1920S Background

Question: Babe Ruth

Answer: Without a doubt the most famous American athlete of the twenties— homerun hitter who was just as famous for his high style of living

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Question: radio

Answer: During the 1920’s this became the most important means of communication. They became affordable and the programs were entertaining. Very similar in programming to modern day television

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Question: Harlem Renaissance

Answer: Growth of African-American literature and artistic culture in America

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Question: prohibition

Answer: The outlaw of the manufacture, sale, and import and export of alcohol - passed by the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Many thought this would stop some of the social problems blamed on drinking.

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Question: flapper

Answer: A form of dress worn by women of the 1920’s - eventually became a title for those women who represented the changing attitudes of the decade giving more freedom for “questionable” behavior such as smoking or drinking in public

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Question: jazz

Answer: New music form that grew in popularity during the 1920’s - most famous artists include Duke Ellington, Paul Whiteman, and Leo Reisman

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Question: roads

Answer: Newly built in the Twenties for the new cars that were becoming so popular. Some became highways and expressways

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Question: automobile

Answer: Industry which grew the most following World War I because more and more people could afford one. The most famous was the Model T. Changed the way Americans lived in so many ways.

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Question: talkies

Answer: Name given to new movies produced in the 1920’s that used sound

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Question: dance

Answer: Became very popular in the 1920 ‘s including such styles as the fox-trot, waltz, and the tango

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Question: poor

Answer: While so much growth was taking place, African-Americans, recent immigrants, farmers, along with a large part of the “working class” population still remained _____ .

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Question: Red Grange

Answer: College football player of the 1920’s; his popularity helped develop what is today the National Football League

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Question: Henry Ford

Answer: By 1927 he had sold 15 million cars by making them more affordable to the average person

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Question: richest

Answer: Following WWI, America became the _______ country in the world

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Question: Toll of the Sea

Answer: Produced in 1922; the first all-color feature film

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Question: electrification

Answer: The movement from using coal to using electricity - quickly grew in America during the Twenties

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Question: consumer goods

Answer: The Roaring Twenties are often seen as a time of great prosperity driven by the introduction of a wide array of new ___________________ .

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Question: Bill Tilden

Answer: Considered by many to be the greatest tennis player of all time

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Question: demobilization

Answer: A term which describes American’s movement from wartime to peacetime. This brought soldiers home and back to work creating products for people to use and not for war

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Question: suffrage

Answer: Another term for the right to vote. This was finally granted to women on August 18, 1920.

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Question: Charles Lindbergh

Answer: The first pilot to fly solo and non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean - taking 33.5 hours to complete the journey.

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Question: speakeasy

Answer: Hidden businesses that illegally sold alcohol even after the Volstead act was passed and alcohol became illegal

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Question: Al Capone

Answer: The most famous of all gangsters during the 1920’s; died while in prison for tax evasion

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Question: Charleston

Answer: One of the most popular forms of dance developed in the 1920’s - exploded after being featured in two Broadway shows in 1922

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Question: Jazz Age

Answer: Another name for the Roaring 20’s - described due to the amusement, fun, and music to take away the pain of WWI

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Question: Louis Armstrong

Answer: The most famous of all Jazz musicians in the 1920’s; made “scat singing” popular

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Question: bob

Answer: a hair style worn by women of the 1920’s - very short hair

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Question: Jack Dempsey

Answer: Famous boxer of the 1920’s - eventually won the World heavyweight boxing title

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Question: mass production

Answer: During the 1920’s, the development of ______ _____________ allowed for cheaper prices of technology products

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Question: telephone lines

Answer: Were strung across the continent bringing communication to people from far distances

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Question: gangsters

Answer: As America continued to fight for the end of drinking, these “characters” began to grow in numbers and importance bringing organized crime all over the United States

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