Roaring 20's

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Across
  1. 4. Ideal image of the emancipated woman of the 1920’s
  2. 8. Attorney General A. Mitchell _____ hunted down suspected communists & anarchists
  3. 11. Amendment that outlawed the sale & consumption of alcohol
  4. 12. “Hands off” approach from the govt
  5. 15. Famous silent film actor of the 1920’s
  6. 16. Scandal that involved Sec of Interior selling conserved land, pocketing money
  7. 20. Led the creation of highways, new towns & businesses
  8. 21. False appearance that American economy was booming
  9. 23. Underground bar
  10. 25. Took over presidency after death of President Harding
  11. 27. Wrote/spoke defiantly on black struggles during the Harlem Renaissance
  12. 28. Brought presidents’ speeches, sports, dramas directly into people’s homes
  13. 29. Americans spent wildly on new appliances like refrigerators, washers, stoves
  14. 30. Used the assembly line to build his Model T quickly
Down
  1. 1. Massive industry created to sell new products
  2. 2. Biggest sports icon of the 1920’s; Played for NY Yankees
  3. 3. Organization that sought to create equality among races in the U.S.
  4. 5. Illegal manufacture, transport, & sale of alcohol
  5. 6. ____ Plan- U.S. investors loaned Germany $2.5 bil pay war reparations to U.K. & France
  6. 7. Types of jobs women could get; teacher, bank teller, clerk, nurse, etc.
  7. 9. Fear of communism spreading to America
  8. 10. New form music popularized during the Harlem Renaissance
  9. 13. First pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic; “Lucky Lindy”
  10. 14. Movement started by Marcus Garvey & the UNIA
  11. 17. White supremacist organization that pushed the nativist agenda
  12. 18. Amendment that gave women the right to vote
  13. 19. Mafia boss who made lots of money during Prohibition
  14. 22. Wrote about overcoming struggles of Jim Crow south w/ strength
  15. 24. Biology teacher put on trial for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution
  16. 26. Harding’s group of poker friends that ran his Cabinet