The "Roaring Twenties"

The period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited

People would purchase things and make partial payments on set intervals

First legislation passed which restricted the number of immigrants to 150,000 per year

John Scopes of Tennessee declared publicly he taught biology from an evolutionary standpoint

Nickname for a section of east 28th street in NYC where many music publishers had heir offices

29th president of the US; Republican; "Return to Normalcy" presidency was marred by scandal

During the industrialist war boom, 500,000 black workers rush north to find better jobs

Secretary of Interior accepted bribes from oil companies for access to government oil reserves

Americans experienced a birth of new values along with fundamentaleconomic and social changes

31st President, In 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed

Tried to demonstrate how social trait like pauperism criminality and prostitution are inherited

A product is moved from worker to worker, with each person performing a single task 

Reflected the conservative mood after the idealism that characterized the Progressive Era

Worked to educate people about the evils of alcohol, and urged laws banning the sale of liquor.

United States aviator who made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927

His company sold the first airplanes in the USA. Huge industrial enterprise during WWI

She traveled all across the South collecting folk tales, songs & prayers of Black southerners

The application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies

A pseudo-scientific belief which led to procedures claiming to improve the human race

African-American writer who wrote "mother to son"; known as one of America's best poets

Father of modern assembly lines; and inventor credited with 161 patents

Secret society created by white southerners in 1866, used terror and violence

Amendment imposing the federal prohibition of alcohol

Passed February, 1933 to repeal the 18th Amendment (Prohibition)

American writer famous for his novels and stories capturing the mood of the 1920s

He caused William Jennings Bryan to appear foolish when Darrow questioned Bryan about the Bible

Founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association, advocated African Americans back to Africa

He was the first American to receive (1930) a Nobel Prize for literature

Hoover's belief that people must be self-reliant and not depend upon the federal government

Carefree young women with short, "bobbed" hair, heavy makeup, and short skirts

A period when the government went after "Reds," or Communists

American romantic poet closely associated with the Harlem Renaissance

1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished

United States lawyer and politician who prosecuted John Scopes for teaching evolution

President after Harding died of pneumonia known for practicing rigid economy in money and words

Italian immigrants believed to be anarchists were accused of murder found guilty and executed