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The Roaring 20s
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Recession | Economic slump |
| Teapot dome scandal | 2 oil company bribed Albert fall and in return he secretly leased them government land (teapot dome - Wyoming) |
| Installment buying | Buying on credit "buy now, pay later" |
| Stock(s) | Shares of ownership to investors |
| Bull Market | Increased stock trading and stock prices |
| On margin | The investor bought a stock for 10% down payment; the buyer held the stock until the price rose and then sold a profit (buying stocks on profit) |
| Communism | Is an economic system in which all wealth and property by the community/government |
| Disarmament | Reducing of armed forces and weapons of war |
| What was the Kellogg-Brian's pact? | the treaty out-lawed the war |
| What was the prohibition | A ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol |
| Bootleggers | Alcohol were hidden inside of boots and sell alcohol illegally |
| Speakeasies | Illegal bars |
| Fads | An activity or a fashion that is taken up with great passion for a short time |
| What are flappers and what do they do? | Young women who repeal against thinking and acting; they smoked cigs in public, drank alcohol in speakeasies and drove fast cars |
| Jazz | Combined west African rhymes and African and American |
| Who was Lious Armstring | He sleeps created jazz |
| Expatriates | People who leave their own country to live in foreign land |
| Who were the Ernest Hemingway and Scott Fitzgerald? | They both wrote novels; Hemingway wrote about a man who is disgusted with the war and Fitzgerald wrote about the roaring 20s |
| What was the Harlem Renaissance? | |
| Who was the Langston Hughes | He was a famous poet and he encouraged many African Americans to be proud of their heritage |
| Who was Zora Neale Hurston? | She wrote a book called, Mules and Men; in her book, she included folk tales, songs, and prayers of black southerners |
| Who was Babe Ruth? | He hitted 60 home runs in one season that set a record that lasted more than 39 years. |
| Who was Charles A. Lindbergh? | He was the first men to ever cross the Atlantic Ocean alone, and without stopping. |
| Company unions | |
| Sabotage | Secret destruction of property or interference |
| Anarchists | People who oppose organized government |
| Red scare | |
| Sacco and Vanzetti trial | Sacco and Vanzetti were arrested for robbing and murder; they were soon sentenced to death. |
| Nativism | Anti foreign feeling |
| Quota system | Allowed only certain amount of people to enter US |
| What was the scopes trial and why did this event occurred? | John scopes, a biology teacher in Dayton, taught evolution to his class; scopes was arrested and trailed for teaching evolution. In rural areas often feared that new ways of life in the its were a great to tradition values |
| Who was Marcus Garvey | |
| Why did Hebert Hoover won the election in 1928 over Albert Fall? |
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