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EOC 7 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| USSR | Union of the Sovoiet Socialist Republic |
| Communism | advocates workers rising up to assume power |
| Socialism | the state rather private citizens or businesses, own all the property |
| Red Scare | nation wide panic and fear of people being communists |
| Palmer raids | suspected Communism and other subversives were arrested and jailed |
| Sacco and Vanetti | Italian immigrants who were accused of murger in Massachsetts and found guilty |
| Ku Klux Klan | formed originally to target blacks but expanded in 1920's to attack Jews, Catholics, and immigrants |
| John L. Lewis | leader of the United Mine Workers |
| Radio | important medium for communication |
| Fireside chats | chats over the radio between Pres. Franklin Roosevelt and the people |
| Airplanes | made transportation faster and more efficient |
| Movie industry | boomed in the U.S, between 1910-1930--first movies were silent |
| Spectator sports | popular during 1920's--boxing and baseball |
| Flappers | "new women," women of the 20's who tended to be rebellious |
| Nineteeth Amendment (19th) | gave women the right to vote |
| 18th Amendment | made the production, sale, and use of alcohol illegal |
| Prohibition Era | passing of the 18th admendment lead to this span of time |
| Bootlegging | illegal manufacture of alcohol |
| Speakeasies | illegal drinking establishments |
| Last Generation | group of writers who felt lost in a society of greed and corruption |
| Jazz | popular form of music after WWI |
| Jazz Age | what the 1920's were called because of how popular the music was |
| Louis Armstrong | trumpeteer and singer from New Orleans, among the most noted jazz musicians |
| Langston Hughes | Africian American who wrote about the black experience |
| Zora Neale | female Africian American writer/gained fame for her novel, |
| Harlem Renaissance | where black painters, writers, artists, dancers, and muscians produced enduring works of art |
| Fundamentalism | people believe the Bible is literally true |
| Scopes trial | centered around a high school teacher who was arrested for teaching evolutio...found guilty |