Chapter 22 The Roaring 1920s Vocabulary

A steady drop in the stock market over a period of time.

Brief period of mass anti-communist paranoia in the U.S., a fear of communists, anarchists and immigrants.

Dance marathons, flagpole sitting & other very popular activities which captivated the nation only to last a short time.

He was a notorious gangster who dominated organized crime during the 1920s in Chicago.

Author and social critic of the 1920s, wrote “The Great Gatsby.”

A steady rise in the stock market over a period of time.

US’s version of the Treaty of Versailles. It outlawed war and was signed by 62 countries. It was ineffective.

The last republican president of the 20s and during the stock market crash of 1929.

Prohibition, the total ban on the manufacturing, transportation and selling of alcoholic beverages.

A risky way to buy stocks on credit. It went well when stock values increased, if it decreased people were in debt.

A form of religion that upholds a belief in the strict and literal interpretation of the Bible.

Illegal tavern/bar that served liquor during Prohibition

American pilot who made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

Movement of African Americans from the South to the North for jobs.

Young women with short, bobbed hair, heavy makeup, and short skirts. Symbolized the new liberated woman of the 20s.

Rep. president from 1923-29, given credit for 20s economic prosperity. Harding's VP, he took over after Harding's death.

1st Republican president of the 20s. His administration is plagued with scandals and he dies of a heart attack in office

A period in the 1920s when African American achievements in art and music and literature flourished.

Gave all women the right to vote, they voted for the first time in the 1920 presidential election.

Attorney Gen. ,A. Mitchell Palmer led raids against suspected communists & anarchists. Immigrants arrested or deported

2 Italian immigrants & anarchists, tried and executed for robbery & murder, guilty verdict based on nativism and racism

Author and social critic of the 1920s, wrote “Babbit."

Scopes Monkey Trial was the 1925 prosecution of science teacher John Scopes for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution.

Liquor smugglers

A leading poet of the Harlem Renaissance who described the rich culture of African American life.

People who oppose all organized government.

Name for the 20s, because of the popularity of a new type of American music that combined African rhythms, blues,ragtime

Buying of credit

Legislation that set quotas (limits) that restricted the number of immigrants allowed to enter the country.

1927 The first movie with sound (talkie)

1920s dance

The reduction or limitation of military armaments.

Scandal during the Harding administration, granting of oil-drilling rights on government land in Wyoming in return for $

A mass produced and affordable car for the common man, manufactured by Henry Ford sold between 1908-1927.