Roarin' 1920s: A Decade in Review
Across
- 5. The era caused by the 18th Amendment
- 6. Famous American aviator who made the first solo transatlantic flight on the “Spirit on Saint Louis” in 1927
- 12. An 1896 invention that grew in popularity in the 1920s as a household form of entertainment
- 15. America’s largest department store
- 16. Novel published in 1922 from Irish author that is a modern counterpart of the Greek epic “Odyssey”
- 19. Louis Armstrong’s instrument of choice
- 20. Song by Al Jolson that topped the charts in 1920
- 21. An art movement countering rationalism used by both painters and poets with roots in Dada
- 22. Stunningly beautiful and talented silver screen actress who is the highest paid in Hollywood, starred in 1928's "Sadie Thompson"
- 23. Nickname for an Italian gangster who serves as Joe Masseria’s first lieutenant in his American organized crime ring
- 25. Most deadly virus pandemic that ended in April 1920 and infected a third of the world's population
- 26. First aired in 1928, a cartoon that debuted both synchronized sound in cartoons and the character Mickey Mouse
- 27. Women’s hat style that resembles a bell, typically favored by flappers
Down
- 1. An art style developed from cubism in France and used in architecture
- 2. Italian nickname of Yankee Hall of Famer who has many MLB Hall of Fame titles, including most homeruns in a season
- 3. Released in January 1927, a silent film set in World War I about two pilots and romantic rivals that won the first Academy Award for Best Picture in 1929
- 4. 1922 German silent film developed from Bram Stoker’s novel
- 7. New York Democratic politician who was the first Roman Catholic to run for president in 1928
- 8. The Darwin theory highly contested in the Scopes Monkey trial
- 9. The 1920s generation of independent and energetic women who loves to dance to jazz and push the boundaries of what is deemed socially acceptable
- 10. 1927 invention by Philo Taylor Farnsworth
- 11. Type of working strategy used by Henry Ford to speed up the construction process of his automobiles
- 13. Baseball team that won the 1925 World Championship
- 14. Vice President under Calvin Coolidge 1925-1929
- 17. Nickname for notorious Chicago gangster who sold booze and prostitutes
- 18. Music genre created in New Orleans by African Americans that has roots in blues and ragtime
- 24. Popular jazz dance in the 1920s that has a song corresponding to its name and was created by African Americans in 1903