1920s America

What was bootlegging?

• Construction of new boots
• Measuring ones leg for a new pair of boots
• illegal transportation of alcohol
• human trafficing

Mobster from Chicago who made millions during prohibition and was finally put in jail for not paying taxes.

• Micky Mantel
• Al Capone
• Richard Nixon
• Scar Face

People were encouraged to buy products using this during the 1920's.

• Credit
• Check
• Cash
• Ration Stamps

This type of music became popular during the time period thanks to the Harlem Renaissance.

• Hip Hop
• Big Band
• Jazz
• Rock n Roll

Which of the following trends or ideas would a traditionalist support?

• flappers

• prohibition

• speakeasies

• evolution

What were flappers rebelling against?

• Social norms for women at the time.
• WWI
• The expectation that the U.S. should be imperialistic.
• Women going to college.

Because of prohibition, these illegal spots to drink popped up.

• Bootlegs
• Flappers
• Bathtub gin
• Speakeasy

The rights of women changed in 1920 with the

• ability to wear short skirts

• ability to vote

• ability to marry other women

• ability to scrub floors

Women's roles before 1920 included all except....

• cleaning the house

• making dinner for her husband

• going out dancing

• wearing long, conservative dresses

Flappers were...

• arm fat that hangs when you wave to your friend.

• gangsters such as Al Capone.

• birds that migrated North after winter.

• stylish women that wore short skirts, had short hair, danced, and sometimes hung out with gangsters.