| A | B |
|---|
| normalcy | A return to life as it had been before World War I. |
| Ohio Gang | A group of President Harding's friends that filled his cabinet. |
| Teapot Dome Scandal | Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall leased government land illegally. |
| Calvin Coolidge | Took over as president after Warren G. Harding's death. |
| installment buying | buying good on credit and paying monthly installments. |
| stocks | Shares of ownership in a company. |
| bull market | A soaring stock market where prices keep rising. |
| on the margin | Under this system, an investor bought stock with only 10% down payment. |
| isolation | The U.S. returned this policy after World War I. |
| intervene | The U.S. was still involved in the affairs of Latin American nations, and would often___________ . |
| disarmament | The policy of reducing one's armed forces and weapons of war. |
| Kellogg Briand Pact | This treaty outlawed war. |
| prohibition | A period in the U.S. from 1920-1933 when alcohol was illegal. |
| 18th Amendment | Prohibited the sale, transportation, and consumption of alcoholic beverages. |
| bootleggers | A person who smuggled alcohol into the U.S. illegally. |
| speakeasies | illegal underground bars |
| repeal | to cancel something |
| 21st Amendment | It repealed the 18th Amendment. |
| 19th Amendment | This gave women the right to vote in 1920. |
| Flappers | A term given to young woman, who cut their hair short and wore loose fitting clothes. |
| assembly line | A method of production in which workers add parts to a product as it moves along a belt. |
| mass production | The making of large quantities of a product quickly and cheaply. |
| steel, rubber, glass, and oil | These industries grew because of the prodcution of the automobile. |
| suburb | is a community located outside a city |
| refrigerator, washing machine, vacuum cleaner, and the radio | Brand new products introduced in the 1920's. |
| The Jazz Singer | The first movie with sound in it. |
| fad | is an activity or a fashion that is taken up with great passion for a short time. |
| Jazz | Began in the city of New Orleans and gradually moved north. |
| Ernest Hemingway | He wrote the novels, A Farwell to Arms, and The Sun Also Rises. |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald | He wrote the novel, The Great Gatsby. |
| Langston Hughes | An African-American poet from the Harlem Renaissance. |
| The Harlem Renaissance | A rebirth of African-American culture by African -American writers, musicians, artists, and poets. |
| Farmers | This group of Americans were unable to pay back their loans after World War I. |
| anarchists | Are people who oppose organized government. |
| Red Scare | Period in which Americans feared a "communist" uprising in the U.S. |
| Sacco and Vanzetti | Two Italian immigrants convicted of murder, but were innocent. |
| nativism | An anti-foreign feeling. |
| quota system | only allowed a certain number of people to immigrate from each country. |
| Charles Darwin | He claimed that all life had evolved from simpler forms of life over a long period of time |
| John Scopes | He was arrested for teaching his students the theory of evolution. |
| Ku Klux Klan | Used terror and violence to intimidate African-Americans in the south. |
| Marcus Garvey | He organized the Universal Negro Improvement Association, which promoted black pride. |
