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The Roaring 20s

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ProhibitionIllegal to manufacture, sale, or distribute alcoholic beverages
Prohibition began1920
Prohibition ended1933
Prohibition Amendment19th Amendment
Amendment that ends Prohibition21st Amendment
SaloonsA bar
BootleggersImported alcohol from Mexico, Canada, West Indies
Palmer Raidsan Attorney General who trampled over Civil Liberties
Red Scarefear of Communism
SpeakeasiesUnderground saloons where people could drink
Organized crime developed as a means to...?lmanufacture, transport, and sell alcohol
Al CaponeA mobster who brutally murdered people and made millions
Prohibition was called...?The Noble Experiment
The Prohibition ActThe Volstead Act
The goal of Prohibitionto 'clean up" society
Women’s Christian Temperance Unionfought to pass Prohibition
Anti-Saloon LeagueReligious group who fought to ban alcohol
called for "a return to normalcy"President Warren Harding
Nativismprejudice against foreigners
President during ProhibitionWoodrow Wilson
Sacoo and VanzettiTwo Italian immigrants who protested against Palmer Raids
ACLUAmerican Civil Liberties Union
What did the ACLU do?protect civil liberties/rights of all Americans
Helped form ACLUJane Adams and Upton Sinclair
Ku Klux Klana group of White protestants
Ku Klux Klan purposeSpread hatred against Blacks, Jews, Catholics, & any foreigners
Ku Klux Klan controlled 20 states and served in congress during this time1921-1924
Quota SystemLimited immigration
Marcus GarvyAppointed himself “President of Africa”
Marcus Garvey encouraged the...?“Back To Africa” Movement in the early 1920s
In 1925 it was against the law to teach...?the theory of evolution in schools
John ScopesScience teaacher who taught Darwin's theory
Who coined the phrase "The Roaring 20s"F. Scott Fitzgerald
Musician that helped spread Jazz to northLouis Armstrong
Jazz was born hereNew Orleans
Sacco and Vanzetti were charged with...?Armed robbery and murder
People used this to afford the luxuries of the 1920sCredit
the decade of American Cosumerism1920s
A result of ProhibitionIncrease in organized crime
New activies of the 1920sCamping, playing sports, going to the movies
Women's Temperance Unionbegan Prohibiton movement



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