Chaplin was a famous movie star of the era.

Chaplin was famous for broadcasting play-by-plays of baseball games over the radio.

Chaplin attempted to assassinate President Wilson.

Chaplin was the kidnapper in the famed Lindbergh kidnapping saga.

Ruth created the idea of the assembly line, making cars much more affordable for Americans.

Ruth was a baseball star who became America’s first celebrity athlete.

Ruth flew in an airplane from New York to Paris

Ruth was a famous jazz musician of the era.

Country music originated in the Appalachian Mts, and it was first recorded in Bristol, Tennessee.

Country music originated in the deserts of the American West.

Country music originated in Canada and was imported to America by Canadian fur trappers.

Country music was from Texas.

Blues music originated in the factories of the urban Northeast.

Blues music originated in the American Navy among sailors on deployments at sea.

Blues music originated in the poverty-stricken Mississippi Delta.

Blues music began in the American prison system, particularly in the strict prisons of California.

The Grand Ole Opry is a blues venue where many famous blues musicians performed.

The Grand Ole Opry is a famous country music venue and the longest running country radio show.

The Opry was the first place where country star Johnny Cash ever performed.

The Opry is in the same neighborhood as Graceland, home of Elvis Presley.

Handy was a well-known baseball player and rival of Babe Ruth.

Handy created an airplane with a large enough fuel tank to fly from New York to Paris.

Handy was Louis Armstrong’s father.

Handy is known as the “Father of the Blues”.

Smith was known as the “Queen of Country music”

Smith wrote a series of articles about life as a black woman in the urban North.

Smith is known as the “Empress of the Blues”

Smith was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic.

Airplanes and automobiles were improved, and new inventions included refrigerators and washing machines.

Computers, internet, and wireless telephones

Sonar, X-ray, and microwave technology

Helicopters, jets, and other military aircraft

Life became complex, people had to work much harder at simple tasks, and people saved lots of money

An increase in theft/burglary, a rise in crime related to jealousy, and a general unhappiness among American people

People became socially withdrawn, society fell into a downward spiral, and the economy was weak

Life became easier, America developed a “consumer culture”, and people went into debt.

Ford employed 90% of the American population and their payment included one new vehicle

Using the assembly line, Ford made automobiles more affordable, and they became commonplace in American culture.

Ford encouraged racism by only selling automobiles to white people

Ford used the profits of his company to build the American Interstate system

More/better roads were built, people traveled more, and a youth culture developed in America.

People saved a lot of money, people rejected the modernism of cars, and bicycles were the main form of transport

A cultural renaissance began, NASCAR was created, and Americans were obsessed with hot rods

A massive spike in the amount of car crash fatalities led to a maximum speed limit of 45mph across America

Flappers continued the traditions of wearing long dresses, attended church regularly, and stayed loyal to one man.

Flappers were leaders in academic fields and became scientists, lawyers, and civic leaders.

Flappers wore bobbed haircuts, knee-length skirts, smoked and drank, and challenged societal norms.

Flappers advocated for Prohibition, rejected the consumption of alcohol, and focused on ending immoral behavior

Women continued their lives at home and did not change much until after World War II.

Women had new/better jobs like secretaries and receptionists, and many attended college.

Women became leaders in the fields of law, science, engineering, and the military.

Many women pushed for a change in school curriculum, as many were teachers during the era.

The debate was whether or not women should have the right to vote.

The debate was whether or not to continue Prohibition.

The two sides argued over the morality of the era and the changing youth culture.

The debate was essentially science vs. religion (Darwin’s theory of evolution vs. the Bible’s Creation story)

Traditionalism focuses on following the paths of history, good or bad, and modernism is all about change.

Traditionalism or fundamentalism keeps things simple and modernism focuses on the power of technology

Traditionalism is “old-school”, religious-based thinking and modernism is “new-school”, science-based thinking

Fundamentalism is a cultural trend that focuses on changing and modernism stays true to the continuing traditions.

The Trial was an example of the ongoing debate between traditionalism and modernism during the 1920s.

The Trial was an example of the power of youth culture and their desire for change and more freedom.

The Trial was a way for automobile companies to avoid paying large amounts of taxes on their profits

The Trial was a debate over the morality of flappers and Prohibition in America.

African Americans wanted to bring southern culture to the North and change the ways of northern cities

African Americans wanted to escape the modernism in the South for more traditional ways in the North

African Americans left the South to form an independent nation in the Midwest and West

African Americans wanted to escape the racist South and find jobs in the North

There were few noticeable changes/effects of the arrival of African Americans in northern cities

There was a cultural change with the arrival of African Americans, including the Harlem Renaissance.

