1920s Flashcards
(30 cards)
what baseball team accepted bribes to loose the 1919 world series
Chicago White Sox
what nickname was given to this baseball team
Black Sox
What was the name of the gambler who fixed the 1919 world series
Arnold rothstein
Nickname for the period when alchol was illegal
prohibition
amendment Wich outlawed the manufacture and other things with alchol
18th
amendment Wich gave women the right to vote
19th
people who manufactured and sold illegal liquor were called
bootleggers
places where illegal liquor was purchased
speasky
gang lord of a bootleg empire in Chicago from 1925-1931
al capone
how did this criminal (al capone) end up in jail
income tax evasion
what famous prison did alcapone go to
alcatraz
on what holiday did gangsters dress up as police and and murder 7 rivals
st valentine’s day
treasury agent assigned to clean up Chicago from organized crime was
Elliot ness
a nickname of the group that helped capture alcapone
the untouhcables
Wich boxer fought in five 1 million bouts in the 1920s
Jack dempsey
Wich baseball player hit a record 60 home runs in 1927
babe ruth
the date of the stock market crash
October 29th 1929
the immediate cause of the stock market crash was
stock specuation
period in 1930 when prices and wages fell business activity slowd and unemployment rose was called the
great depression
the president of the US during stock market crash
hoover
Wich person was the first to fly nonstop across Atlantic ocean
Charles indberg
who was the first woman to fly across United states
Amelia earhart
jack dempsey
world most popular boer
infuenza pandemic
flu that killed more than 20 million people in 1919 and 1918
