a saloon or nightclub selling alcoholic beverages illegally, especially during Prohibition.

alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.

a movement in American Protestantism that arose in the early part of the 20th century in reaction to modernism

Clarence Seward Darrow (April 18, 1857 – March 13, 1938) was an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, best known for defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14-year-old Robert

John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.

something broad and flat used for striking or for making a noise by striking.

A double standard is the application of different sets of principles for similar situations, or two different people in the same situation.

George Herman "Babe" Ruth, Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948), nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American baseball player who spent 22 seasons in Major League Baseball

Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974), nicknamed Slim,[1] Lucky Lindy, and The Lone Eagle, was an American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist.

Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.

Ernest Miller Hemingway (Jly 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American author and journalist. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20tentury fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations.

The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement", named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke.

(September 15, 1889[1] – May 22, 1948) was a Jamaican-American writer and poet. He was a seminal figure in the Harlem Renaissance and wrote four novels: Home to Harlem (1928)

(February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form jazz poetry.

(January 7, 1891[1][2] – January 28, 1960) was an American folklorist, anthropologist, and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance.

April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an African-American singer and actor who became involved with the Civil Rights Movement.

August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971),[2] nicknamed Satchmo[3] or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" trumpet and cornet player,

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Term	Definition
Speakeasy	a saloon or nightclub selling alcoholic beverages illegally, especially during Prohibition.
Bootlegger	alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
Fundamentalism	a movement in American Protestantism that arose in the early part of the 20th century in reaction to modernism
Clareance Darrow	Clarence Seward Darrow (April 18, 1857 – March 13, 1938) was an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, best known for defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14-year-old Robert
Scopes Trial	John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
Flapper	something broad and flat used for striking or for making a noise by striking.
Double Standard	A double standard is the application of different sets of principles for similar situations, or two different people in the same situation.
Babe Ruth	George Herman "Babe" Ruth, Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948), nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American baseball player who spent 22 seasons in Major League Baseball
Charles Lindgergh	Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974), nicknamed Slim,[1] Lucky Lindy, and The Lone Eagle, was an American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist.
Sinclair Lewis	Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
Ernest Hemmingway	Ernest Miller Hemingway (Jly 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American author and journalist. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20tentury fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations.
Harlem Rinaissance	The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement", named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke.
Claude McKay	(September 15, 1889[1] – May 22, 1948) was a Jamaican-American writer and poet. He was a seminal figure in the Harlem Renaissance and wrote four novels: Home to Harlem (1928)
Langston Hughes	(February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form jazz poetry.
Zora Neale Hurston	(January 7, 1891[1][2] – January 28, 1960) was an American folklorist, anthropologist, and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance.
Paul Robeson	April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an African-American singer and actor who became involved with the Civil Rights Movement.
Louis Armstrong	August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971),[2] nicknamed Satchmo[3] or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" trumpet and cornet player,

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