The Roaring 20’s Scavenger Hunt



Name______________________________________________ Date______________

The Roaring 20’s Scavenger Hunt

Directions: Find the following information from each of the stations.

Station 1 – Mass Consumption

1. How does mass consumption relate to mass production?

2. By 1920, ____________ percent of households had electric lighting.

3. The 1920’s were a decade of ___________________________ appliances.

4. What new type of business transaction made it possible for most to buy appliances? Why?

5. Number of hours spent on laundry in 1925 __________. Meals/Dishwashing in 1900_________.

6. New moves in the food industry cut the amount of time it took to prepare food and clean by

___________________________________________________________________________________.

7. Why did the movement not please all feminists?

8. The middle class enjoyed living in the __________________________________________.

Station 2 – The Ku Klux Klan “1925 Manual”

1. What was the full name of the KKK? Why do you think they chose this name?

2. What four divisions are there? Why do you think they had divisions?

3. The KKK’s army is comparable to that of the _____________________________________.

4. ________________________________________________________ is the commander-in-chief’s title.

5. Why do they choose this type of government?

6. What is their primary purpose?

7. You must be at least ________________ years old to join.

8. The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is a movement devoting itself to the needed task of developing a genuine spirit of ______________________________________.

9. What four things do the KKK say they protect?

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10. What contradictions do you find in this document?

Station 3 – Al Capone

1. Al Capone once killed a man for calling him by his hated nickname, which was ___________________.

2. Why did Capone have to leave his childhood school?

3. After killing a man, Capone escaped to _____________________________________.

4. Capone was known for managing ________________________________ in Chicago.

5. After _________________________________ was injured, Capone became head of the Chicago mafia.

6. The murders in 1929 are commonly known as ______________________________________________.

7. Capone was sent to jail on the crime of ___________________________________________________.

8. How did Capone die?

Section 4 – The Black Sox Scandal

1. The Black Sox scandal happened in _________________________.

2. Who was the originator of the scandal?

3. Shoeless Jackson claims that he is ________________________________________.

4. What did Jackson do that indicated otherwise?

5. What things supported his case?

6. What did the White Sox owner do when he found out about the scandal?

7. __________________________________________ won the series.

8. What was the final punishment?

Section 5 – The Movie Industry

1. Most films were produced in __________________________________________.

2. How many movies were being produced a year on average? How has this changed?

3. Most of the twenties consisted of ______________ films.

4. What were the major genres of the time? How were films recognized as a certain genre?

5. Name one of the masters of silent film.

6. The stock market crash was in _______________________.

7. As films became more popular, what four roles were no longer independent?

8. What were the five major firms at the time? What was their nickname?

9. Their tight hold on the industry is called a _________________.

Section 6 – Prohibition

1. The prohibition was the _____________ amendment.

2. _________________________________________________________________ enforced the law.

3. Who were the main party against the prohibition, and why were they discredited?

4. Why was it easy to import alcohol?

5. What is a speakeasy? How many did Capone control?

6. The prohibition became very unpopular in the _____________.

7. What was Roosevelt’s famous remark when he legalized alcohol?

8. The prohibition lasted about ______________________ years.

9. The right to sell alcohol is not determined by the __________________.

10. Why does Rockefeller say the prohibition didn’t work?

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