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The 1920s
vocabulary of the 1920s
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Normalcy | A term used by President Harding to refer to the ways things were before World War I. |
| Red Scare | Widespread fear of a Communist takeover that swept the United States after World War I |
| Anarchist | One who is against all forms of government |
| Immigrant | A person who comes to another country to live. |
| Ku Klux Klan | A secret organization, which terrorized African Americans. |
| intolerance | An unwillingness to respect the beliefs, practices, and backgrounds of other people. |
| radical | A person who favors a sudden or extreme change. |
| Palmer Raids | Raids on radical groups ordered by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer during the Red Scare. |
| xenophobia | The fear of foreigners or strangers. |
| Deport | To send back to one’s native country. |
| Model T | The 1st mass-produced car that made automobile transportation affordable for many Americans. Henry Ford introduced it in 1908. |
| Assembly line | The method of mass production used by Henry Ford in which each worker or team performed only one simple task as the product moved past. |
| Entrepreneur | A person who develops a business. |
| industrial technology | A method in which tools and machines are used to produce goods. |
| interchangeable parts | Production advances involving parts that can be substituted one for the other. This is an essential process for mass production. |
| mass production | Manufacturing of goods in large quantities, usually done by machinery. |
| 18th Amendment | Constitutional amendment that banned the sale and use of alcohol, also known as Prohibition. |
| 21st Amendment | Constitutional amendment that repealed Prohibition. |
| 19th Amendment | Constitutional amendment in 1920 that gave women the right to vote. |
| Volstead Act | A law in 1919 that backed up Prohibition by declaring any beverage containing one-half of one percent of alcohol as “intoxicating.” |
| Prohibition | The period of time (1920-1933) in which it was illegal to make, sell, possess or transport alcohol in the United States. |
| Women's Temperance Movement | The movement to restrict the drinking of alcoholic beverages. |
| repeal | To take back (a law). |
| Dry states | States that adopted Prohibition. |
| bootlegger | A person who produces, sells or transports liquor illegally, especially during Prohibition. |
| Golden Age of Radio | Period during the 1920s when the radio, increased leisure time and money, and public relations efforts caused spectator sports to become very popular. |
| flappers | Young women whose bold actions and dress expressed a new spirit of freedom after World War I. |
| Synthetics | artificial substances such as rayon and plastics |
| subsidy | financial aid provided by the government for programs that benefit the public |
| Black Tuesday | the day the stock market crashed, October 29, 1929 |
| boom | period of thriving business activity |
| bust | complete failure or disappointment |
| chain store | store with a number of outlets in different areas |
| farm bloc | group of US representatives from heavily agricultural states who organized to support the interests of farmers |
| Great Stock Market Crash | disastrous fall in stock prices in 1929 that signaled the end of the prosperity of the 1920s |
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