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the 1920's
chapter 25 section 2
| answer | question |
|---|---|
| bob | new shorter hairstyle for women |
| flagpole sitting, crossword puzzles, shorter dresses, dancing, slicked hair, songs, majjong | new fads for young people |
| charleston | a new favorite dance |
| flapper | a young woman who wore short hair, makeup and short dresses (knee length!) |
| 19th amendment | this allowed women to vote in the 1920 election |
| nellie taylore ross-wyoming and miriam "ma" ferguson-texas | 2 women elected to the position of governor in 1924 |
| prohibition | the common name for the ban on alcohol |
| increase in morality and increase in health | the 18th amendment was supposed to promote these 2 things |
| volstead act (1919) | this law was passed to help enforce the 18th amendment |
| speakeasies | these were places that sold alcohol illegally |
| bootleggers | these were people who illegally transported alcohol |
| increase in organized crime | a negative result of the 18th amendment |
| al capone | major crime lord of the 1920's located in Chicago |
| 21st amendment | this ended the 18th amendment |
| 1933 | the year the 18th amendment was repealed |
| great migration | the massive movement of african americans north to find better jobs |
| 25 | number of northern riots over issues of race in 1919 |
| marcus garvey | he led the back to africa movement in the 1920's |
| NAACP | this organization tried to protect the rights of african americans in the us |
| national association for the advancement of colored people | full name of the NAACP |
| universal negro improvement association | organization created by marcus garvey |
| fundamentalism | religious movement believing in a literal or word for word translation of the bible |
| evolution | the scientific theory that life developed slowly over millions of years |
| John Scopes | the man who taught evolution in Tennessee to challenge the ban on it |
| not guilty | the ultimate decision in the evolution case in Tennessee |
| Ku Klux Klan | this organization gained more power and called for a racially and morally pure america |
| 5 million | approximate number of members in the Ku Klux Klan in 1924 |
| communist/soviet union | this government urged the workers of the world to unite and overthrow their governments |
| 2 | number of communist political parties in the united states in the 1920's |
| violent strikes-bombings | what was the issue with labor unions in the 1920's |
| red scare | this was the fear of a communist revolution in the united states |
| anarchists | people who do not believe in any form of government |
| sacco and vanzetti | 2 men accused of murder based on their political beliefs and circumstantial evidence |
| guilty-electric chair-executed | verdict in the main murder case in the 1920's |
| raised money, picket lines, protested-bombs(around the world) | national reaction to the murder verdict |
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