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The 1920s

U.S. History

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The Great MigrationAfrican Americans moving from the rural South to the urban North
Klu Klux Klangroup who used acts of violence including lynching against African Americans
aviationmeaning flight, as in airplanes
Prohibitiontime period where buying and selling alchohol is illegal
bathtub ginhomemade alchohol
speakeasyan illegal bar or club where one could drink alchohol
18th Amendmentlaw that made buying, selling, and making alchohol illegal
Temperance Movementgroup of people who wanted alchohol illegal in the U.S.
organized crimegrew strong during Prohibition
flapperswomen who were fashionable and modern
electrificationmaking everyone have access to electricity
Wright Brothersinvented motorized airplane
Guglielmo Marconiinvented the radio
David Sarnoffstarted the broadcast industry
jobs created by improvement in transportationroad construction, steel, oil, automobile
entertainmentmoving pictures industry, radio industry
John Steinbeckwriter of the "Grapes of Wrath"
George Gershwincomposer of broadway music
19th Amendmentallowed women the right to vote
labor saving productswashing machine, electric stove
Harlem Rennaissancegrowth of African American culture in New York
Georgia O'Keefepainter of urban scenes and the Southwest
Louis Armstrongfamous African American trumpet player
Bessie Smithfamous African American blues singer
Duke EllingtonJazz pianist
F. Scott Fitzgeraldnovelist who wrote about the 1920s
Aaron Copelandclassical musician who used jazz in his music
Charles Lindbergflew an airplane across the Atlantic Ocean alone
road construction, oil, steel productionindustries that benefited from the automobile industry



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