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Social Change
Consumer Society
Prohibition
Women
Family Values
100
Nativism makes us prejudiced against whom?
Immigrants
100
What invention helps lead to Consumer Society?
The Automobile (or Car)
100
Which Amendment made it illegal to sell alcohol?
The 18th Amendment
100
What right did women get in 1920?
The right to vote!
100
What gave American youth a new sense of freedom from their parents?
Cars
200
The Red Scare makes us scared of whom?
Communists (or socialists)
200
What happens to the price of the Model T after the Assembly Line comes into full swing?
It drops by almost a 3rd (from $850 to $295)
200
Which agency was in charge of enforcing Prohibition?
The Treasury Department
200
What do we call a girl from the 20's who goes out dancing, smokes, drinks, and has a good time with her freedom?
A Flapper
200
What influenced many of the new changes in culture and women's rights?
The media (radio, movies, etc.)
300
What was the name of the big scandal under Harding's presidency which caused people to start losing trust in their government?
Teapot Dome
300
What starts to develop around cities now that people can commute to work?
Suburbs
300
What is the name we use for the secret bars that came up during Prohibition?
Speakeasy
300
Why did women believe they ha earned the right to vote?
They had helped out during World War I
300
Older women who didn't like the way things were going became strong supporters of what movement?
Prohibition
400
What do we call the almost-science that was used to make white people seem more evolved?
Eugenics
400
What system becomes widespread allowing people to increase their purchasing power?
Credit
400
Who is the gangster that we think of when we talk about Prohibition in Chicago?
Al Capone
400
What was it now normal for women to do with their lives?
Get a job and stay single for longer.
400
Marriage was now becoming an institution that supposed to be about what?
Romance and Love
500
What religious movement saw the Bible as absolute truth and fought against the teaching of evolution?
Fundamentalism
500
How did companies try to get people to buy their stuff in the new Consumer Society?
Advertising
500
Which countries smuggled in a large portion of our alcohol during Prohibition?
Canada and Caribbean countries
500
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920?
The 19th Amendment
500
What are two different names for this era?
The Roaring 20's The Jazz Age