The Roaring 20s (The Jazz Age)
Changing Role of Women:
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_____________ Amendment (1920) – granted women suffrage (right to vote)
New jobs opened up during _____________ and the women didn’t want to give their jobs up when the men
came back home – so…more women began to go to _________________________
Jeanette Rankin – first woman elected to ________________________ (1916) – served throughout the 1920s
_____________________ – modern women of the 1920s – young, rebellious, fun-loving, and bold – short hair,
short dresses (to the knees), more makeup (esp. lipstick)
o attitudes changes – ex: began to smoke and drink in public
Prohibition Era (1919-1933)
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______________ Amendment (1919) – prohibited the making, selling, or transportation of alcohol
_______________________________ – law passed by Congress to enforce prohibition – ignored by most of the
cities on the east coast
Success of prohibition:
o _________________________ of alcohol decreased
o arrest for ________________________ decreased
Why did Prohibition eventually fail?
o ____________________________ – some police depts. were corrupt, just didn’t care, or were scared of
the gangsters
o Most people didn’t take prohibition ________________________ – drank anyway
o The _________________________ that began made most people think that the amendment should be
repealed
 organized crime got involved in ________________________ (the illegal selling of alcohol)
 the most famous gangster of the 1920s was Al Capone from Chicago
Al Capone – nicknamed “Scarface”
o had a talent for avoiding jail by buying off ______________________, city officials, and ______________
o made up to $___________ million a year from bootlegging
o convicted of _____________________________ in 1931 and sent to prison
o released in _____________ after becoming ill with syphilis – died in 1947
___________ Amendment (1933) – repealed the 18th Amend. and allowed ______________ communities to
decide whether or not to legalize alcohol
Slang Words from prohibition era:
o _______________________
o _______________________ (made at night)
o white lightning
o speakeasy – secret club or bar – usually in a __________________ – needed a ______________ to get in
Entertainment in the 1920s
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Shorter working ____________ and higher ______________ gave Americans more spare time and more money
for entertainment
Radio – first radio station in _______________________, PA in Nov. 1920 – only news at first –
________________ and ______________________ broadcasted later
Moving Picture Shows (“__________________”) – all movies were silent films at first (had music but no talking)
o ______________________________ was the most famous silent film star
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first “talking” movie was_______________________________________ (1927) starring Al Jolston
famous movie stars of the 20s:
 Rudolph Valentino, Clara Bow, Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, Charlie Chaplin
Sports – the 1920s is often called the “Golden Age of Sports” – radio made sports more popular – baseball
became “America’s Favorite ________________________” – famous athletes included:
o _______________________________
o Harold “_______________” Grange
o Jack Dempsey
o _______________________________
Music / Dance – the radio made music more popular
o _________________ was the most popular music of the 20s – started in New Orleans
o Louis Armstrong was the most popular jazz musician of the 20s
o George Gershwin was a popular composer – wrote “_____________________________”
o popular dances included: Charleston, _______________________, and Tango
Literature – famous authors included:
o F. Scott Fitzgerald – _________________________________
o Sinclair Lewis – Main Street
o Ernest _____________________________ – A Farewell to Arms
Transportation
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Henry Ford – “made the 20s happen”
o responsible for changing the automobile industry by using the ________________________
o each worker had a specific job
o 1920 – _____ million cars on the road
o 1929 – _____ million
o developed the __________________________ car (every car was exactly the same)
o before the assembly line it took approx. ________ hrs to build a car
o after assembly line it took approx. ________ minutes to build a car
Charles Lindbergh – nicknamed “Lucky Lindy” or the “Lone Eagle”
o the first to fly ____________, non-stop across the Atlantic
o flew from NYC to Paris May 20th and 21st of 1927
o no parachute, no radio, no heat, no sleep
o name of the airplane was “__________________________”
o son was kidnapped and killed in the early 1930s (great mystery)
Amelia Earhart
o the 1st woman to fly across the Atlantic without ____________________ (1932)
o disappeared while trying to fly around the world
Return of the Ku Klux Klan
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From the Greek word kyklos which means “_____________”
Revived in the 1920s
Membership:
o 1916- 100,000
o 1924- _____ million
o 1928- _____ million
o today- approx. 6,000
Attacked African Am.’s, Jews, __________________, and immigrants
The Red Scare
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The fear of ______________________ (esp. communists and socialists)
Causes:
o The __________________________ revolution in Russia (1917) scared many Americans – “If it can
happen there, it can happen here.”
o terroristic violence in the U.S. – mail _______________ were sent to local, state, and national leaders
Because of the Red Scare and the power of the KKK, limits were placed on ____________________
Sacco and Vanzetti Case – two Italian immigrants, who were anarchists, were accused of killing 2 men during a
robbery in MA – convicted without a fair trial – both were executed in 1927
Republican Presidents
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Warren G. Harding – won the election of 1920 by promising a “return to ____________________” remembered for scandals
o his advisors, called the ___________________________________, were corrupt (sold gov’t offices, took
bribes, etc.)
o died in 1923
Calvin Coolidge – became Pres. after the death of Harding
o nicknamed “_________________________________” because he was a very quite man
o also won the election of 1924
Herbert Hoover – won the election of 1928 because people were pleased with the economy and didn’t want a
lot of change
o promised “a _______________________ in every pot, and a ________________ in every garage”
o also said, “I have no fears for the future of our country, it is bright with hope.”