A to Z by Decade: 1920s

A

Substance banned in the United States by the 18th amendment

B

Term for smuggling of the above frequent during the Prohibition

C

Aviator who completed the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris in 1927

D

Pianist and composer who helped revolutionize swing music

E

Island in New York which was the primary immigration station for European migrants

F

Term for a rebellious, liberated woman in the 20s, many of whom wore short dresses and bobbed hair, and defied traditional social and sexual norms

G

Country which was known as the Weimar Republic

H

Explosion of black artistic, social, and cultural expression centered in 1920s New York

I

1924 US law passed which limited the number of immigrants based on national origin quotas

J

Expressive music style popular in the 1920s

K

Egyptian pharaoh whose tomb was discovered in 1922

L

Precursor to the United Nations founded in 1920

M

Form of entertainment which was enhanced by the addition of sound

N

1922 silent German horror film which served as an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula

O

Prominent empire which dissolved in 1922 after several centuries

P

Antibiotic drug first discovered by Alexander Flemming in 1928

Q

Hygenic swab invented by Leo Gerstenzang in 1923

R

Term for 1920s stemming from the economic boom and lifestyle of excess and gaudiness

S

This crashed in October of 1929, leading to the Great Depression

T

Massive political corruption scandal in the United States involving the Harding administration

U

Major world power which refused to join L

V

First leader of the Soviet Union

W

Group granted the right to vote in the US from the 19th amendment

X

Nationalistic and anti-immigrant rhetoric which led to I, translating to “fear of outsiders”

Y

New name of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, which was adopted in 1929

Z

Socialite and wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald, who was perhaps the most prominent example of F