Chapter 24 Section 4

The Roaring Twenties

Charles LindberghFirst person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean

19th AmendmentGiving women the right to vote for the first time.

FlappersSymbolized the new liberated woman of the 1920s. *Short bobbed hair *Short skirts *Heavy makeup

First MoviesOffered entertainmentBlack and white“talkie” – 1st movie with sounds

radiosRadio commercialsAthletic eventsGrand Ole Opry1st presidential returns

Sports & FadsBabe Ruth – Most homeruns hit in 1927 60Gertrude Ederle – 1st woman to swim across the English Channel1st Miss America Pageant 1921

EntertainersLouis Armstrong – Jazz trumpeterDuke Ellington – pianist/composerBessie Smith – singer

Harlem RenaissanceA flowering of African American culture.Instilled interest in African culture and pride.

Langston Hughes:Writer that went to Harlem …novels, poems, short stories

expatriatesPeople who choose to live in another country…Questioned American ideas

F. Scott Fitzgerald and ZeldaErnest Hemingway

18th AmendmentBanned the manufacturing, sale & transportation of liquor in the U.S.

Volstead Act – the means of enforcing the ban.

Drys/Wets

bootleggingMaking & selling illegal alcohol

Al Capone (Scarface)Controlled organize crime & local politics in Chicago.

Smuggled alcohol during prohibition…

21st Amendment

Prohibition repealed in 1933….Now you could make and sell alcohol…

nativismThe belief that native born Americans are superior to foreigners

Revival of the Ku Klux Klan

Emergency Quota ActEstablished a quota system…

An arrangement placing a limit on the number of immigrants from another country

The Scopes Trialevolution:The scientific theory that humans evolved over vast periods of time.

John Scopes convicted of breaking the law and fined $100.

Election of 1928President Coolidge did not run for a second term.

Herbert Hoover“To Hooverize” meant to “economize, to save and

share.”

Will RogersPerformed in the Wild West shows – trick-roping act, sense of humor made him a star.“I don’t make jokes – I just watch the government & report the facts.”