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Nauman-Roaring 20s
review for test for American History Roaring 20s
Question | Answer |
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time of change | Roaring 20s |
young women who were rebelling from traditional style | flappers |
our fear of communists was called | Red Scare |
term for the period of no alcohol | prohibition |
How long did the period of no alcohol last? | 13 years |
term for illegal bars | speakeasies |
main goal of KKK | white supremacy |
great baseball player of the 20s | George Ruth |
great racehorse | Man of War |
considered America's outstanding musical achievement | Jazz |
he made first transatlantic flight | Charles Lindbergh |
played football for the University of Illinois | Red Grange |
first woman to swim the English Channel | Gertrude Ederle |
famous silent screen star | Charlie Chaplin |
Sacco and Vanzetti were called this | anarchists |
many workers did this during the 20s | went on strike |
king of the auto industry | Henry Ford |
another name for the Model T | Tin Lizzie |
key to the auto industry | assembly line |
first weekly magazine | Time |
Chicago's famous gangster | Al Capone |
where the first successful flight was made by the Wright Brothers | Kitty Hawk, North Carolina |
gave companies the right to fire any workers who joined a union | Yellow Dog Contracts |
what the 19th Amendment dealt with | voting |
when a customer made a small cash payment and then paid the rest with interest in regular payments | installment plan |
founded the second KKK | Fundamental Roman Catholics |
How many illegal bars did Al Capone operate during the 20s? | 10,000 |
what does "cats meow" mean? | it is a good thing |
this woman was a part of the Harlem Renaissance era | Bessie Smith |