U.S History

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.

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