He was the most powerful leader of organized crime in the 1920s. He made huge profits during prohibition.
Who was Al Capone?
100
Many people were moving to these places during the 1920s.
What are cities?
100
Many Americans sat around and listened to this with friends and family.
What is the radio?
100
The ban on the selling, manufacturing, and transporting of alcohol.
What is Prohibition?
100
Famous Jazz trumpet player and singer. ("What a Wonderful World").
Who was Louis Armstrong?
200
He hit his 60th homerun in 1927 and was probably the most significant sporting figure of the decade.
Who was Babe Ruth?
200
These were underground bars/clubs that served alcohol during prohibition.
What are speakeasies?
200
The circulation of these increased during the 1920s.
What are newspapers OR magazines? Bonus
200
Smugglers of alcohol were called this name.
What are bootleggers?
200
He was a soldier in World War I, and wrote books in a simplistic literary style; "A Farewell to Arms", "The Sun also Rises" and the "Old Man and the Sea" are some of his best known books.
Who was Ernest Hemingway?
300
He was the first pilot to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean. He was met by huge crowds when he landed in Paris, France.
Who was Charles Lindbergh?
300
This city experienced the worst effects of prohibition due to rising rates of organized crime.
What is Chicago?
300
The most popular spectator sport of the '20s.
What is baseball?
300
Name of the trial in which the teaching of evolution in classrooms was being discussed.
What is the Scopes/"monkey" trial?
300
The first movie that featured talking and singing actors.
what is "the Jazz Singer"?
400
He was the "hero" of science in the 1920s, because he challenged a Tennessee law banning the teaching of evolution in schools.
Who was Mr. Scopes? Bonus Point
400
Young people spent more time here instead of at work during the 1920's.
What is school? Bonus
400
The first animated movie with sound.
What is "Steamboat Willie?"
400
Supporters of this believed in a literal interpretation of the Bible, were skeptical of science, and did not believe in the theory of evolution
What is fundamentalism? Who are fundamentalists?
400
A very famous composer who blended traditional elements with American Jazz to create a unique sound (Big Band).
Who was George Gershwin?
500
He created the UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association). He believed that African-American businesses should be promoted and that blacks should consider returning to Africa to fight oppressive colonial powers there.
Who was Marcus Garvey?
500
In the 1920s, this neighborhood became the black capital of America, and experienced a "renaissance".
What is Harlem?
500
This book, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald described the emptiness of the elite New York society.
What is The Great Gatsby?
500
The term used to describe the large numbers of African-Americans who were moving from the south to northern cities.
What is the "Great Migration?"
500
Name three of the four presidents of the 1920s.
Who are Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover?