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social studies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1920 | period of economic growth, consumerism |
| foreign policy | isolationism United States wants to go back to normal |
| president harding | return to normalcy replaced by coolage teapot dome scandal |
| Scopes trial | a teacher who introduced evolution to his class when not suppose to |
| palmer raids | a series of violent unlawful government raids targeted communists |
| prohibition | 18 and 21 amendment 18- banned alcohol completly 21- repealed the 18 amendment |
| immigration | drastic shift twords limitations- nativism |
| sacco Vanzetti case | Italian immigrants executed for murder |
| KKK | against immigrants and those who broke the probation laws |
| emergency quota act | laws to limit immigration |
| buying on credit | caused daby and inflation rise In price of goods and decrese in the value of money |
| Harlem Renaissance | rise of jazz music encourages African Americans to take pride in their culture |
| flappers | women who refused to conform to traditional ways cut hair, wore skirts and short dressed, smoked ciggarets, consumer alc |
| Kellog- Briand pact | signed in 1928 countries outlawed war peace |