Notable People
This courageous aviator made the first perilous nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in May 1927.
Who is Charles A. Lindbergh?
A massive scandal that broke out during the Harding administration involving the manipulation of government-owned oil fields.
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?
This name was given to reference the period of American history that saw the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol was prohibited.
What is Prohibition?
This term was popularized in the 1920s to describe women who embraced new fashions, attitudes, and behaviors.
What are flappers?
This new genre of music, that was created by African Americans, became a staple of 1920s culture.
What is Jazz?
This "handsome" president won the Election of 1920 in an electoral college landslide using the slogan "A Return to Normalcy".
Who is Warren G. Harding?
These foolish men were close friends with President Harding and were offered positions in the White House once Harding won in 1920.
Who are the Ohio Gang?
This name was given to hidden bars that sold alcohol illegally in the 1920s.
What are speakeasies?
This amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1920, granted American women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This cultural, social, and artistic movement celebrated African American culture in the 1920s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This "cool" president was notorious for being extremely silent and for fitting in with the pro-business spirit of America.
Who is Calvin Coolidge?
This trial that was held in Tennessee in 1925 faced a severe conflict between science and religion.
What is the Scopes Trial?
This amendment to the United States Constitution enforced Prohibition.
What is the 18th Amendment?
This glass ceiling breaker became the first woman to pilot across the Atlantic Ocean in a solo nonstop flight.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
This trumpet player's music is still popular today. He is known as the King of Jazz music.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
This gentleman was a famed American writer who was well known for coining the term "Jazz Age" in his bestselling book The Great Gatsby.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
These Italian immigrants were placed on trial for robbery and murder as they were anarchists in a time where xenophobia ruled America.
Who were Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti?
This outcome was outlined in the 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution.
What is the reversal of Prohibition?
These products, that hit the shelves in the 1920s, allowed for American women to get housework done more efficiently.
What are electric appliances?
This influential African American leader founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA).
Who is Marcus Garvey?
This gentleman was the former United States Secretary of the Interior and became the first American to be convicted of a felony while holding a cabinet position.
Who is Albert B. Fall?
While not exactly corrupt, this plan did allow for the United States to become richer through receiving funds from France, Great Britain, and Germany.
What is the Dawes Plan?
This was a direct outcome of the Prohibition period, dealing with bootleggers and mobsters.
What is organized crime?
These set of societal rules are established to treat men and women differently.
What is the double standard?
This term, which we have talked about a lot throughout this semester, refers to the African American movement from the South to Northern cities.
What is the Great Migration?