Roaring 20's

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Across
  1. 3. To cancel a law.
  2. 5. Renaissance A period in the 1920s when African American achievements in art and music and literature flourished.
  3. 6. Dome Scandal A government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921.
  4. 8. Amendment Banned the sale, manufacture, and transport of alcohol, repealed by the 21st amendment.
  5. 10. Capone United States gangster during Prohibition, until he was arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947).
  6. 11. Amendment Repealed the 18th Amendment.
  7. 12. A period from 1920 to 1933 when the selling, making, and transportation of alcohol was illegal in the United States, by the 18th Amendment.
  8. 13. Scare A period of general fear of communists.
  9. 15. A place where alcoholic drinks were sold and consumed during prohibition.
Down
  1. 1. Movement The push for voting rights for women that took place in the United States leading up to 1920.
  2. 2. Women in the 1920's who rejected old ways of dress, fashion, and behavior.
  3. 4. Migration Movement of African Americans from the South to the North for jobs and better opportunities.
  4. 7. Crime A business that supplies illegal goods and services for profit.
  5. 8. Amendment Gave women the right to vote.
  6. 9. A neighborhood in NYC that became a center for African American writers, musicians, and artists.
  7. 14. Music that grew to be popular in the 1920s that was influenced by music in West Africa and often played by African Americans.