U.S History
Across
- 2. A system, originally determined by legislation in 1921
- 5. The social impact of the ___ allowed people to face Prohibition's ban on alcohol.
- 6. he was the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean
- 9. The practice of ____ forever changed the consumption of alcohol.
- 12. embody the youth and rebellion commonly associated with the prohibition era.
- 13. helped improve the lives of people suffering from the events of the depression.
- 15. set of beliefs favoring the interests of established inhabitants against those of immigrants emerged in the 1830s but grew to a fever pitch by the late 1840s
- 16. 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923.
- 17. ruled an empire of crime in the Windy City: gambling, prostitution, bootlegging, bribery, narcotics trafficking, robbery, , and murder.
- 18. convicted and fined $100 for teaching evolution in his Dayton classroom.
- 19. handled the aftermath of several Harding administration scandals
- 20. common term for shacktowns and homeless encampments during the Great Depression.
Down
- 1. defining figure of the 1920s as an influential poet, playwright, novelist, short story writer, essayist, political commentator and social activist.
- 3. awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954
- 4. instilled in African Americans across the country a new spirit of self-determination and pride
- 7. expanded tax cuts among all income classes
- 8. greatest man-made ecological disaster in American history
- 10. This began a chain of events that led to the Great Depression, a 10-year economic slump that affected all industrialized countries in the world.
- 11. supervised the mobilization of the American economy to support the war effort and implemented a Europe first strategy.
- 14. bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding