US history WWI and Roaring 20s

which ammendmant made it illegal to manfacture and distribute alcohol in the US

18th ammendmant

which act gave the government the power to enforce the 18th ammendmant

Volstead act passed in late 1919

What were the illegal shops to sell alcohol called

speakeasies

who was the most famous gangster in chicago

Al capone

what was the most famous killing of the era called

The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, on Valentine's day 1929

What ammendment gave women the right to vote in 1920

19th ammendment

1920s presidential politics was dominated by ______

republicans

what president said, “America’s business is business.”

Calvin Coolidge

what presidents policy was to let the economy move forward with as little government regulation as possible and to keep taxes very low.

Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover

what time did the stock market crash

october 29th, 1929

what invention helped make games be broadcasted regionally

radio

who were the most well known athletes

Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey

Who was also called the Manassa Mauler because he was from Manassa, New York, and was the heavyweight boxing champion of the decade, never losing a fight?

Jack Dempsey,

who hit 60 home runs in 1927 as a member of the New York Yankee?

Babe Ruth

who was the first human to fly across the Atlantic in 1927?

Charles Lindbergh

who explored Antarctica and, in November of 1929, became the first person to fly over the South Pole.

Admiral Richard Byrd

what were the women wore short skirts, had bobbed hair, smoke, drank, and went to nightclubs called?

Flappers

what was the must have item for most middle and upper class homes, and contributed to the growth of spectator sports in the 20s and to the consumer culture that grew out of the 20s and continues today?

radios

why was Consumer Credit created?By 19

average Americans wanted to buy more and more of the electrical home appliances, cars, radios, and other items that were newly available in the 1920s.

By 1927 what percentage of the items Americans bought were bought on store credit?

75%

What kind of advertising was the new phenomenon?

Roadside billboards

where was it illegal for a teacher to teach the Theory of Evolution

Tennessee

what teacher was tried for breaking the law of teaching evolution and found guilty?

John Scopes

what group rose to 4 million during the 1920s?

Klu Klux Klan

what was the stock market crash know as, and what caused the start of the great depression?

Black tuesday

what was an explosion of African-American Culture that was centered in Harlem, a section of New York City?

Harlem Renaissance

who was the most famous preformer in the Harlem Renaissance

Duke Ellington