#Social Studies The Roaring 20s

In the 1920s, ___ allowed people all over the country to listen to the same programs

Bull market-when the stock market is doing bad; the steady fall in stock prices

Buying on margin (credit)-buy a stock for 10% down payment from a broker

The ___ Union was founded in 1920 to defend people's civil rights

Red Scare-period during 1920s where people feared communism

System that used conveyor belts to move parts of cars from one group of workers to another

The ___Act of 1921 limited the total number of immigrants allowed into the U.S.

Movement in which big #s of African Ams. began leaving the south to take jobs in N. factories

Stock market crash-a sudden and steep drop in the price of stocks,eventually becoming worthless

Sturdy and reliable car nicknamed the Tin Lizzie

In 1933, the government passed the ___ Amendment, which ended prohibition

The ___ was a time of fear of Communists and radicals

Quota Act-limited immigtation

____ are people opposed to organized government

Albert Fall's acceptance of big sums of $ and valuable gifts in exchange for gov. oil reserves

Young women known as __ challenged traditional ideas of how women were supposed to behave

The period of African American artistic accomplishments in the 1920s was known as the:

Anarchists-person who is not against organized government

Boom-a time of terrible economic activity and growth

Sinclair Lewis was the 1st American to receive the ___ in literature

The 21st Amendment ended prohibition

Return back to normalcy was pres. Harding's idea for the US to return to life as it was b4 WWI

Prosperity-state of growth, with rising profits and full employment

____was a famous writer who produced poems, plays, and novels about African American life

Nativism --wanting to share America with native-born white Americans and immigrants

The__was a racist group that terrorized Afr. Ams. and harassed Catholics, Jews, and immigrants

Buying method that let ppl. to pay a small amount of the $ every month until item was paid off

____was a trumpet player known for his method of stepping out from the band to perform a solo

Inventor and business leader from Detroit

Communists-people who want government ownership of all property

Agreement that outlawed war, signed by the U.S. and 14 other nations

The Jazz Singer was the first ___, or motion picture with sound

__encourage black people around the world to express pride in their culture and become ec. ind.

Installment buying-buying things and having to pay for them all at once

Idea that tax cuts for wealthy Americans would "trickle-down to less well-off Americans

Senator from Ohio and republican candidate for president

The belief in an exact, word-for-word interpretation of the Bible is knows as ____

An explosion in the popularity of Jazz music gave the 1920s the nickname of the:

____ or people who leave their home country to live elsewhere, developed in Paris in the 1920s

Bear Market-when the stock market is doing well; the steady increase in stock prices

The 18th amendment: made it legal to sell, manufacture, and transport alcohol

Massachusetts governor and republican vice presidential candidate

Prohibition-(1920-1933) This means alcohol was legal

___'s novel, The Great Gatsby, focused on what he saw as a loss of morality behind the fun

Harlem Renaissance - rebirth of African American culture in Harlem

Secretary of commerce who became president in 1928

Writers who criticized American society in the 1920s became known as the ____