the law that stopped the making, selling, and transporting alcoholic beverages (18th amendment)

illegal clubs or bars where people could buy alcoholic beverages during Prohibition

people who made and smuggled alcohol illegally during Prohibition

crime committed by “gangsters” during Prohibition – often very violent

to move illegal goods within the country (alcohol)

to cancel a law (21st amendment repealed the 18th amendment)

describes technology that made life easier (electric cooktop, electric washing machine, etc.)

housing developments outside the city

someone who moves from one area to another, especially to find work or better living conditions

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)

a share or investment in a company that can be bought, sold, or traded for profit or loss

a tax on imported goods coming from another country to make people choose locally-made goods rather than foreign-made goods

where the government keeps some of its money and does its banking; it helps monitor and help smaller banks

Artist known of urban scenes, and later, paintings of the Southwest

a novelist who wrote about the Jazz Age (The Great Gatsby)

a novelist who portrayed the strength of poor migrant workers (The Grapes of Wrath)

a music composer who wrote uniquely American music

drew upon the heritage of African American culture to establish themselves as powerful forces for cultural change (1920s)

a painter who chronicled the experience of the Great Migration through art

a poet who combined the experiences of African American cultural roots

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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repealed	to cancel a law (21st amendment repealed the 18th amendment)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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