1920a

A. Mitchell Palmer

Attorney General during the Red Scare; ordered Palmer Raids to arrest suspected radicals.

Al Jolson

Famous entertainer; starred in The Jazz Singer, the first 'talkie' movie.

Al Smith

New York governor and 1928 Democratic presidential candidate; opposed Prohibition.

Albert Fall

Secretary of the Interior involved in the Teapot Dome Scandal.

Andrew Mellon

Secretary of the Treasury; promoted tax cuts for businesses and the wealthy.

Babe Ruth

Legendary baseball player; symbol of the rise of sports heroes and mass culture.

Bob La Follette

Progressive senator from Wisconsin; opposed big business influence.

Bruno Hauptmann

Convicted of kidnapping and killing Charles Lindbergh’s baby.

Calvin Coolidge

President after Harding; believed in limited government and laissez-faire economics.

Charles Forbes

Head of the Veterans Bureau; involved in corruption during the Harding administration.

Charles Lindbergh

First person to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean.

Clarence Darrow

Defense attorney in the Scopes Trial; argued against banning evolution.

D. W. Griffith

Director of Birth of a Nation, a technically innovative but racist film.

Eugene V. Debs

A socialist leader who ran for president from prison after opposing World War I.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Author of The Great Gatsby; wrote about the excess and disillusionment of the 1920s.

Harry Daugherty

Harding’s Attorney General; connected to Ohio Gang corruption.

Henry Ford

Introduced the assembly line; revolutionized mass production.

Herbert Hoover

Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s; later president at the start of the Great Depression.

Jack Dempsey

Famous heavyweight boxing champion.

John Scopes

Teacher who tried to teach evolution in the Scopes Trial.

Kennesaw Landis

First commissioner of baseball; restored integrity after the Black Sox scandal.

Langston Hughes

Leading writer of the Harlem Renaissance; celebrated Black culture.

W. C. Handy

Known as the 'Father of the Blues'; influenced jazz music.

Warren G. Harding

President known for corruption scandals and the Ohio Gang.

William J. Bryan

Prosecutor in the Scopes Trial; supported creationism.

Acme Packers

Company involved in Teapot Dome corruption.

Algonquin Round Table

Group of writers and critics who met to discuss ideas and culture.

Banking Crisis

Weak banks contributed to economic instability before the Great Depression.

Birth of a Nation

Silent film that glorified the KKK; sparked controversy.

Black Sox

1919 baseball scandal where players threw the World Series.

Bootlegging

Illegal production and sale of alcohol during Prohibition.

Emergency Quota Act (1921)

Limited immigration based on nationality.

Flappers

Young women who challenged traditional gender roles.

Immigration Act of 1924

Set strict quotas favoring northern and western Europeans.

Isolationism

Policy of avoiding foreign alliances and conflicts.

Jazz

Popular music style rooted in African American culture.

KDKA

First commercial radio station; symbol of mass media growth.

Laissez-Faire

Economic policy of little government intervention.

Mass Production

Making goods quickly and cheaply using assembly lines.

Ohio Gang

Group of Harding’s friends involved in political corruption.

Prohibition

Nationwide ban on alcohol (18th Amendment).

Red Scare

Fear of communism and radical political movements.

Speakeasies

Illegal clubs selling alcohol during Prohibition.

Teapot Dome

Major political scandal involving oil reserves and bribery.

Volstead Act

Law that enforced Prohibition.