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Roaring Twenties Test

Chapter 24 - Roaring 20s

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58407478Bootleggers*Producers of illegal alcohol
58407479Ku Klux Klan*Southerns who feared African Americans and other who were not like group members
58407480Immigration Act*Law passed because immigrants were seen as a threat to democracy
58407481Calvin Coolidge*Became president when Harding died in office; known as "Silent Cal"
58407482Teapot Dome Scandal*President Harding's cabinet member sold oil rights to government land (a big no-no)
58407483Flappers*Independent young women of the 1920s
58407484National Woman Suffrage Association*Formed to help women win the right to vote
58407485Warren Harding*President who died suddenly in office
58407486American Business*Firmly supported by President Calvin Coolidge
5840748719th Amendment*Gave women the right to vote
58407488Jazz*A popular form of music in the 1920s that started as an African-American music
58407489Charleston*A new form of dance that concerned older Americans
58407490Harlem Renaissance*Time that produced many important African American artists, writers, and entertainers.
58407491Organized Crime*Became very powerful during 20s due in part to prohibition
58407492Charles Lindbergh*Made the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean
58407493Stock Market Crash*Ended the Roaring 20s
58407494Automobile*Price of the item came down greatly so that many Americans could afford one
58407495Progressive Party*Established political reforms
58407496Hawaiian Islands*Became a U.S. Territory in 1900
58407497Open Door Policy*U.S. Trade Policy with China
58407498WWI*Had established the U.S. as a world power

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