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Roaring Twenties

Match famous people, inventions, fads and occurences of the 1920's.

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Thomas ScopesFound guilty of teaching Darwinian principles
cropped or bobbedpopular hairstyle of women
flapperwomen with short hair, who smoked & drank
dance marathonpopular youth activity
Izzy & Moefamous prohibition agents
Charles LindbergFew nonstop from NY to Paris
Sigmund FreudPsychoanalyst who believed slips of tongue to be significant
Margaret SangerScandelously provided contraception at her birth-contol clinic
bootleggingact of illegally making, selling or distributing alcohol
speakeasyunderground place where people would drink alcohol
18th amendmentmade alcohol illegal
Al Caponebrought 200 gunmen so that his candidates were voted into office
Chicago, ILwhere Al Capone made his reputation for crime
Babe Ruthhit 724 home runs
"Tin Lizzie"model T Ford
Sacco & Vanzettiimmigrants found guilty & executed even though innocent
first radio station broadcastKDKA, Pittsburgh
St. Valentine's Day Massacremost notorious killing spree of Bugs Moran's gang
F. Scott Fitzgeraldwrote The Beautiful and the Damned
Earnest Hemingwaywrote The Sun Also Rises
Zelda Fitzgeraldhad several breakdowns and spent 17 years in a sanitarium
"Lost Generation"term used for writers who persued a life of pleasure
Suffragemovement which eventually allowed women to vote
ImmigrantsAmericans feared these
F. Scott FitzgeraldWho coined "The Jazz Age"
Ku Klux Klandiscriminitory organization became popular
Volstead Actset the groundwork for disallowing alcohol
Gertrude SteinOlder write who coined "The lost generation"
Black Sox ScandalRumored that the 1919 World Series game had been thrown


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