Prohibition
Nativism and Immigration
Harlem Renaissance
Film and Radio
Women
Culture
100
What is a speakeasy?
A secret, hidden bar that operated illegally in the United States during the Prohibition era
100
What is Nativism?
The fear of immigrants
100
An African American cultural movement during the 1920s that celebrated art, music, and writing.
Harlem Renaissance
100
Who was the most famous baseball player of the 1920s?
He is known for popularizing the sport.
Babe Ruth
100
What were young, rebellious women known as?
Flappers
100
What was the name of the car the Ford Motor Company was known for during the 1920s
Model T
200
Who was the most famous bootlegger?
Al Capone
200
What political belief were people afraid of?
Communism
200
A large movement of African Americans from the South to the North to escape Jim Crow laws and segregation.
The Great Migration
200
Large movie theatres were known as...
Movie Palaces
200
What Amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
200
What was the most popular form of music during the 1920s?
Jazz
300
What amendment to the Constitution began prohibition?
18th Amendment
300
Which group rose in popularity because of Nativism and the release of The Birth of a Nation?
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
300
More people had access to cars and did not have to live within walking distance to their jobs.
Where did they move to?
The Suburbs
300
What are two things people listened to on the radio?
Sports
Jazz Music
News
Weather
300
What are three characteristics of women who were flappers?
Shorter Dresses
Bobbed Haircuts
Drank Alcohol
300
Who flew the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic
Charles Lindbergh
400
What law enforced the 18th Amendment?
The Volstead Act
400
The Immigration Quota Acts of the 1920s limited this.
Immigration to the United States
400
Who is this?
Louis Armstrong
400
How did actors show emotion in silent movies?
Actors used exaggerated movements and expressions
400
Where did women smoke and drink?
Speakeasies
400
What is buying on margin?
Buying stocks or goods with a loan
500
Who were the biggest supporters of banning alcohol?
Women and religious groups
500
Who were the two Italian-born anarchists executed by Massachusetts in 1927 for a 1920 armed robbery and murder.
Sacco and Vanzetti
500
Why did the Harlem Renaissance Matter?
Changed how African Americans were represented
Influenced American culture
500
Why Silent Movies Were Popular?
They were cheap entertainment
Anyone could understand them
500
What is something that flappers did that women of the past did not do?
Drive Cars
Vote
Work
Dance
500
How did film and radio create a shared national culture?
People were listening to the same music, news, and sports across the country.