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Expatriates | Citizens who leave their country to live elsewhere. |
Flappers | Young women who challenged traditional ideas of womanhood in the 1920s. |
Fundamentalism | 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 African American artistic achievement during the 1920s. |
Incentive | Something that encourages people to behave in a certain way. |
Innovation | A new idea or way of doing something. |
Jazz Age | Nickname for the decade of the 1920s based on the popularity of this music. |
Kellogg-Briand Pact | An agreement signed by nations that outlawed war. |
Lost Generation | Fought in WWI and later became disillusioned with the promise of American society. |
Marathon | Long distance race or a test of endurance. |
Model T | Henry Ford's automobile designed with the average American in mind. |
Moving Assembly Line | Henry Ford's innovation that dramatically reduced the cost of production. |
Prohibition | Legal restriction of the manufacture, transport, sell, and consumption of alcoholic beverages. |
Red Scare | A widespread fear of communism and Communists. |
Scopes Trial | Trial of a teacher accused of teaching evolution. |
Talkie | A film that includes sound. |
Teapot Dome Scandal | Government officials were accused of taking bribes to allow oil to be mined from federal lands. |
Traditional | Customary, time-honored. |
Twenty-First Amendment | Ended Prohibition. |