Racial Issues
What violent racist group became very popular during the 1920's?
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Harlem is located in what city?
New York City/Manhattan
Women who had short hair and wore short skirts were called
Flappers
An economic system where you can have private property and privately owned businesses.
Capitalism
The 18th amendment prohibited the sale and distribution of ...
Alcohol
One violent tactic that the KKK was famous/infamous for involved hanging African-Americans from trees, this was known as...
Lynching
This music became popular during the 20's, and was big in the Harlem Renaissance.
Jazz
Illegal homemade whiskey was called
moonshine
An economic system where the state owns all the land and all the means of production
Communism
The belief that only people born in the United States should be allowed to live here was called...
Nativism
In the mid-1920's the KKK had claimed this many members nationwide.
4 to 5 million
The _____________ ____________ was a large scale movement of African-Americans out of the south and to different cities around the country.
Great Migration
Illegal bars where people went to drink were called
Speakeasies
Which system allows people to starve to death, Communism or Capitalism?
Capitalism
After bombs were sent to politiicans and rich business men, the U.S. Attorney General started rounding up immigrants and arresting them without warrants or proper trials, this was known as the
Palmer Raids
What groups did the KKK target during the 20's?
Blacks
Immigrants
Catholics
Communists
Famous Writer and Poet from the Harlem Renaissance
Langston Hughes
Families would often gather in the evenings to listen to shows on what device?
the Radio
What is the name of a system with no government at all?
Anarchism or anarchy
Who were the two Italian immigrants executed for murder in a highly controversial trial
Sacco and Vanzetti
What national policy did the Klan support, that attracted many women to support them?
Prohibition
Famous Trumpet player and singer from the Harlem Renaissance. Also known for singing "It's a Wonderful World"
Louis Armstrong
What sport became the national pastime in the 1920's?
Baseball
Laissez Faire
A philosophy or policy that says government keeps it's hands off of businesses'.
What was the Scopes Monkey Trial about?
Teaching Evolution in schools