Biggest Events and People of the American 1920s
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Most memorable and influential people and events from the Roaring Twenties
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1.
Baseball, Babe Ruth
50 points - added 12 years ago by laneave -
2.
Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic
50 points - added 12 years ago by laneave -
3.
Sexual Revolution
40 points - added 12 years ago by laneave -
4.
Women began wearing revealing swimwear
10 points - added 12 years ago by laneave -
5.
The Red Scare
5 points - added 12 years ago by laneave -
6.
Warner Brothers produced the first movie with a soundtrack
5 points - added 12 years ago by laneave -
7.
Movies/movie stars came to the fore
This was indicative of the carefree lifestyle, and America's fascination continues today.
1 point - added 12 years ago by laneave -
8.
H.L. Mencken
He set a precedent for satirical and cynical journalism.
0 points - added 12 years ago by laneave -
9.
KKK
0 points - added 12 years ago by laneave -
10.
Jazz music
0 points - added 12 years ago by laneave -
11.
The Foursquare Church was established
0 points - added 12 years ago by laneave -
12.
Gertrude Stein and the "Lost Generation"
0 points - added 12 years ago by laneave -
13.
J. Edgar Hoover
He was the most powerful president, and he ignored economists who predicted the stock market crash.
-5 points - added 12 years ago by laneave -
14.
Black Tuesday
This was the most devastating stock market crash in American history and shaped the country for many years later.
-5 points - added 12 years ago by laneave -
15.
Prohibition
This spanned the entire decade and is the biggest example of how this society longed to return to an age of innocence.
-5 points - added 12 years ago by laneave -
16.
The Scopes Trial
-5 points - added 12 years ago by laneave -
17.
The Harlem Renaissance
-5 points - added 12 years ago by laneave -
18.
Immigration Act of 1924 was passed
-5 points - added 12 years ago by laneave -
19.
Coolidge used Hollywood for election support
-5 points - added 12 years ago by laneave -
20.
NAACP established
-14 points - added 12 years ago by laneave -
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