The arrival of African Americans in the North created an all-white South which again tried to secede from the Union

The arrival of African Americans brought a change in the North, shifting from an industrial to an agrarian economy.

The Harlem Renaissance was a time of art, literature, and music created by African Americans.

The Harlem Renaissance was a time of extreme racial violence in the urban cities of the North

The Harlem Renaissance was a time of advancement of civil rights, including the integration of schools in the South

The Harlem Renaissance was a time when many African Americans left the North and moved to the South

Armstrong is a famous artist who created many important paintings during the Harlem Renaissance

Armstrong was a famous bootlegger during the Prohibition era.

Louis Armstrong is considered to be the most famous jazz musician of all time.

Louis Armstrong wrote several books about the history of African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance

Ellington was an owner of a speakeasy during the 1920s

Duke Ellington was a well-known jazz band director who helped many jazz musicians become famous during the era.

Duke Ellington was a leader of the NAACP

Ellington was a writer who exposed the horrors of lynchings in the South

Hughes was a baseball player who became America’s first celebrity athlete

Hughes was a radio talk show host who used the radio for the advancement of civil rights

Langston Hughes was a famous jazz musician

Langston Hughes was a jazz-poet and writer during the Harlem Renaissance.

Hurston was the only female owner of a speakeasy during the era

Hurston was an activist who targeted KKK members and bombed their headquarters

Zora Neale Hurston was a female African American author who wrote about life as a black woman in the South.

Zora Neale Hurston wrote a series of exposé articles about lynchings in the South

The government feared the growth of communism and a possible revolution.

The government was trying to force all immigrants to speak English at all times

The government believed the immigrant class was solely responsible for America’s illegal drinking problem

The government was attempting to rid the country of disease, believing immigrants carried the plague

Immigrants from Canada and England were targeted

Immigrants from Chile, Peru, and Brazil were targeted

Russian immigrants were targeted (and only Russian immigrants)

Immigrants from Asia and Southern and Eastern Europe were targeted by the Immigration Quota Acts.

The Klan wanted to cut into the profits of the illegal bootlegging business and keep some for itself

The Klan of the ’20s pushed for a movement back towards the traditionalism of previous eras and rejected the

modernism of the 1920s.

The Klan of the ’20s believed the radio was a source of evil in America

The Klan of the era hated American popular culture and tried to end it

Wells wrote exposé reports about lynchings in the South and pushed for an end to race-based discrimination.

Wells was the “Empress of the Blues”

Wells was the most famous female jazz musician of the 1920s

Wells was a wealthy speakeasy owner in New York

Garvey called for a violent overthrow of the American government

Garvey called for all African Americans to move to Chicago and form an independent city-state

Garvey called for all African Americans to leave the US and return to Africa

Under Garveyism, Garvey believed he was a demi-god who ought to be worshiped by all Americans

The NAACP’s goals were to end organized crime and illegal bootlegging and speakeasies

The NAACP’s goals are to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to

eliminate race-based discrimination

The NAACP focuses on First Amendment rights and all cases pertaining to it

The goal of the NAACP was to create a widespread conversion/revival of Christianity in America

Organized crime is crime that has plans broadcasted over the radio

Organized crime is crime set up by the government to create chaos among America’s cities

The rise of organized crime was the attempted revolution/communist overthrow of the government

Organized crime includes criminal activities that are planned and controlled by powerful groups on a large scale

Bootlegging is selling counterfeit designer shoes and jeans (boots/legs) to people at a high price

Bootlegging is the practice of running away from police for any crime, no matter what it is

Bootlegging is the illegal manufacture, sale or transport of alcohol

Bootlegging is a game where you approach a cop, kick him in the leg with your boot, and then sip some alcohol

Speakeasies were illegal bars/nightclubs that existed during the Prohibition era.

Speakeasies were libraries where people talked quietly about communism and revolution

Speakeasies were buildings where people went to talk about their feelings and feel better

Speakeasies were places where any speech was accepted, no matter how extreme

Buying on credit allows people to purchase items, interest-free, and pay them back with no deadline

Buying on credit means saving a lot of cash and purchasing items up front, all money down

Buying on credit means using someone else’s savings and then paying them back later

Buying on credit allowed Americans to “buy now, pay later,” and many people went into heavy debts as a result.

The economy was weak because people were saving all their money instead of buying goods

There was a large amount of consumer debt during the 1920s.

Americans used up many vital resources such as oil and water during the 1920s

There were no negative impacts of American consumerism

The stock market crashed in late October 1929.

America ran out of non-renewable resources

Americans gave back all their items and paid off their debts, and the stock market stalled

Financial speculation caused the stock market to look weak but in fact it was strong

Second Red Scare

Civil Rights Movement

The Great Depression

Golden Age of America