Roarin' 1920s: A Decade in Review

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