1920s Crossword Puzzle
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- 1. a system, originally determined by legislation in 1921, of limiting by nationality the number of immigrants who may enter the U.S. each year
- 3. The Ku Klux Klan, with its long history of violence, is the oldest and most infamous of American hate groups.
- 4. A carefree young woman of the 1920s
- 7. United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production
- 9. It was illegal to sell or make alcoholic
- 10. The Palmer Raids were a series of raids conducted in November 1919 and January 1920 by the United States Department of Justice
- 13. two Italian-Americans, born in Italy, who were executed in the US in 1927 for the murder of two workers during a robbery at a Massachusetts factory
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- 2. an illicit liquor store or nightclub.
- 5. Eugene Victor "Gene" Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World
- 6. legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States
- 8. United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs
- 11. a showcase for military parades
- 12. John Scopes was a teacher in Tennessee who became famous for going on trial for teaching evolution.
- 14. a powerful leader of organized crime in Chicago, during the period of Prohibition.