Roaring 20's Vocab Quiz

The name given to 10/29/1929 when Stock Market prices abruptly fell...

A young woman who embraced new fashions & Urban attitudes of the 1920's...

 Poet who expressed pride in heritage writing about what it's like to grow up A. American in US

Panic in the US bc of a threat to American life with the spread of Communism...

He believed A.Americans should create a separate society- back to Africa movement.

1920-1933 where the 18th amendmend forbade the sale/consumption of alcohol...

He was the attorney who defended John Scopes in the famous Monkey Trial...

This president was involved in the Tea Pot Dome Scandal. One of the least successful presidents

The Author of the Great Gatsby and who coined the term "The Jazz Age"

Maxiumum number of ppl who could enter the US from each foreign country...

Aviation pioneer who developed planes that landed on water, started US Naval aviation.

A section of NYC where song-writing & ideas mixed together with Jazz & Ragtime in Harlem...

A time period w/changing lifestyles, financial excess, and new technology...

Court case where Bio teacher John Scopes was on trial for teaching evolution in class

He made the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean

Engineer and automobile manufacturer of the Model T. Started assembly line production for cars.

He was the prosecuter in the famous Scopes Monkey Trial...

 Simpler Days that we wanted to get back to after WWI, greater emphasis on peacetime prosperity

A literary and Artistic movement celebrating African American culture...

Govt scandal where oil-rich public lands in WY & CA were sold to private friends