Roaring 20's Vocabulary

Which term from the 1920s is most closely associated with Duke Ellington and Langston Hughes?

• Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
• Gentlemen’s Agreement (1907)

ergency Quota Act (1921)

Famous American gangster from the 1920s who led major gambling and bootlegging operations

Granted women the right to vote

Which factor best accounts for the affordability of Ford Model T automobiles in the 1920s?

the policy of protecting the interests of native-born Americans against those of immigrants.

greatest jazz composer and bandleader of his time.

Time period in which the “manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors” was banned in America.

Which event is an example of nativism in the 1920s?

The promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism, anarchism.

The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s is best known for

A period of rich cultural rebirth among African Americans through music, literature and art

Reversed the 18th Amendment (ended Prohibition)

People who illegally supplied others with alcohol during Prohibition

Hidden bars in which people would drink alcohol during Prohibition

The 1920s are often called the Roaring Twenties because the decade was noted for

a series of workers and machines in a factory that assemble identical items

Which statement is accurate about the information contained in the map?

Two Italian anarchist immigrants that are tried and executed for a robbery and murder in Massachusetts

Which statement about the United States economy during the 1920s is true?

Writer who promoted equality, condemned racism, injustice, and celebrated African American culture, humor and spiritual

Law that banned the making, selling and manufacturing of alcohol

Created the first assembly line to produce his Ford Model T cars.

Women in the 1920’s who went against traditions and wore short skirts, cut their hair, and listened to jazz.

New inventions led to the buying of new goods for people - i.e. electric toaster, washing machine