Prohibition
Transporting alcohol illegally
Bootlegging
Nicknamed the Tin Lizzie, Henry Ford’s automobile was a sturdy and reliable car
Model T
Won the 1920 Presidential Election, gave his friends jobs
Warren G. Harding
An explosion of popularity of jazz music during the 1920s
The Jazz Age
During WWI, a large number of African-Americans left the south for the north.
The Great Migration
The outlaw of manufacturing, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages. Put into place in 1920 w/ the 18th Amendment
Prohibition
tax cuts for wealthy Americans, who would then take that money and invest in new businesses, creating new jobs for other Americans
Trickle Down Economics
Harding's VP who became president when Harding died
Calvin Coolidge
Famous Jazz Musician from New Orleans
Louis Armstrong
John Scopes was put on trial for teaching this in his school
This amendment made alcohol legal again
21st amendment
A system using conveyor belts to move parts and partly assembled cars from one group of workers to another
Moving Assembly Line
Involved Sec. of Interior Albert Fall (given his job by friend and President Harding), who accepted large sums of money and gifts from private oil companies
Teapot Dome Scandal
A community in NYC that was the center of African American artistic accomplishment, celebrating the cultural traditions and life experiences of blacks.
Harlem Renaissance
Young women known as ________ cut their hair short and wore makeup and short dresses, challenging traditional ideas about how women were supposed to behave
Flappers
Secret bars disguised as other businesses that served alcohol illegally
Speakeasies
This amendment banned alcohol
18th amendment
Accepting money for political gain
Bribery
Writers and expatriates who criticized American society in the 1920s
Lost Generation
Famous artist of the 1920s, painted pictures of flowers and sunsets
Georgia O'Keefe
Set fines and punishments for disobeying prohibition
Volstead Act
Making alcohol on your own
Moonshine
Harlem Renaissance writer
The first motion pictures with sound
Talkies
A time of fear of Communists, or “Reds.”
Began in 1919 when U.S. postal workers found bombs hidden in several packages addressed to famous Americans
Red Scare