Quizs about the 1920's

Roaring 20's

• The US economy boomed.

• The US entered World War I.

• The Great Depression began.

• Prohibition was enacted.

The first ever movie with sound

• The Jazz Singer

• Gone with the Wind

• Casablanca

• Citizen Kane

Women who dressed in short dresses, jewelry, and had short hair unlike normal women

• Flappers

• Suffragettes

• Gibson Girls

• New Women

People known for smuggling alcohol illegally

• Bootleggers

• Smugglers

• Traffickers

• Dealers

Name of places used to have a private bar/sell alcohol illegally in secret

• Speakeasy

• Tavern

• Brewery

• Pub

Number of states in the United States in 1920

• 50

• 48

• 46

• 52

The end of the roaring 20's

• The stock market crash/Great Depression

• The rise of the New Deal

• The start of World War II

• The invention of television

Nickname for the 1920's era

• Roaring Twenties

• Gilded Age

• Great Depression

• Jazz Age

The amendment that gave women the right to vote

• 15th

• 19th

• 21st

• 24th

Best Baseball player in the world in the 1920's

• Babe Ruth

• Ty Cobb

• Lou Gehrig

• Walter Johnson