Name: __________________________________________
Period: ______
Roaring 20s Scavenger Hunt
Use the copied packets of “Search” Magazine to complete the following scavenger hunt.
How did women’s
hair styles change?
Women bobbed (cut
it off) just below their
ears
What terrorizing
group made a
“comeback” during
the 1920s?
What was the hidden
pocket of many
men’s jackets used
for?
How many people
would go to the
movies per week in
the 20s?
What caused the stock
market to climb so
much during the
1920s?
How did progressive
companies make it
hard for labor unions
to compete?
To carry their own
liquor (flask pockets)
100 million people
Offering benefits such
as pensions, cheap
housing & insurance
Why did some people
compare the
economy of the
1920s to a house of
cards?
How did many men
wear their hair in the
1920s?
Bulls – driving prices
up as they try to
outbid each other for
best selling stocks
What were some
examples of things
that could be bought
on credit in the
1920s?
Cars, furniture,
sewing machines, etc.
What were two
qualifications to
become a member of
the KKK?
Born in the USA;
swear unqualified
allegiance to the
gov’t; Christian
beliefs; believe in
White Supremacy
What industry fueled
the “Coolidge
Boom”? How?
What was happening
to more and more
“mom and pop”
business during the
20s?
Being “pushed” out
by popular chain
stores such as JC
Penny & Woolworth
How did the assembly
line affect goods
produced during the
20s?
Popularized the idea
of mass production;
manufactured quicker
& cheaper than
before; larger
quantities and
shipped all over the
nation
What did Wall Street
financial adviser
Roger Babson warn?
Ku Klux Klan
Compare “Total
Money Spent” with
“Total Money
Borrowed” in the
20s.
Total money
borrowed was much
greater than money
spent
Why did corsets have
to go in the 1920s?
Due to the Charleston
& other energetic
dances
What happened to
stock prices
throughout most of
the 1920s?
They increased
If one piece of the
economy fails, the
whole thing would
collapse
How did jewelry
change in the 20s?
Jewelry was now
mass produced
allowing everyone to
dress like a starlet
Parted their hair in
the middle and
varnished it down
with “Slickum”
In 1929, only one in
____ workers
belonged to a union.
Eight
What did the KKK do
to the Burdick family
of Virginia?
How did many young
women shock their
parents?
Attacked the Burdick
family
With wild clothes,
pranks and dances
Name any three
important things
about the radio for
people in the 1920s.
Over 700 stations;
6.5 million homes
have radios; could
listen to new,
programs, etc.
Name some of the
new products that
consumers were
excited about in the
20s.
Prepared foods; Brillo
pads; radio
How did women’s
skirts and stockings
change in the 20s?
In the 1920s, stockings
were sheer or rayon
and rolled down just
above the knee
What advertising
method did Listerine
use in the 20s?
Persuasive tactics –
fear
Auto Industry
“Sooner or later a
crash is coming”