American Prohibition-era gangster, who dominated organized crime in Chicago from 1925 to 1931 and became perhaps the most famous gangster in the United States.
Al Capone
playing games for money
gambling
Name at least 3 synonyms for 'rich'
opulent, lavish, wealthy, luxurious
an American-born French dancer, singer, and actress, a symbol both of the Jazz Age and the Roaring Twenties.
Josephine Baker
Name 2 books about 1920s.
The Great Gatsby, the Radium Girls
A car company which launched the first mass production of vehicles. By the end of 1919, it was producing 50% of all cars in the United States
The Ford Motor Company
An African American cultural movement that flourished in the 1920s in New York City.
The Harlem Renaissance
What type of music was popular in the 1920s?
jazz, blues, swing
Name a famous American actor, star of silent movies.
Charlie Chaplin
in the 1920s, a fashionable young woman, especially one showing independent behaviour
flapper
Name at least 5 key-words related to the 1920s
the Jazz Age, prohibition, flappers, speakeasy, bootleggers
What's the Roaring Twenties?
The 1920s was a period of rapid change and economic prosperity in the USA.
a cinema film with speech and sound made during the period when most films were silent.
talkies
The love story of a self-made millionaire during the Jazz Age in New York, starring DiCaprio.
The Great Gatsby
'bootlegger' means
a person who makes or sells goods, especially alcohol, illegally.
Talk about the factors which enabled women to gain more independence.
The suffrage movement led to the right to vote; during WW1 women joined the workforce; the flapper culture symbolized freedom in fashion and behavior.
Talk about the Prohibition era.
It was a ban on alcohol in the U.S., intended to reduce crime but instead fueling illegal activities like bootlegging, smuggling, speakeasies.
A famous animated character that debuted in the cartoon Steamboat Willie in 1928.
Mickey Mouse.
mood in French
l'humeur
Talk about the Harlem Renaissance movement.
It was a cultural movement in Harlem, NY, fueled by the Great Migration; it celebrated Bl throught art, jazz and literature,promoted racial pride, civil rights.
a place where alcohol was illegally sold and drunk in the US in the 1920s
speakeasy
Intended to attract attention or admiration, often by showing money or power.
ostentatious
A synonym for 'extravagantly'
lavishly