1916 and 1970.
What were hidden nightclubs and bars called?
Speakeasies
What hairstyle did flappers typically have?
Bobbed hair
______ were invented as a form of entertainment and became increasingly popular during the 1920s.
Movies/Talkies
How many bones do sharks have?
None
Who was the notorious gangster who ruled Chicago during the Roaring 20s?
Al Capone
What were people that made, distributed, or sold alcohol during the Prohibition called?
Bootleggers
middle class women alleviate society against alcohol.
Temperance Movement
Name one inventions that created leisure time in the 1920s.
vacuum
wash machines
dish washers
This author wrote about the Roaring 20s in his most famous work, The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
What was the fear that communism would spread to America in the early 1900s?
Red Scare
Which Amendment banned the sale, manufacturing and transportation of alcohol during the Roaring 20s?
18th Amendment
In 1920, what did the 19th Amendment grant?
It granted all women the right to vote
What's another word for leisure time
free time
This law put a limited-on immigrants coming to America ?
Emergency Quota Act of 1921
Who was president during the stock market crash and end of the Roaring 20s?
President Herbert Hoover
Which Amendment ended Prohibition?
21st Amendment
The Roaring 20s allowed women to have new experiences. Name 3 of them....
They could:
-become flappers
-have jobs
-go out to parties
-own vehicles
-vote
What was the first movie with sound in 1927?
The Jazz Singer
What is an assembly line?
conveyer belt to move parts a partly assembled cars from one group of workers to another.