1920s - Vocab Test

profound social, cultural, and literary change, and the influence of Jazz Music

When southern legislatures passed laws of racial segregation directed against African Americans

secret hate group in the southern U.S., which aimed to suppress the newly acquired rights of African Americans

period of rich cross-disciplinary artistic and cultural activity among African Americans

decades-long fight to win the right to vote for women in the United States

sound communication by radio waves, usually through the transmission of music, news

a period of rapid economic growth and social change.

the illegal manufacture, transport, distribution, or sale of alcoholic beverages during the Prohibition period

a fashionable young woman intent on enjoying herself and flouting conventional standards of behavior

founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)

defendants in a controversial murder trial in Massachusetts; proved immigrants weren’t treatly fairly in America

American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist

nationwide ban on the sale and import of alcoholic beverages that lasted from 1920 to 1933

a series of still photographs on film projected onto a screen using light in rapid succession

criminal action brought by the state of Tennessee against high school teacher for teaching evolution

an organized political movement in the United States that aimed to eradicate the practice of lynching

considered the leading trumpeter and one of the most influential artists in jazz history

continuing criminal enterprise that rationally works to profit from illegal activity

promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism

one of the largest movements of people in US history. 6 million black people moved from the American South to North