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| Flapper | a young woman of the 1920's who showed freedom from old traditins, especially in the way she dressed |
| Bootlegging | the illegal distribution of liquor |
| Speakeasies | a place where alcoholic beverages were sold illegally |
| Volstead Act | this law also known as the National Prohibition Act was passed to try to enforce the 18th Amendment |
| Scopes Trial | a court case in which a high school biology teacher was found guilty and fined for teaching evolution |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald | this man was perhaps the most famous writer of the Jazz Era. He created colorful, glamorous characters that chased pointless dreams (The Great Gatsby) |
| Ernest Hemingway | a former WWI ambulance driver whose writing presented a new literary style characterized by direct and simple prose (For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Old Man and the Sea) |
| Sacco-Vanzetti Case | the trial of two Italian immigrants that many believed showed signs of prejudice, intimidation and dishonesty |
| Great Migration | the movement of almost a million African Americans from the rural South to industrial cities in the North |
| Harlem Renaissance | a flowering of African American arts that took place in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem |
| Marcus Garvey | this man called for “Negro Nationalism”, which glorified the black culture and traditions of the past |
| Anarchist | a person who believes that there should be no government |
| Langston Hughes | this man was one of the most prolific, original, and versatile writers of the Harlem Renaissance |
| Eugenics | a pseudo-science that deals with the improvement of hereditary qualities |
| Emergency Quota Act | a temporary system set up to limit immigration |
