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Roaring 20's voc.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| expatriates | citizens who leave their country to live elsewhere |
| flappers | young women who challenged traditional ideas of womanhood in the 1920s. |
| fundamentalism | a religious belief characterized by a literal interpretation of the Bible |
| Great Migration | a period of African-American movement from the South to cities in the North |
| Harlem Renaissance | a period of artistic achievement during the 1920’s |
| Lost Generation | the generation of young people who fought in WW1 and eventually became disillusioned with the promise of American society |
| moving assembly line | an innovation of Henry Ford’s that dramatically reduced the cost of production |
| Scopes Trial | a trial in which John Scopes was accused of teaching evolution illegally |
| Teapot Dome scandal | a scandal under the Harding Administration in which government official were accused of taking bribes to allow oil to be mined from federal lands |
| Twenty-First Amendment | amendment that ended Prohibition |