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The 20s and 30s
USII.6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| prohibition | the law that stopped the making, selling, and transporting alcoholic beverages (18th amendment) |
| speakeasies | illegal clubs or bars where people could buy alcoholic beverages during Prohibition |
| bootleggers | people who made and smuggled alcohol illegally during Prohibition |
| organized crime | crime committed by “gangsters” during Prohibition – often very violent |
| smuggle | to move illegal goods within the country (alcohol) |
| repealed | to cancel a law (21st amendment repealed the 18th amendment) |
| legislate | to make laws |
| labor-saving | describes technology that made life easier (electric cooktop, electric washing machine, etc.) |
| rural | countryside (low population) |
| urban | city (high population) |
| suburban | housing developments outside the city |
| broadcast industry | radio and television networks |
| migrant | someone who moves from one area to another, especially to find work or better living conditions |
| over speculate | making an investment that is risky but might bring profits – people borrowed more money than the banks had (led to the stock market crash of 1929) |
| stocks | a share or investment in a company that can be bought, sold, or traded for profit or loss |
| tariff | a tax on imported goods coming from another country to make people choose locally-made goods rather than foreign-made goods |
| Federal Reserve | where the government keeps some of its money and does its banking; it helps monitor and help smaller banks |
| Georgia O'Keefe | Artist known of urban scenes, and later, paintings of the Southwest |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald | a novelist who wrote about the Jazz Age (The Great Gatsby) |
| John Steinbeck | a novelist who portrayed the strength of poor migrant workers (The Grapes of Wrath) |
| Aaron Copland | a music composer who wrote uniquely American music |
| George Gershwin | a music composer who wrote uniquely American music |
| Harlem Renaissance | drew upon the heritage of African American culture to establish themselves as powerful forces for cultural change (1920s) |
| Jacob Lawrence | a painter who chronicled the experience of the Great Migration through art |
| Langston Hughes | a poet who combined the experiences of African American cultural roots |
| Duke Ellington | Jazz musician |
| Louis Armstrong | Jazz musician |
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