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| When Literary life flourished among the African Americans |
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| This technology allowed cars to be made more efficiently and allowed for cars to be more readily available to Americans |
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| policy of avoiding alliances with other countries |
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| French business policy was largely supported by Calvin Coolidge |
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| Illegal production and distribution of liquor |
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| Established limits on Immigration into the United States |
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| Women who symbolized the new morality of women in the 1920's |
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| customers were permitted to buy something and make partial payments over time |
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| The scandal that tarnished the reputation of the Harding Administration |
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| Another name for the 1920's because of the music's influence |
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| Major trial about the teaching of evolution in schools |
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| Advancements that led to the growing consumer economy of the 1920's |
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| Improved production of cars; Installment payment plans; Electrical Appliances |
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| What did Harding, Coolidge and Hoover have in common? |
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| All were Republicans that believed in less government involvement in business |
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| The Palmer raids and the Sacco and Vanzetti cases were examples of what? |
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| How the Red Scare provoked injustice |
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| How did the US limit foreign goods so more people would buy American goods? |
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| The government put a high tariff on imported goods |
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| Famous Major League Baseball Player |
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| Communist leader of the Bolshevik Revolution |
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| One of the Italian Immigrants whose murder conviction created controversy throughout the country |
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| A popular Jazz trumpeter and singer |
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| "silent" republican who believed that "the business of American people is business" |
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| Jazz composer, piano player and band leader |
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| Republican President elected in 1920'2 who promised a "return to normalcy" |
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| A hero because he made the first non stop flight from New York to Paris |
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| What led to the creation of a national culture |
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| the increase of mass media and better transportation |
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| Tow results of prohibition were |
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| increase in alcoholism and increase in organized crime |
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| White protestant supremacy |
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| What led to the growth of suburbia? |
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| the increase of affordable transportation |
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| An example of gangsters in the 1920's |
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| Al Capone and Bugs Maloney |
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| What court decision reflects a nativist attitude? |
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| Charles Lindberg's flight went from New york to ____? |
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| The belief that every word in the bible should be taken literally |
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| What jobs did women hold in the 1920's |
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| Who was referred to as the "lost generation"? |
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| the writers of the 1920's who became disillusioned and shunned by society |
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| Several groups of people that were targeted by the KKK |
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| Catholics, African Americans; Jews; Communists |
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| The Quota's act was influenced by what group? |
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| When a large numbers of people moved from the south to the North of the US, it was known as ___? |
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| What was one result of the development of mass media in the 1920's |
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| created a movement of consumerism |
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| What were some of the causes of the business boom of the 1920's? |
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| consumers buying on credit; growth of industries; laissez-faire policies |
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| What did the assembly line allow Ford to do? |
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| take advantage of economies of scale which reduced costs |
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