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Week 17 SS
The Roaring Twenties
Question | Answer |
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Bootleggers | was the name for people who illegally sold and distributed alcohol. |
Flappers | Women in the Jazz Age, who wore short skirts, short hair, and lots of makeup were called |
The Assembly Line | a system in which workers stand in one place and put parts together as the pieces go by on a moving belt. |
silent movies | Movies without sound |
18th amendment | outlawed the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol in the U.S. |
19th amendment | 1920 gave women the right to vote. |
talkies | Movies with sound |
Louis Armstrong | most popular jazz musician of his time |
Charles Lindbergh | first person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927 |
In the 1920`s jazz was the most popular musical form which was influenced | African American |
People could no longer drink in bars, | they would go to Speakeasies consume alcohol illegally. |
Harlem Renaissance. | Great achievements in art and learning by African Americans during the 1920's was called the |
Babe Ruth | played for the New York Yankees and was one of America’s greatest baseball players. |