1920s Culture
This style of music was brought to northern cities by southern African Americans
What is Jazz?
60% of Americans purchased this item. It was the most wanted technology of the decade
What is a radio?
Group that won political positions and control in 7 different states.
Who is KKK?
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
What is the 19th amendment
The ROAR of the 1920s begin in what city?
What is NEW YORK CITY?
People used this term to describe an area of New York experienced a resurgence in music, dance, literature, theatre, and other forms of art in the 1920s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
Secret clubs where people could purchase and consume alcohol illegally.
speakeasy
Was President from 1921-1923 and was blamed for many scandals after death.
Warren G. Harding
This is the name given to the movement of large numbers of African Americans from the South to the North in search of better economic opportunity and to escape discrimination.
What is the Great Migration?
These women rejected traditional values, wore shorter skirts, and attended dance halls
Who are flappers?
The economy grew in the 1920s as consumers began to buy goods they could not normally afford and growing their personal debt by using this method
What is buying on credit?
First person to cross the Atlantic by airplane alone in 1927.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
This was the main purpose of the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 and the National Origins Act of 1924 supported by nativists.
To restrict/limit immigration to the United States.
Dominated and popularized the game of baseball and held a record for 60 home runs in a single season.
Who is Babe Ruth?
This amendment led to the banning of alcohol in the United States.
18th Amendment
Was President from 1923-1929 and led the country through a very successful economic time [while having a very limited understanding of the economy].
Calvin Coolidge
This term describes the fear and distrust towards those deemed as "radicals" during the 1920s. Began due to the Russian Revolution.
What is the Red Scare?
This term refers to people who smuggled or otherwise transported illegal liquor in the United States
Who are bootleggers?
Marcus Garvey promoted this black nationalist movement
What is "Back to Africa Movement"?
This amendment overturned prohibition and allowed Congress to collect taxes on alcoholic beverages
What is the 21st amendment?
Many Americans believed these men were killed after a Massachusetts crime because they were immigrants with radical beliefs.
Who are Sacco and Vanzetti?
In order to efficiently transport, produce and sell illegal alcohol this type of illegal group became rampant across America
What is organzied crime or gang activity?
Greenwood, an African American neighborhood was burned to the ground in 1921 in this city because it was a successful, self sufficient black community.
What is Tulsa?