culture
This term describes women in the 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed hair, and embraced new freedoms.
flapper
which amendment initiated prohibition?
18th
This 1920s innovation allowed people to buy goods by paying small amounts over time
buying on credit/installment plans
flew the 1st successful flight from new york to paris
charles lindbergh
promised a return to normalcy, high tariffs, and low taxes
warren harding
what was one consequence of prohibiton?
increased crime rates
other than African Americans, which other groups did the KKK target during the 1920s?
Catholics/Jews (immigrants)
Communists
This term describes the widespread buying of consumer goods like radios and refrigerators during the 1920s.
consumerism
lost generation writer- wrote the great gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Taft
the palmer raids targeted people suspected of ____________.
communism
This term describes the fear and suspicion of communism and radical ideas that swept the U.S. after World War I.
Red Scare
1. name one industry that significantly benefited from mass production techniques
2. name on industry that did not prosper during the 1920s
1. automobile industry
2. farming
name 3 people associated with the harlem renaissance
louis armstrong
bessie smith
duke ellington
langston hughes
This scandal involving oil reserves and government officials rocked the Harding administration
Teapot Dome Scandal
This invention became a household staple in the 1920s, revolutionizing home entertainment.
radio
limited immigration during the 1920s from "undesirable" countries
emergency quota act
_____________ brought the Roaring 20s to an end
the stock market crash
lost generation writer who is from Mississippi
William Faulkner
T/F -
the 22nd amendment repealed the 18th amendment
FALSE=
21ST AMENDMENT
included more details pertaining to the 18th amendment
volstead act
This trial in 1925 highlighted the clash between modern science and traditional religious beliefs.
Scopes Trial
This economic policy of the 1920s favored low taxes and minimal government interference in business.
laissez-faire economics
Italian immigrants that were arrested and executed for robbing/killing american citizen
Sacco and Vanzetti
which political party dominated the federal government in the 1920s?
republican