1920's Vocab
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| Eletrification | this technological improvement that led to labor-saving-products
(washing machines, and electric lighting) that changed how Americans live their day to day lives
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| Bootlegers | smugglers who illegally transported alcohol to be sold during the prohibition era
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| 21st Amendment | amendment that repealed the 18th amendment- alcohol was again legal in the US
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| Prosperity | a term describing a condition of success or wealth- a time of plenty
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| Great Migration | mass movement of Southern Blacks to Northern and Western cities for jobs and a better life
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| Mobility | term meaning "on the move"- the average American now had access to automobiles and could travel long distances easily
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| Prohibition | the period of time when alcohol was illegal to produce, transport, or sell
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| Red Scare | when society had a fear of communism and communist groups within the US- especially after the Bolshevik's took over Russia at the End of WWI
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| 18th Amendment | constitutional Amendment that made it legal to produce, transport. or sell alcohol
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| Sufferage | the right to vote: this term is often associated with the women's movement to win the right to vote
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| Harlem Renaissance | cultural rebirth (a new start) that included art, music and literature in African American communities
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| Speakeasies | a bar (or saloon) where customers illegally drank alcohol
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| Temperance | a social movement against the use of alcoholic beverages- pressuring the government to enact laws against drinking and promoting of abstinence
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| Intolerance | Resistance or hostility to minority rights
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| 19th Amendment | constitutional amendment granting the women the right to vote
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| Immigration Act of 1924 | Legislation that limited the number of African Americans allowed in the US
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