A U.S. president in the early 1920s who promised a return to “normalcy” after World War I; his administration is remembered for both economic growth and scandals by some officials.

The U.S. president who followed Harding; known for a quiet, limited-government style and for promoting business growth in the 1920s.

A factory method where workers and machines perform a single, repeated task as products move past them on a conveyor, allowing many items to be made faster and cheaper.

Laissez-faire economics:

An economic idea that the government should interfere very little in business and let private companies operate with few rules or controls.

A way to purchase expensive goods by paying a small amount up front and then making regular payments over time until the full price is paid.

An arrangement that lets a person borrow money or buy now and pay later; using credit means you promise to pay back what you owe, often with added interest.

A major 1920s political scandal in which government oil reserves were secretly leased to private companies in exchange for bribes.

A tax placed on goods that are imported (brought in) from other countries; tariffs can make foreign products more expensive and protect local businesses

The scientific theory that species change over many generations through natural selection and other processes; living things share common ancestors.

A term for the 1920s when jazz music became very popular and influenced dance, fashion, and nightlife across the United States.

The period (1920–1933 in the U.S.) when the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic drinks were illegal under federal law.

A person who believes in following religious teachings exactly as written and often opposes modern ideas that conflict with those teachings.

Methods of communication—like newspapers, radio, and movies that reach large numbers of people quickly and shape public opinion and trends.

A young woman in the 1920s who challenged traditional behavior and dress by wearing shorter skirts, cutting her hair, dancing to jazz, and embracing new freedoms.

an illegal bar that secretly sold alcohol during Prohibition in the United States.

The ideas, music, movies, magazines, styles, and activities enjoyed by many people at the same time in a society.

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The Roaring 20's

Term	Definition
Warren G. Harding	A U.S. president in the early 1920s who promised a return to “normalcy” after World War I; his administration is remembered for both economic growth and scandals by some officials.
Calvin Coolidge:	The U.S. president who followed Harding; known for a quiet, limited-government style and for promoting business growth in the 1920s.
Assembly line	A factory method where workers and machines perform a single, repeated task as products move past them on a conveyor, allowing many items to be made faster and cheaper.
Laissez-faire economics:	An economic idea that the government should interfere very little in business and let private companies operate with few rules or controls.
Installment buying	A way to purchase expensive goods by paying a small amount up front and then making regular payments over time until the full price is paid.
Credit	An arrangement that lets a person borrow money or buy now and pay later; using credit means you promise to pay back what you owe, often with added interest.
Teapot Dome Scandal	A major 1920s political scandal in which government oil reserves were secretly leased to private companies in exchange for bribes.
Tariff	A tax placed on goods that are imported (brought in) from other countries; tariffs can make foreign products more expensive and protect local businesses
Evolution	The scientific theory that species change over many generations through natural selection and other processes; living things share common ancestors.
Jazz Age	A term for the 1920s when jazz music became very popular and influenced dance, fashion, and nightlife across the United States.
Prohibition:	The period (1920–1933 in the U.S.) when the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic drinks were illegal under federal law.
Fundamentalist	A person who believes in following religious teachings exactly as written and often opposes modern ideas that conflict with those teachings.
Mass media	Methods of communication—like newspapers, radio, and movies that reach large numbers of people quickly and shape public opinion and trends.
Flapper	A young woman in the 1920s who challenged traditional behavior and dress by wearing shorter skirts, cutting her hair, dancing to jazz, and embracing new freedoms.
Speakeasy	an illegal bar that secretly sold alcohol during Prohibition in the United States.
Popular culture	The ideas, music, movies, magazines, styles, and activities enjoyed by many people at the same time in a society.

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