SS Vocab 1920s
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| Disarmament | reduction of a nation;s armed forces or weapons for war
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| Red Scare | Fear of communist rule of US
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| Communism | the economic system in which the government owns the mans of production and promises to share profits equally
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| Bolshevik | a communist party that took over the russian czar in 1917
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| proletariat | workers
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| bourgeoisie | owners
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| renaissance | a rebirth of black culture
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| quota system | limit on immigration that allowed only a certain number of people to immigrate to the US from each country
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| sheik | a young man with sex appeal
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| bootlegging | smuggling liquor into the US during Prohibition
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| prohibition | period from 1920 to 1933 when the making and sale of liquor was illegal in the US
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| speakeasies | illegal bar
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| organized crime | crime as a business
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| white collar worker | a skilled, managing, selling or advertising person
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| blue collar worker | an unskilled person who works in factories
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| fad | something popular for a period of time
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| advertising | a type of persaution to get people to buy certain items
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| ticker tape parade | a parade made for a hero or heroine with torn up paper thrown
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| bull market | rising stock market
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| jazz | musical form that blossomed in the 20's and gave another nick name to the 20's.
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| mass production | rapid manufacture of large numbers of a product
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| Charleston | popular dance in the 20's
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| silent films | films that were silent and were black and white but soon went out of business
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| home brew | home made beer
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| normalcy | the way the US was before the war
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| bob | a short haircut started by Coco Chanel
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| newsreel | information shown before a movie to inform on world happenings
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| prosperity | a great point in economy
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| flapper | a young woman who declared her independence by rejecting traditional rules of conduct and behavior
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| installing buying | to buy an item on credit with a small amount down
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| hooch | another word for beer
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| Tin Lizzie | affectionate nickname for a T-Model
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