The Prosperity of the Roaring Twenties--VVHS
Across
- 2. built the first airplane that could cross the Atlantic Ocean
- 6. "gangster" of 1920s and 1930s, ran large criminal enterprise in Chicago
- 7. ___ trial: also known as the "Monkey trial"; pitted older religious beliefs against modern ideals such as the theory of evolution
- 8. nickname for 1920s relating to the popularity of jazz and blues music
- 11. first successful, reliable and affordable automobile
- 12. considered the most prominent poet of the Harlem Renaissance, penning pieces such as "Mother to Son" and "I, Too"
- 14. invented by Guglielmo Marconi, became a popular method of entertainment in the 1920s
- 16. made the first transatlantic solo flight
- 17. amendment that banned the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol in the US
- 18. used assembly line technique to produce the Model T
- 19. considered the most well known and popular baseball player of the 1920s and 1930s
Down
- 1. large scale movement of African Americans from the South to the Northeast and Midwest during the 1920s
- 3. ___ Renaissance: intellectual and cultural revival of African American culture in music and literature
- 4. policy of minimal government interference in business
- 5. wrote the book The Great Gatsby
- 9. innovation of 1920s, first flown by the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk
- 10. name for a woman of the 1920s that rejected traditional roles and dressed in shorter skirts, drove cars, and enjoyed recreational activities
- 13. name of time period in which alcohol was illegal in the US
- 15. nickname given to those who manufactured and transported illegal alcohol