The Roaring Twenties - Culture in Conflict

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Across
  1. 1. an individual with extreme ideas; usually about the government or society
  2. 5. in 1919, a series of race riots erupted in cities throughout the United States between white and black Americans
  3. 6. the process by which species adapt over time in response to their changing environment
  4. 10. congressional legislation that allowed the federal government to enact the 18th Amendment to the Constitution
  5. 12. acts of violence, and often murder, targeted at communities over racial animosities
  6. 14. economic success of the 1920's led to increased standards of living for the upper and middle classes
  7. 18. the study of all agencies under human control which can improve or impair the racial quality of future generations
  8. 19. assembly-line manufacturing and other industrial technology revolutionized how goods were produced
  9. 20. one of the most violent race riots in US history; occurred in Arkansas after a white man was killed outside a meeting held by a black sharecroppers union
Down
  1. 2. an economic and political system in which capitalism is undone and all property in wealth is redistributed among the population
  2. 3. the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms
  3. 4. establishments that operated in secrecy but were social clubs were people could buy alcohol
  4. 7. the practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats
  5. 8. an era of artistic and economic prosperity for African Americans in urban centers
  6. 9. era lasting from 1920 - 1933 in which the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors” was illegal by federal law
  7. 11. prohibitions unintended consequences: bootlegging, gambling, prostitution, rackets, and gangsters
  8. 13. the new 1920's modern image of a woman who is independent and does not conform to traditional roles
  9. 15. a series of raids conducted by the US Department of Justice to capture and arrest suspected socialists- especially anarchists and communists- and deport them from the United States
  10. 16. an era in US history in which widespread fears of communists and anarchists caused the federal government to imprison or deport thousands of suspected radicals
  11. 17. the organization of society on the basis of voluntary cooperation, without political institutions or hierarchical government