"The Roaring Twenties"

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  1. 5. Last name of an important author who was part of the Southern Renaissance.
  2. 7. 1928 invention by Walter E. Diemer.
  3. 8. Alexander Fleming discovers ________.
  4. 9. Name of an African American blues singer. (See image)
  5. 12. Film maker, cartoonist, and visionary. Developed famous characters and amusement theme parks.
  6. 13. Claude Mckay, Countee Cullen and _______ _______ were three leading black poets of the 1920's.
  7. 14. Slang for "engagement ring."
  8. 16. 1928- First ______ _______ cartoon.
  9. 17. Last name of the man that invented the lie detector.
  10. 18. Silent classic based on "Dracula." (1922) Also appeared on an episode of Spongebob Squarepants as the guy who was flickering the lights (The Graveyard Shift.)
  11. 20. Last name of the president from August 1923- March 1929.
Down
  1. 1. Great summer treat comes out in 1924.
  2. 2. Charles Lindbergh, also called "Lucky Lindy" and the "Lone _____."
  3. 3. Middle name of the famous baseball player Babe Ruth.
  4. 4. Type of entertainment popular in the United States in the early 20th century. Mixture of specialty acts such as burlesque comedy and song and dance.
  5. 6. The year women were granted the right to vote.
  6. 10. More people played this sport for fun than any other during the 1920's.
  7. 11. Begins October 29, 1929 with the Stock Market crash.
  8. 15. A fashionable young women intent on enjoying herself and flouting conventional standards of behavior.
  9. 19. Cigarettes were ___ cents a pack.