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AC - Ch.13-14: 1920s
Am. Cultures - Ch.13-14: The Roaring 20s
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Flapper | A 1920s term used to describe a new type of young women - rebellious, energetic, fun-loving, and bold; she typically wore shorter (knee-length) skirts/dresses, short hair, cloche hat, and heavy makeup |
| Demographics | The statistics that describe a population, such as data on race or income |
| Barrio | A Spanish-speaking neighborhood |
| Mass media | Print and broadcast methods of communicating information to large numbers of people |
| Jazz Age | Term used to describe the 1920s |
| Lost Generation | Group of writers in the 1920s who shared the belief that they were lost in a greedy, materialistic world that lacked moral values, and who often chose to flee to Europe |
| Harlem Renaissance | African American literary awakening of the 1920s, centered in Harlem |
| Bootleggers | Term used to describe suppliers of illegal alcohol during Prohibition |
| Speakeasies | Bars that operated illegally during the time of Prohibition |
| Fundamentalism | Set of religious beliefs including traditional Christian ideas about Jesus Christ, the belief that the bible was inspired by God and does not contain contradictions or errors, and is literally true |
| Scopes trial | 1925 court case argued by Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan in which the issue of teaching evolution in public schools was debated |
| Communism | Official ideology of the Soviet Union, characterized there by complete government ownership of land and property, single-party control of the government, the lack of individual rights, and the call for worldwide revolution |
| Red Scare | Intense fear of communism and other politically radical ideas |
| Isolationism | Policy of avoiding political or economic alliances with foreign countries |
| Disarmament | Program in which the nations of the world voluntarily give up their weapons |
| Quota | A numerical limit |
| Teapot Dome scandal | Scandal during the Harding administration involving the granting of oil drilling rights on government land in return for money |
| Kellogg-Briand Pact | Agreement signed in 1928 in which nations agreed not to pose the threat of war against one another |
| Consumer economy | An economy that depends on a large amount of spending by consumers |
| Installment plan | A payment plan that allows customers to make payments at set intervals over a period of time until the total debt is paid |
| Gross National Product (GNP) | Total annual value of goods and services a country produces |
| Assembly line | Manufacturing process in which each worker does one specialized task in the construction of the final product |
| Welfare Capitalism | An approach to labor relations in which companies meet some of their workers' needs without prompting by unions, thus preventing strikes and keeping productivity high |
| Speculation | The practice of making high-risk investments in hopes of getting a huge return |
| Buying on margin | An option that allows investors to purchase a stock for only a fraction of its price and borrow the rest |
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