Roaring 20's

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Across
  1. 1. Kennedy “Duke” Ellington: jazz pianist and one of America’s greatest composer, led his orchestra at the Cotton Club
  2. 5. Darrow: most famous trial lawyer of the day, hired by ACLU to defend John T. Scopes
  3. 7. and Vanzetti: Italian immigrants and anarchists arrested and charged with robbery and murder. They asserted their innocence & provided alibis although evidence against them was circumstantial they were found guilty and executed
  4. 8. Smith: female blues singer perhaps the outstanding vocalist of the decade.
  5. 10. plan: enabled people to buy goods over an extended period, without having to put down money at the time of purchase
  6. 13. sprawl: through increased mobility due to the automobile allowed workers to live miles from their jobs thus cities spread in all directions
  7. 15. Armstrong: most important and influential musician in the history of jazz, made personal expression a key part of jazz
  8. 17. Coolidge: pro-business Republican President who favored government policies keeping taxes down and business profits up and continued high tariffs on foreign imports
  9. 18. American social movement based on prejudice against foreign-born people
  10. 19. January 1920 Eighteenth Amendment during which the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages were legally prohibited
  11. 20. Dome scandal: The most spectacular example of corruption. Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall who leased Teapot Dome, Wyoming & Elk Hills, Ca., oil rich public lands, to two private oil companies while receiving more than $400,000 in loans, bonds & cash. Later convicted of a felony.
  12. 23. Renaissance: a literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture
  13. 24. trial: 1925 Dayton Tennessee, was a fight over evolution vs. creation and the role of science and religion in public schools and in American society
  14. 27. American social movement or policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs
  15. 29. Quota Act of 1921 (quota system): system established to maximum number of people who could enter the United States from each foreign country
  16. 30. A. Lindbergh: flew the Spirit of St. Louis from New York to Paris nonstop solo transatlantic, American most beloved hero
  17. 31. Tariff: raised taxes on US imports to 60% highest ever making it impossible for Britain & France to sell enough goods to repay US war debts and they turned to Germany for war reparations
  18. 32. Gershwin: famous American composer who merged traditional elements with American Jazz
Down
  1. 2. G. Harding: US President in 1921 slogan a “return to normalcy” one of the least successful presidents
  2. 3. Protestant movement grounded in a literal, or non-symbolic, interpretation of the Bible, skeptical of some scientific discoveries and theories
  3. 4. Garvey: founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and led the back to Africa movement, left behind a powerful legacy of black pride and economic independence
  4. 5. an economic and political system based on a single-party government ruled by a dictatorship with no private property and government owned businesses
  5. 6. Hughes: best-known poet, described the difficult lives of working class African Americans
  6. 9. L. Lewis: Leader of United Mine Workers of America who led strike in 1919 became a national hero
  7. 11. Hemingway: famous American writer who criticized the glorification of war through a tough and simplified style of writing setting a new literary standard
  8. 12. Lewis: First American to win Nobel Prize in literature
  9. 14. people who smuggled liquor into the US from Canada, Cuba and the West Indies
  10. 16. gang: cabinet members who were the president’s poker-playing corrupt friends who used their offices to become wealthy
  11. 21. an emancipated young woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the day, short hair, close-fitting hats, waist-less dresses an inch above the knee, silk stocking & sleek pumps
  12. 22. underground or hidden saloons and nightclubs serving liquor illegally
  13. 25. people who opposed any form of government
  14. 26. Evans Hughes: Secretary of State under Pres. Harding urged no more warships be built for ten years
  15. 28. O’Keeffe: famous American painter who produced intensely colored canvases which captured the grandeur of New York
  16. 31. Scott Fitzgerald: famous American writer who coined term “Jazz Age” and revealed the negative side of the period’s gaiety and freedom