1920s - A Decade of Change

Mass movement of Southern blacks to urban areas in the north for economic opportunity and to escape racial segregation.

• Harlem Renaissance
• Great Migration
• Fundamentalism
• Prohibition

Trial of a Tennessee public school biology teacher for teaching the theory of evolution.

• Scopes Monkey Trial
• Red Scare
• Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
• Suffrage Movement

Aviator who made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic in 1927.

• Charles Lindbergh
• Marcus Garvey
• Clarence Darrow
• Amelia Earhart

President Warren G. Harding's campaign slogan in the 1920 election.

• "Return to Normalcy"
• "He Kept Us Out of War"
• "54'40" or Fight"
• "Make America Great Again"

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

• A time when businesses in Harlem were booming.
• A neighborhood in New York
• A time when African-Americans in New York began to change views by writing books, playing music, and playing sports
• Babe Ruth's nickname

Which was NOT an impact of the 1920s economic boom on the average American citizen?

• People owned washing machines and vacuum cleaners freeing up more time.

• Cars allowed people to travel quicker and farther.

• People could attend sporting events and movies.

• Workers made less money and couldn't afford the things they wanted.

What did the Eighteenth Amendment state?

• The manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol was outlawed.
• The advertisement of alcohol was outlawed.
• The minimum age to buy alcohol was raised to 21.
• States were able to regulate the sale of alcohol.

What were illegal places where people drank alcohol during the 1920s called?

• Speakeasies
• Bootleggers
• Flappers
• Moonshiners

What did the 21st Amendment do?

• Allowed women to vote.
• It repealed the 18th Amendment, ending Prohibition.
• It clarified Presidential succession.
• It allowed for a federal Income Tax.

Who or what were the Charleston, Lindy Hop, and the Jitterbug?

• Popular musicians or entertainers during the 1920s.
• Popular clubs/bars during the 1920s.
• Popular dances during the 1920s.
• Famous inventors or explorers during the 1920s.