A | B |
Return to Normalcy | Pres. Harding's Campaign slogan |
Tea Pot Dome | scandal over government oil reserves |
Albert Fall | First Cabinet member to go to jail |
Red Scare | fear of communists and anarchists |
Sacco and Vanzetti | Italian immigrants whose trial was tainted by prejudice |
Marcus Garvey | started the 'Back to Africa' movement |
capitalism | economic system based on private business and free enterprise |
radicalism | fear of people whose beliefs were different from others |
Louis Armstrong | Great Jazz musician on trumpet |
Silent Cal | Coolidge's nickname |
Calvin Coolidge | Harding's successor |
Ohio Gang | members of Harding's cabinet that were corrupt |
Charleston | Dance craze of the 1920s |
flappers | bold, flashy females of the 1920s |
installment buying | paying small monthly amounts to buy an item |
speakeasies | secret nightclubs |
Five-Power treaty | Agreement among major countries to limit their Navies |
Kellogg-Briand Pact | Agreement of 55 countries to outlaw war |
Nellie Ross and Miriam Ferguson | First two female governors |
Gross National Product | total value of goods and services in a country |