A | B |
nativism | prejudice against foriegn born people |
isolationism | pulling away from involvement in world affairs |
communism | economic and politcal system in which all people are treated equally and the government owns all resources |
anarchist | oppose to any form of government |
athiest | no belief in God |
prohibition | the banning of the manufacture, sale, and possesion of alchohol |
bootlegger | smugglers of alcohol |
speakeasy | secret bars during the 1920's that served alcohol |
Harlem Renaissance | growth of black culture in New York that lead to the birth of Jazz Music |
Scopes Trial | the teaching of evolution was questioned in American schools |
flapper | a woman of the 1920's with short hair and skirts |
installment plan | payment for goods over a period of a predetermined period of time |
Volstead Act | forbade the manufacture and sale of alcohol in the United States |
18th Amendment | added prohibition to the United States Constitution |
19th Amendment | gave women the legal right to vote in the United States |
21st Amendment | repealed prohibition in the United States |