The Roaring Twenties
Across
- 5. a Manhattan neighborhood that became the largest concentration of black people in the U.S
- 6. young ambitious women
- 8. the dance of the roaring twenties often featured in speakeasies
- 11. the first movie with sound
- 13. Drys were mostly what group of people
- 15. where middle class people lived outside of cities
- 16. first to fly solo non stop across the atlantic ocean
- 21. consumer technique that became popular in the twenties
- 22. new concept for consumers to invest in
- 23. as well as the consumption of alcohol, what other activities did people partake in at speakeasys
- 24. car invented by ford in 1908
- 27. wets were mostly what group of people
- 28. the tactic that was used to convince people to support prohibition
- 30. an effective new manufacturing method
- 34. the amendment that appealed prohibition
- 35. what did flappers do in the twenties that wasn't conventional forwomen of that time
- 37. what you needed to get into a speakeasy
- 38. what americans bought items on (but now pay later)
Down
- 1. what racist practice did "the jazz singer" use
- 2. name of someone who transported alcohol
- 3. explained what was and not legal in terms of alcohol
- 4. the industry that grew as more people could drive to locations
- 7. the slang name for the eighteenth amendment
- 9. what gangsters did as well as selling alcohol
- 10. what group opposed prohibition
- 12. an illegal bar where people bought liquor
- 14. what grew in popularity due to radio
- 17. african american who helped spread jazz music
- 18. was seen as a hero for his baseball talents
- 19. a group that supported prohibition
- 20. cleaning device that made life easier for women
- 22. what industries did the car industry support
- 25. the amendment that banned the sale of alcohol
- 26. what did employers pay their employees during this period
- 29. who's gang members killed in the valentines day massacre
- 31. who's gangs members were killed by the st. valentines day activity
- 32. a technological advancement that bonded people over music
- 33. music that featured old african traditions mixed with new music techniques
- 36. name of someone who brewed alcohol