Prohibition
This Act, which was enacted in 1919 and took effect in 1920, provided the enforcement of the 18th Amendment, which prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
What is the Volstead Act?
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1920, granted women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This baseball player, known as "The Sultan of Swat," set numerous records and became a cultural icon in the 1920s.
Who is Babe Ruth?
This popular jazz musician thrived during the prohibition era, often performing in Speakeasies. He was nick named Satchmo, Satch, and Pops and was a trumpeter and vocalist.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
This device, invented by Guglielmo Marconi became popular in the 1920s. It allowed people to listen to music and news broadcasts in their homes. It's first station broadcast was from KDKA in Pittsburgh on November 2, 1920.
What is the Radio?
This, also called a beer flat or blind pig or blind tiger, was an illicit establishment that sold alcoholic beverages. It's origins date back to the 1880s, however, they came into prominence during the Prohibition Era.
What is a Speakeasy?
In 1928, this country granted women over the age of 21 the right to vote, equalizing the voting age with men.
What is the United Kingdom?
This silent film star, known as "The Little Tramp," was one of the most famous actors of the 1920s.
Who is Charlie Chaplin?
Known as the "Empress of the Blues," this singer was one of the most influential blues artists of the 1920s.
Who is Bessie Smith?
This car manufacturer revolutionized the automobile industry with the introduction of the assembly line in the 1920s. He introduced the first assembly line at his Highland Park plant in Michigan.
Who is Henry Ford?
This is the practice of engaging in smuggling alcoholic beverages to circumvent the prohibition laws. Alcoholic beverages were often brought into the United States from Canada or The Bahamas.
What is Bootlegging?
This color, along with white and gold, was one of the official colors of the women's suffrage movement in the United States.
What is purple?
This aviator became the first person to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
Salvador Dali, a Spanish painter known for works like "The Persistence of Memory," was a leading figure in this artistic movement of the 1920s.
What is the Surrealist Movement?
This appliance, introduced in the 1920s, became a staple in American kitchens and helped reduce food spoilage. The first electric model was produced by General Electric in 1927.
What is The Refrigerator?
This amendment that repealed prohibition is unique among the 27 amendments of the U.S. Constitution for being the only one to repeal a prior amendment, as well as being the only amendment to have been ratified by state ratifying conventions.
What is the 21st Amendment?
This organization, founded in 1920, aimed to educate women on their new voting rights and encourage their participation in politics.
What is the League of Women Voters?
This term refers to a group of American writers and artists that came of age during and felt disillusioned by societal changes and horrors of war. Key figures included Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, and John Steinbeck.
What is The Lost Generation?
This visual arts style, known for its bold geometric patterns and vibrant colors, emerged in the 1920s and influenced architecture, fashion, and design.
What is Art Deco?
This American Astronomer announced on December 30th, 1924 that the Milky Way Galaxy was one of many galaxies in the universe. Despite significant contributions to astronomy, including the discovery of the Cephied Variable, he never won the Nobel Prize. At the time, astronomers were considered ineligible for the award.
Who is Edwin Hubble?
This phrase refers to someone who abstains from alcohol. It originated from the Temperance movement, which advocated for total abstinence from alcohol.
What is Teetotaler?
This 1920 book by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler detailed the history and struggles of the women's suffrage movement.
What is Woman, Suffrage, and Politics?
This social activist and founder of the American Birth Control League was a prominent advocate for women's reproductive rights in the 1920s.
Who is Margaret Sanger?
This American composer, known for works like "Rhapsody in Blue," blended classical music with jazz influences in the 1920s.
Frederick Bantings was a Canadian scientist who co-discovered this and explored it's therapeutic treatment potential in the early 1920s, revolutionizing the treatment of diabetes. He, along with JJR Macleod won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1923 for it's discovery.
What is insulin?