Roaring 20's

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Across
  1. 2. Darrow: most famous trial lawyer of the day, hired by ACLU to defend John T. Scopes
  2. 4. Kennedy “Duke” Ellington: jazz pianist and one of America’s greatest composer, led his orchestra at the Cotton Club
  3. 7. 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. 9. underground or hidden saloons and nightclubs serving liquor illegally
  5. 10. G. Harding: US President in 1921 slogan a “return to normalcy” one of the least successful presidents
  6. 13. Protestant movement grounded in a literal, or non-symbolic, interpretation of the Bible, skeptical of some scientific discoveries and theories
  7. 18. 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
  8. 19. Lewis: First American to win Nobel Prize in literature
  9. 23. 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
  10. 24. Hemingway: famous American writer who criticized the glorification of war through a tough and simplified style of writing setting a new literary standard
  11. 26. American social movement or policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs
  12. 28. people who smuggled liquor into the US from Canada, Cuba and the West Indies
Down
  1. 1. Renaissance: a literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture
  2. 3. A. Lindbergh: flew the Spirit of St. Louis from New York to Paris nonstop solo transatlantic, American most beloved hero
  3. 5. sprawl: through increased mobility due to the automobile allowed workers to live miles from their jobs thus cities spread in all directions
  4. 6. an economic and political system based on a single-party government ruled by a dictatorship with no private property and government owned businesses
  5. 8. O’Keeffe: famous American painter who produced intensely colored canvases which captured the grandeur of New York
  6. 11. people who opposed any form of government
  7. 12. 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
  8. 14. 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.
  9. 15. January 1920 Eighteenth Amendment during which the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages were legally prohibited
  10. 16. Evans Hughes: Secretary of State under Pres. Harding urged no more warships be built for ten years
  11. 17. Coolidge: pro-business Republican President who favored government policies keeping taxes down and business profits up and continued high tariffs on foreign imports
  12. 20. Hughes: best-known poet, described the difficult lives of working class African Americans
  13. 21. American social movement based on prejudice against foreign-born people
  14. 22. Armstrong: most important and influential musician in the history of jazz, made personal expression a key part of jazz
  15. 25. plan: enabled people to buy goods over an extended period, without having to put down money at the time of purchase
  16. 27. Gershwin: famous American composer who merged traditional elements with American Jazz