The Roaring Twenties with Ms. Baggott
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| Sacco and Vanzetti | 2 "anarchists" executed for murder and robbery. Braintree MA 1920.
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| Communism | a gov't that proposes gov't control over the economy and property to promote equality A nation of workers
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| Teapot Dome | Spectacular example of government corruption. Sec of Interior Albert Fall secretly leases oil to Sinclair Oil Company. President Harding not charged with corruption because he died suddenly in 1923.
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| President Harding | President from 1921 to 1923. Republican. "Ohio Gang" were crooked politicians (Cabinet Members) who steal money.
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| President Coolidge | President 1923 to 1928, Republican. A man of integrity (honesty). "Silent Cal" "The chief business of the American people is business."
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| Fundamentalism | Protestant religous movement that believed the Bible is the source of truth.
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| Scopes Monkey Trial | Evolution v. Creationism (fundamentalist). teaching religion in the public schools. The teacher was forbidden to teach evolution (science) because it contradict fundamentalist beliefs. Teacher found guilty and fined.
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| Al Capone | Bootlegger and crime syndicate leader of Chicago. Dies in jail for tax evasion (IRS).
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| speakeasies | illegal saloons.
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| Assembly line | Labor and Manufacturing. Speeding up factory production. Allows for mass production and low prices. Worker does not need to be skilled for repetitive job.
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| 18th Admendment | Prohibition 1920 - 1933
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| Bootlegging | Illegal production, transportation, and or sale of alcohol
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| Red Scare | Fear of Communism in America after the Russian Revolution. Keep those foreign troublemakers away.
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| Anarchists | proponents of "no government" at all
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| Installment Plans | Buying consumer goods with money down and then make monthly installments (payments)
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| Flappers | emancipated ('free') young women who wears new fashions and attitudes Short dresses and smoking
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| Louis Armstrong | Harlem Renaissance African American Jazz trumpet player
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| Henry Ford | Auto Mobile Manufacturer. Revolutionized the assembly line. Made the Model T affordable (installment plans) for workers.
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| Langston Hughes | Harlem Renaissance's best known poet
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| Consumer Economy | Free market system where supply and consumer demand sets the price of goods and services
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| The Lost Generation | Returning WWI soldiers who never reentered American Society due to PTSD and alienation
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| KKK | Used fear and intimidation to prevent African Americans from exercising their rights.
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| Great Migration | During WWI African Americans move from the South to the North to work in Factory jobs made vacant by enlistment
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| Harlem Rennaissance | Writers, Musicians, artists who influenced American culture
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| Isolationism | Keep the US out of Foreign affairs. No League of Nations
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| WJ Bryan | Lawyer (fundamentalist) for School District
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