#Social Studies The Roaring 20s

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

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

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

Sturdy and reliable car nicknamed the Tin Lizzie

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

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

Inventor and business leader from Detroit

Communists-people who want government ownership of all property

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Harlem Renaissance - rebirth of African American culture in Harlem

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

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

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

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

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

Secretary of commerce who became president in 1928

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

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

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

The 21st Amendment ended prohibition

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

Massachusetts governor and republican vice presidential candidate

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

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

Anarchists-person who is not against organized government

Senator from Ohio and republican candidate for president

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

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

Quota Act-limited immigtation

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

Boom-a time of terrible economic activity and growth

The ___ was a time of fear of Communists and radicals

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

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

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

____ are people opposed to organized government

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

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

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

Red Scare-period during 1920s where people feared communism

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