1920s Culture
nickname for a young woman in the 1920s who declared herself independent from traditional values (shorter hair, going out, smoking in public)
Who is a flapper?
An African American cultural movement centered in NYC during the 1920s that focused on African American identity and pride
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
The practice of making high-risk investments in hopes of obtaining large profits
What is speculation?
event that occurred in the midwest during the 1930s where farming conditions made agriculture difficult
what is the Dust Bowl?
this terms is known as the right to vote for women
What is suffrage?
Outlawing the manufacturing and sale of alcoholic beverages is known as what?
What is Prohibition?
Another name associated with the Harlem Renaissance that has the word "Age" in it?
What is the Jazz Age?
The name for the day where the Stock Market crashed
What is Black Tuesday?
The name of the deal that FDR used to help get the US out of the Depression
What is the New Deal?
The 19th Amendment gave women the right to do what
what is vote?
This amendment repealed the 18th Amendment, ending Prohibition and returning control over alcohol regulation to the individual states.
What is the 21st Amendment?
Famous author during the Harlem Renaissance who was also a leader of the Harlem Renaissance
Who is Langston Hughes?
Name a nation when other countries owed more money to the United States than we owed to them
What is a creditor nation?
name of the New Deal act that provided jobs for 2.5 million unemployed workers
what is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
What work did US women do overseas to help the war effort?
What is women worked as nurses?
This trial made national news in 1925 that had a school teacher in Tennessee teaching evolution in public school
What is the Scopes-Monkey Trial?
Leader of the "Back to Africa" movement that argued for African Americans to move back to Africa and create their own strong nation
Who is Marcus Garvey?
Name of the US President at the beginning of the Depression that made the Depression worse
Who is Herbert Hoover?
Which US president "inspired support and confidence in the people"?
Who is FDR?
Women took over the jobs of who during World War I?
Who is men?
This author of the 1920s was known for his book called The Great Gatsby that demonstrated the culture of the 1920s (you've read this book in English 11)
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
Movement advocating the unity and political self-determination of African Americans and the formation of a separate black nation
What is Black Nationalism?
acquiring goods or services now and paying for them later
what is speculation?
This restored confidence in government while it increased the power of the presidency and the federal government.
What is the New Deal?
(BONUS QUESTION) What is the name of the place where the first women's right convention was held in New York?
Where is Seneca Falls?