Vocab
Movement of people to cities
Urbanization
Farmers who had supplied much food during WWI now had a _____________ and nowhere to sell extra crops.
Surplus
Advances in aviation continued, and _________ ____________ became the first person to fly across the Atlantic alone.
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh flew from New York to _______.
Paris
_____ caused prices to drop and drove many farmers out of business.
Mechanization
Time of much interest and activity in the arts
Renaissance
People who lived outside the cities could now ___________ to work because it was easier than ever to own an automobile.
Commute
Sports broadcasts became popular as people followed the careers of baseball players such as _______ _________.
Babe Ruth
As real estate companies began developing land in Florida in the 1920s, there was a huge land boom in __________ ________.
Miami Beach
Louis Armstrong played the __________.
Trumpet
Making monthly payments until the full price has been paid
Installment Buying
An important form of music during this period was____________.
Jazz
_____ ______ wrote about social problems.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
More skyscrapers were built in cities such as _______ and New York City.
Chicago
Immigrants were always welcome members of their communities.
True or False
False
Products made for personal use
Consumer goods
The 18th Amendment made production, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages illegal. This was called ______________.
Prohibition
_____ ______ introduced a plain but vivid writing style.
Ernest Hemingway
The first Radio station broadcast was from __________.
Pittsburgh
The 18th Amendment gave women the right to vote.
True or False
False
Production by machines
Mechanization
The ____ _____ was a time when people were worried about the spread of communism.
Red Scare
Many _____ struggled after the end of WWI.
Farmers
African American culture had its own renaissance when writers, musicians, and artist moved to the Harlem Community in ____ _____ _____.
New York City
Jazz heavily influenced the music of _______ and _________ Gershwin
George and Ira