Roaring 20's Review

Jazz, blues, and swing came out of this part of the Roaring 20s

• Flappers
• Harlem Renaissance
• Great Migration
• Black Tuesday

Why was the 18th Amendment passed?

• It was thought alcohol as detrimental to society and families
• It was a conspiracy to get more power to organized crime
• The government didn't need the money it got from taxing alcohol
• Bootleggers wanted to earn more money

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What did the 18th amendment to our Constitution state?

• Americans had to be 18 years old to purchase alcohol

• The making and selling of alcohol was banned

• Alcohol could only be sold in government-run stores

• Only alcohol from foreign countries could be sold

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What is a "bootlegger"?

• A person who traded tobacco for alcohol products

• A person who made and sold liquor illegally

• A gangster like Al Capone

• A person who controlled the country's economy

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What did the 19th amendment do?

• Freed slaves

• Ended Prohibition

• Gave women the right to vote

• Banned the sale of consumption of alcohol

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What were illegal places where people drank alcohol called?

• Speakeasies
• Cellars
• Hidden spots
• Speaksoftly

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Charles Lindberg is known for:

• Flying solo across the Pacific Ocean

• Flying solo across the Atlantic Ocean

• Building a new type of airplane

• Getting lost in the Pacific Ocean

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Why did the economy experience a "boom" after WWI?

• African Americans were moving back to the farms to grow cotton and soybeans

• Consumers were preparing for a war and needed to bring extra supplies

• New technologies and consumer goods were being developed and people wanted to buy them

• Foreign trade grew after WWI

What new technology became widespread in homes by the end of the 1920's and brought news, entertainment, and advertisements to the family home?

• refrigerators

• telephones

• radios

• electric fans

How did the role of women change in the 1920's?

• More women were able to work and make their own money, which helped them to be more independent and not have to get married

• Women were forced to take jobs in the factories, which made it difficult for them to take care of their families

• Women began to invent and use technology like the washing machine and vacuum

• Women began to protest Prohibition and fight for African Americans to have the right to vote