Across
- 1. Kennedy “Duke” Ellington: jazz pianist and one of America’s greatest composer, led his orchestra at the Cotton Club
- 5. Darrow: most famous trial lawyer of the day, hired by ACLU to defend John T. Scopes
- 7. and Vanzetti: Italian immigrants and anarchists arrested and charged with robbery and murder. They asserted their innocence & provided alibis although evidence against them was circumstantial they were found guilty and executed
- 8. Smith: female blues singer perhaps the outstanding vocalist of the decade.
- 10. plan: enabled people to buy goods over an extended period, without having to put down money at the time of purchase
- 13. sprawl: through increased mobility due to the automobile allowed workers to live miles from their jobs thus cities spread in all directions
- 15. Armstrong: most important and influential musician in the history of jazz, made personal expression a key part of jazz
- 17. Coolidge: pro-business Republican President who favored government policies keeping taxes down and business profits up and continued high tariffs on foreign imports
- 18. American social movement based on prejudice against foreign-born people
- 19. January 1920 Eighteenth Amendment during which the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages were legally prohibited
- 20. Dome scandal: The most spectacular example of corruption. Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall who leased Teapot Dome, Wyoming & Elk Hills, Ca., oil rich public lands, to two private oil companies while receiving more than $400,000 in loans, bonds & cash. Later convicted of a felony.
- 23. Renaissance: a literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture
- 24. trial: 1925 Dayton Tennessee, was a fight over evolution vs. creation and the role of science and religion in public schools and in American society
- 27. American social movement or policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs
- 29. Quota Act of 1921 (quota system): system established to maximum number of people who could enter the United States from each foreign country
- 30. A. Lindbergh: flew the Spirit of St. Louis from New York to Paris nonstop solo transatlantic, American most beloved hero
- 31. Tariff: raised taxes on US imports to 60% highest ever making it impossible for Britain & France to sell enough goods to repay US war debts and they turned to Germany for war reparations
- 32. Gershwin: famous American composer who merged traditional elements with American Jazz
Down
- 2. G. Harding: US President in 1921 slogan a “return to normalcy” one of the least successful presidents
- 3. Protestant movement grounded in a literal, or non-symbolic, interpretation of the Bible, skeptical of some scientific discoveries and theories
- 4. Garvey: founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and led the back to Africa movement, left behind a powerful legacy of black pride and economic independence
- 5. an economic and political system based on a single-party government ruled by a dictatorship with no private property and government owned businesses
- 6. Hughes: best-known poet, described the difficult lives of working class African Americans
- 9. L. Lewis: Leader of United Mine Workers of America who led strike in 1919 became a national hero
- 11. Hemingway: famous American writer who criticized the glorification of war through a tough and simplified style of writing setting a new literary standard
- 12. Lewis: First American to win Nobel Prize in literature
- 14. people who smuggled liquor into the US from Canada, Cuba and the West Indies
- 16. gang: cabinet members who were the president’s poker-playing corrupt friends who used their offices to become wealthy
- 21. an emancipated young woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the day, short hair, close-fitting hats, waist-less dresses an inch above the knee, silk stocking & sleek pumps
- 22. underground or hidden saloons and nightclubs serving liquor illegally
- 25. people who opposed any form of government
- 26. Evans Hughes: Secretary of State under Pres. Harding urged no more warships be built for ten years
- 28. O’Keeffe: famous American painter who produced intensely colored canvases which captured the grandeur of New York
- 31. Scott Fitzgerald: famous American writer who coined term “Jazz Age” and revealed the negative side of the period’s gaiety and freedom