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Roaring 20s Mr.Y
Question | Answer |
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The banning of alcohol with the 18th amendment | Prohibition |
fear of Communists in the US | Red Scare |
study of how to make goods more quickly | Scientific management |
making small payments over time for a product | installment buying |
communication that reaches millions of people at once | mass media |
flowering of African American culture in New York | Harlem Renaissance |
illegal hidden bars and clubs that sold alchol during prohibition | speakeasies |
illegal making of alcohol | bootlegging |
limits on immigration by country | quota system |
scientific concept that living things change over time | evolution |
providing power to the rural areas to improve life | rural electrification |
leader of the back to Africa movement | Marcus Garvey |
Italian immigrants accused of murder | Sacco and Vanzetti |
Charles Lindbergh | first to fly solo across the Atlantic |
flappers | young women in the 20's who wore the hair and skirts short, very liberated |
Louis Armstrong | Singer and musician in the Harlem Renaissance |
Guglielmo Marconi | invented the radio |
Duke Ellington | Composer and band leader in Harlem Renaissance |
Babe Ruth | famous baseball player for the Yankees |
Al Capone | bootlegger, gangster and crime boss in Chicago |