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1920s Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Spanish Flu | Pandemic in 1918 that killed more people than World War 1 |
| 18th Amendment | Law that made the sale, production or transport of alcohol illegal |
| 19th Amendment | Law that gave women the right to vote |
| Charles Darwin | Scientist who came up with the theory of evolution |
| Communism | a way of organizing a society in which the government owns the things that are used to make and transport products such as land, oil, factories, and ships and there is no privately owned property |
| Socialism | a way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government rather than by individual people and companies |
| Evolution | the theory by scientist, Charles Darwin, that states living things gradually change over a long period of time into a different and better form |
| Prosperity | success or the state of success, especially financial or material success |
| Great Migration | the time period when African Americans left the South for big cities in the North and West |
| Jazz | music developed by African Americans in Louisiana; America’s first original art form |
| Laissez-Faire Economics | the belief that the government should not interfere in the economy of a nation |
| Pop Culture | interests, trends or entertainment in a culture that is enjoyed by ordinary people, rather than experts or very educated people |
| Prohibition | the period of time when it was illegal to make, sell or transport alcohol in the US |
| Organized Crime | groups of people who plan and work together to Gain money in illegal ways |
| Speakeasy | a secret nightclub that sold alcohol during prohibition |
| Ragtime | syncopated musical style; Scott Joplin is considered the King of Ragtime |
| Ku Klux Klan | a hate group, founded mainly in the South that used violence against African Americans |
| Herbert Hoover | President during the Stock Market Crash of 1929 |
| Consumerism | the belief that the nation’s economy gets better when more goods are sold |
| John Scopes | teacher in TN who was arrested and tried for teaching the theory of evolution |
| Red Scare | the panic caused by fear of socialism and communism in the US |
| Jim Crow Laws | segregations laws in the South that separated whites and blacks from each other |
| Harlem Renaissance | The era of great achievements by African Americans in art, music and literature |
| Calvin Coolidge | 2nd President of the 1920s who was quiet and stern and believed in laissez-faire economics |
| Warren G. Harding | First president of the 1920s involved in scandals |
| Mobsters | Members of secret organizations involved in organized crime |
| Flappers | young women known for their energetic freedom and free spirit, who dressed in bold and unconventional styles |
| Tea Pot Dome Scandal | Government officials secretly allowed a private oil company to drill oil on a US Navy oil reserve in Wyoming |
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