People of the 20's
a senator from Ohio; Republican candidate during the 1920 presidential election; called for a return to normalcy following WWI
Who is Warren G. Harding?
In 1928 the United States and 14 other nations signed the _____ an agreement that outlawed war. Eventually, 62 nations accepted the pact, but there was no way to enforce it
What is the Kellogg-Briand Pact?
Many new inventions came about during the 1920's including the _______ invented by Henry Ford.
What is the Model-T
A group of authors that believed they were lost in a greedy, materialistic world, which lacked moral boundaries; criticized American society; often fled to Europe
What is the Lost Generation?
A motion picture with sound or a ________ was a new kind of cinematic experience during the 20's.
What is a Talkie?
Became president when Harding died of pneumonia; republican, industrialist, Believed in the government supporting big business.
Who is Calivn Coolidge?
In 1919 the government passed the 18th Amendment, banning the sale of alcohol. This was referred to as...
What is Prohibition?
During World War I large numbers of African Americans began leaving the South to take jobs in northern factories. This movement, or ________, continued during the economic boom of the 1920s
What is the Great Migration?
Many members of the Lost Generation moved to Paris in the 1920s. They formed a community of _________—people who leave their home country to live elsewhere.
Who are expatriates or expats?
The artistic movement of African American's in a neighborhood of New York was called the...
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
The Republican Party chose Coolidge’s secretary of commerce, _____________, as its nominee for the election of 1928.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
Prohibition was meant to stop crime and increase morality in society, instead it led to an increase in _________ __________.
What is
Organized Crime?
To decrease the time it took to make cars, Ford began using a . _______. This system used conveyer belts to move parts and partly assembled cars from one group of workers to another.
What is the Moving Assembly Line?
Communists took power in Russia in 1917. Many Americans began to fear Communist ideas and worried that Communists may try to gain power in America. This led to a ____________ , a time of fear of Communists.
What is the Red Scare?
major figure of the Jazz Age; a conductor and composer. His “big band” sound blended many instruments together in songs such as “Take the A Train.”
Who is Edward "Duke" Ellington?
During the 1910s and 1920s, ________encouraged black people around the world to express pride in their culture. _______argued that black people should build their own businesses and communities to establish economic independence
Who is Marcus Garvey?
Fashion and appearance changed a lot for women in the 1920's. Some women in society cut their hair and wore shorter dresses. Women that took on this style were called...
What are Flappers?
During the 1920's, many people bought new inventions on _______, giving companies a false sense of wealth and profit.
What is credit?
Protestant religious movement known as______ characterized by the belief in a literal, or word-for-word, interpretation of the bible.
What is Fundamentalism?
During Prohibition, many establishments selling illegal alcohol popped up. These secret establishments were called ________.
What are Speakeasies?
American artist; well known for her detailed paintings of flowers and of the Southwest.
Who is Georgia O’Keeffe?
ended prohibition. It made the manufacture and sale of alcohol legal again
What is the Twenty-First Amendment?
Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall, accepted large sums of money and valuable gifts from private oil companies. In exchange, Fall allowed the companies to control government oil reserves
What is the Depot Dome Scandal?
Case which pitted fundamentalism against modernism. Involved the teaching of evolution in a biology classroom in violation of a Tennessee law;
What is the Scopes Trial?
African American writer/poet who described the rich culture of African American life using rhythms influenced by jazz music.
Who is Langston Hughes?