| A | B |
|---|
| J. Edgar Hoover | this person was in charge of the FBI in the 1920s - fought against crime |
| Ku Klux Klan | a racist organization - started in late 1800s - resurfaced in the 1920s |
| Lost Generation | term for writers in 1920s - very materialistic - no values - lived in Greenwich Village, NYC |
| martyr | someone who dies for the good of a cause that they believe in |
| Model T | the 1st mass produced car - 1910s & 1920s |
| NAACP | it fought for equal rights for African-Americans |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | the letters NAACP stand for this organization |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes | Supreme Court Justice in 1910s - took on the "Schenk v. US" case - ruled for the Govt |
| preacher | someone who teaches about God & Jesus |
| Sacco & Vanzetti | controversial trial - people said accused & convicted because the guys were Italian immigrants |
| scholars | educated people |
| Sigmund Freud | he tried to explain how the mind works - why people do what they do |
| Sinclair Lewis | a writer in 1920s - attacked American society - wrote Elmer Gantry, Main Street |
| Tsar (Czar) Nicholas II | last king/monarch of Russia - 1917 |
| USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) | 1st Communist nation in the world - once called Russia, now parts of it are also called Russia |
| Warren G. Harding | President of US in early 1920s - ran under platform of "return to normalcy" - because right after World War I |
| William Jennings Bryan | lawyer who said teaching "Theory of Evolution" in public schools, was wrong - CREATIONISM was how the world was made/formed |
| William Randolph Hearst | famous newspaper owner - owned 26 newspapers across the country |
