The three Presidents of the 1920s were part of this political party
Republican Party
The hysteria and paranoia over communism spreading to the U.S. after WWI was evidenced in the
What is the Red Scare?
This Amendment made Alcohol illegal
18 Amendment
The flourishing of African-American art, jazz, literature, and poetry in the 1920s is known as the
Harlem Renaissance
Many young people graduated from high school and moved from farms to...
What are cities?
The Teapot Dome scandal centered around
Oil-rich lands.
The Great Migration was caused by
A desire by African-Americans to find better living conditions & The job opportunities available in Northern cities during and after WWI
The raids were when the FBI would go into houses and business of people looking for anything associated with communism
Palmer raids
This led to increased government corruption because police and politician took bribes from gangsters to ignore the movement and sale of alcohol.
What is prohibition?
In the Great Migration, African Americans moved from
Southern farms to the Northern cities.
Illegal nightclubs that served alcohol during the 1920s were called
What are Speakeasies?
A Powerful Gangster in the 1920s
Al Capone
Although the 1920s were “roaring,” these groups of Americans was generally left out of the overall prosperity:
Farmers
African Americans
Native Americans
The ____ gave full voting rights to women.
19th Amendment
Book written by F. Scott Fitzgerald that describes the 20s?
The Great Gatsby
These legislations limited immigration from Asia and Southern and Eastern Europe
Emergency Quota Act and the National Origins Act