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Roaring 20's Vocab
Question | Answer |
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speakeasy | An illegal bar. |
bootlegger | Someone who transports illegal alcohol. |
18th Amendment | This amendment banned the sale, manufacture, and transport of alcohol in the US. |
21st Amendment | This amendment repealed the 18th Amendment, ending Prohibition. |
Prohibition | A period where alcohol was illegal to make, transport, or sell in the US. |
flappers | Women who wore new fashions and behaved in "unladylike" ways by dancing, smoking, and drinking. |
culture | the shared characteristics of a group of people, including art, music, food, language, beliefs, and traditions. |
automobile | a car |
Red Scare | A widespread fear of communism and anarchism following WWI. |
Ku Klux Klan | A violent white supremacist organization formed during Reconstruction; they targeted minority groups such as immigrants, Black Americans, communists, Catholics, and Jews. |
immigration quotas | These limited the number of immigrants coming into the country based on their nationality. |
organized crime | Large, often violent, criminal gangs who worked to supply speakeasies with illegal alcohol. |