The 1920s

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Across
  1. 3. : U.S. filmmaking center that grew in the 1920s.
  2. 4. : First woman to swim the English Channel.
  3. 7. : Nickname for the decade’s economic boom.
  4. 9. : Writer known for African American folklore.
  5. 10. : Cultural explosion of Black art, music, and writing.
  6. 11. : Jazz trumpeter who transformed American music.
  7. 16. : Ford’s innovation that reshaped manufacturing.
  8. 18. : Violent 1921 attack destroying Black Wall Street in Oklahoma.
  9. 19. : Young woman who challenged social norms with fashion and behavior.
  10. 21. : Illegal producer or smuggler of alcohol in the 1920s.
  11. 22. : Popular dance craze of the decade.
  12. 25. : Romantic silent-film heartthrob.
  13. 28. : First American Nobel Prize winner in Literature.
  14. 31. : Rival gangster tied to the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.
  15. 33. : Early NFL superstar known as “The Galloping Ghost.”
  16. 34. : 1928 international agreement attempting to outlaw war.
  17. 35. : Movement of African Americans to Northern cities.
  18. 36. : 1920s ban on alcohol in the United States.
  19. 37. : Economic downturn beginning with the 1929 stock market crash.
  20. 40. : Law that enforced Prohibition at the federal level.
  21. 41. : Chicago gangster dominating Prohibition-era crime.
  22. 43. : Actress and co-founder of United Artists.
  23. 45. : Silent film star known as “The Tramp.”
  24. 46. : Author of The Great Gatsby.
  25. 49. : Harlem Renaissance poet writing about Black identity.
  26. 50. : Anti-immigrant sentiment growing in the 1920s.
Down
  1. 1. : 1925 court case debating evolution vs. creationism in schools.
  2. 2. : Post-WWI effort to stabilize German reparations.
  3. 5. : Period of intense fear about communism in the U.S.
  4. 6. : Immigration limits established in the decade.
  5. 8. : 1920 amendment granting women the right to vote.
  6. 12. : Actress known as the “It Girl.”
  7. 13. : Affordable Ford automobile that transformed American culture.
  8. 14. : Organized-crime leader shaping the modern Mafia.
  9. 15. : Secret bar that operated illegally during Prohibition.
  10. 17. : Influential jazz bandleader of the 1920s.
  11. 20. : Lost Generation writer of The Sun Also Rises.
  12. 23. : Modernist painter known for flowers and cityscapes.
  13. 24. : 1924 law restricting immigration from certain countries.
  14. 26. : Modernist poet who wrote The Waste Land.
  15. 27. : Pilot who completed a solo transatlantic flight in 1927.
  16. 29. : Silent comedian known for deadpan expression.
  17. 30. : New musical style that became the soundtrack of the decade.
  18. 32. : World heavyweight boxing champion.
  19. 38. : New technology that became a household staple.
  20. 39. : Blues singer known as the "Empress of the Blues."
  21. 42. : Major immigrant processing center.
  22. 44. : First films with synchronized sound.
  23. 47. : Political scandal involving oil reserves.
  24. 48. : Legendary home-run slugger of the Yankees.