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roaring 20s
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Charles Lindbergh | was known for flying a plane from the us to Paris nonstop with only a tooth brush packed |
| Gertrude Ederle | The first women to swim the English channel in 14 hours 31 minutes beating the team of a male swimmer |
| Warren g Harding - years in office | 1921-1923 |
| Warren g Harding - Political party | republican |
| Giggle water means | alcohol |
| Gin mill means | place where alcohol was made |
| Pinch means | arrest |
| Speakeasy means | secret bar |
| Ossified means | drunk |
| All wet means | mistaken |
| 19th amendment states | women have the right to vote |
| flappers are a nickname for | a daring girl |
| rakes are a nickname for | a daring guy |
| what are some Major movie production companies | Warner brothers, fox film corporation and paramount. |
| Important theater area | Apollo theatre |
| Growth of radio- first radio station | kdka |
| what did people listen to on the radio | baseball games news and music |
| why was prohibition created | to reduce crime and to stop men getting drunk and going home to beat the wife and kids |
| wets | people who went against prohibiton |
| drys | people who supported prohibition |
| AL Capone was | a crime mobster who provided underground illegal bars to drink liquor |
| legal alcohol substance in the 1920s was called | marijuana |
| what was the kkks beliefs | that america should stay american |
| what was the kkks impacts on society | racial discrimination |
| red scare | made labor strikes which led to communism spreading from Lenin & the soviet union |
| Sacco and Vanzetti importance | shows prejudice (anti-immigration/nativism) |
| Henry ford-model t | a car built by ford motor company from 1908 to 1927 |
| assembly line | where an arangement of workers will be placed to assemble a car together |
| babe ruth | was a famous baseball player who spent 22 years in the major leagues |
| calvin coolidge years in office | 1923-1929 |
| calvin coolidge political party | republican |
| calvin coolidge is best known for | silent cal and lowered taxes |
| warren g Harding is best known for | tea pot dome scandal |
| significance of newspapers | it gave advertisements for jobs, talked about current events and entertainment |
| Harlem renaissance | renaissance came from the french word rebirth or revival the term refers to all of the African Americans who were recognized and won fame during the 1920s |
| louis armstrong | a musician who was known for singing and playing the trumpet and was also African american |
| duke ellington | american composer and pianist who wrote over 1,000 composition |
| black pride | a slogan where it showed pride in being black |
| Marcus garvey | a supporter of the black nationalism of the and pan-africanism movements inspiring nation of islam and the rastafarian movement |
| jazz | a music style that originated in the early 1920s in the south |
| the charleston | one of the well known famous dances in the 1920s |
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