Key People
Who was the most famous silent film star of the 1920s?
Charlie Chaplin.
Who was a famous jazz musician known for his trumpet skills?
Louis Armstrong
Illegal bars during Prohibition where alcohol was served.
What are speakeasies?
Factors that drove people to leave their homes or attracted them to new places.
What are push and pull factors?
The movement of African Americans from the rural South to urban areas in the North.
Great Migration.
ACLU
Who was known as the "Sultan of Swat"?
Babe Ruth.
Who was the famous defense attorney in the Scopes Trial?
Clarence Darrow
The illegal production and distribution of alcohol during Prohibition.
What is bootlegging?
Segregation that occurs in practice, even if not mandated by law.
What is de facto segregation?
A policy favoring native-born citizens over immigrants.
Nativism.
The concept of mass production in the 1920s is best associated with which figure?
Henry Ford
Who was the leader of the NAACP and fought for Immediate equal rights for African Americans?
W.E.B. Du Bois.
Who was the author of "Their Eyes Were Watching God"?
Zora Neale Hurston
A modern woman in the 1920s who embraced new fashions and social norms.
Define flapper.
Legislation that made it illegal to teach evolution in schools.
What was the significance of the Butler Act?
A nationwide ban on the sale, production, and transportation of alcohol.
Prohibition.
What created a nationwide shared culture in the 1920s?
Radio
Who was a prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance known for his poetry?
Langston Hughes.
Who was the Secretary of the Interior involved in the Teapot Dome Scandal?
Albert Fall.
A period of intense fear and repression against perceived communists and radicals.
What is the Red Scare?
A scandal involving the secret leasing of naval oil reserves.
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?
The act that defined intoxicating liquors and set regulations for enforcing Prohibition.
Volstead Act.
What facilitated suburban growth in the 1920s?
Mass production of the automobile.
Who was the President during the Teapot Dome Scandal?
Warren Harding.
Who was the President during the stock market crash of 1929?
Herbert Hoover.
A production method that allows for faster and cheaper manufacturing of goods.
What does the term "assembly line" refer to?
The practice of buying stocks with borrowed money, leading to financial risk.
What is speculation?
A manufacturing process that increases efficiency by dividing labor into specific tasks.
Mass Production.
What major event marked the beginning of the Great Migration?
WWI
Who was associated with the push for Black Nationalism in the 1920s?
Marcus Garvey
Which immigrants faced more discrimination during the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
New Immigrants (Eastern & Southern Europe)
What event signaled the end of prosperity of the 1920s?
Stock Market Crash of 1929
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th
What scandal involved the misuse of oil reserves?
Teapot Dome Scandal
What was the initial impact Installment plans and credit on consumerism?
What expanded consumer goods and manufacturing during the 1920s.