Unit 8 Part 1 BOOM! The 1920s - Biernacki

After World War I, what caused the rapid growth of American suburbs and populations living outside of cities?

Musical form developed by Africans Americans based blending blues, rag time and European-based popular music.

Carmaker that revolutionized the automobile industry with revolutionary production, wages and working conditions.

Arrangement of equipment and workers in which work passes from operator to operator until the product is assembled.

A buyer makes a small down payment and then pays off the rest of the debt in regular monthly payments.

Movement based around a break from past conventions or tradition.

Writer from the Harlem Renaissance who wrote to celebrate African American culture and life.

Period during the 1920s in which African Americans novelists, poets, and artists celebrated their culture.

Law enacted by Congress to enforce the 18th amendment.

Which political minority group experienced the most success to gain equal voting rights during the 1920s?

One who sells illegal alcohol.

Young woman from the 1920s who defied traditional rules of conduct and dress.

Flood of new, affordable goods in the decades after World War I, much of it on credit.

Popular jazz musician during the Harlem Renaissance.

Overturned prohibition and once again allowed the sale of alcohol.