| A | B |
| 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. |