| A | B |
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| Warren G. Harding | 29th President of the US; Republican; favored 'business friendly' policies |
| Teapot Dome Scandal | incident caused by Harding's cabinet member Albert B. Fall who gave favors to oil companies in exchange for money and land |
| Calvin Coolidge | 30th US President; Republican who favored 'business friendly policies, became President when Harding died suddenly in 1923 |
| laissez-faire | "hands off" - meaning that government should stay out of business and businesses will do whats best for the nation |
| isolationist | a person who believed that the US should stay out of other nation's affairs except for self-defense |
| Kellogg-Briand Pact | agreement signed by many nations in 1928 in which the nations agreed not to make war against each other except for self-defense |
| assembly line | a system of manufacturing used by Henry Ford in which the product moves along a conveyor belt and each worker add parts to the product; speeds productivity and reduces costs |
| installment buying | method of purchasing goods by paying monthtly 'installments' or payments; buying on credit |
| flapper | a liberated young woman of the 1920's who wore new-style clothing (short dresses) and participated in new dances, etc. of the Jazz Age |
| Prohibition | the banning of the sale, production, and possession of alcohol in the United States |
| NAACP | National Association of the Advancement of Colored People, formed in 1909 to help African Americans |
| Marcus Garvey | African American leader who called for a return to Africa for African-Americans |
| fundamentalism | a religious movement based on a literal or word-for-word interpretation of the Bible |
| Ku Klux Klan | a hate-group which was orginally formed in the 1860s but became very popular in the 1920's because it targeted African-Americans and "new immigrants" |
| "return to normalcy" | Warren G. Harding's campaign slogan; represented a desire to return to the way things "used to be" |
| prosperity | wealth and success |
| Henry Ford | founder of the Ford Motor Company; used the assembly line to mass-produce affordable cars |
| Model-T | Henry Ford's mass-produced car that was affordable for most Americans |
| Harlem Renaissance | the flourishing of African-American art, literature, and music during the 1920's which came to symbolize a "rebirth of hope" for African Americans |
| Langston Hughes | African American poet; one of the best known writers of the Harlem Renaissance |
| Jazz | a new form of music in the 1920's which combined African rhythms, blues, and ragtime music |
| Louis Armstrong | considered one of the greatest Jazz musicians of all time |
| Bessie Smith | considered one of the best Jazz/blues singers of all times |
| Intolerance | not accepting people who are different |
| general strike | a labor strike in which workers from several different industries go on strike |
| Herbert Hoover | 31 president of the US; Republican President of the late 1920's |
| Communist Revolution | Revolution in Russia in which workers and peasants overthrew business-owners and wealthy people |
| Palmer Raids | federal agents and police officers arrested thousands of 'suspected communists' in 1920 |
| stock | a share of a companies profits |
| Stock Market | where stocks are bought and sold |
| Black Tuesday | October 29, 1929; the most dramatic drop during the stock market crash; $15 billion dollars was lost |
| Black Thursday | October 24, 1929; the first day of the Stock Market Crash |
| Bull Market | nickname used to describe when stock prices (and profits) are rising |
| Bear Market | nickname used to describe when stock prices (and profits) are dropping |
| nativism | prejudice towards immigrants |
| sheik | nickname for fashionable young men |
| shebas | nickname for fashionable young women |
| Scopes Trial | Tennessee trial in which a biology teacher was put on trial for teaching the theory of evolution |
| corset | undergarment worn by young women to make them look thin |
| the Charleston | popular dance of the Jazz Age |
| the Cotton Club | famous nightclub in Harlem |
| installment plan | paying on credit; monthly payments or installments |
| 'buying on margin' | buying stocks on credit |
| Sacco and Vanzetti | 2 Italian immigrants who were put to death after being convicted of murder; many believe they were convicted because of prejudice, not evidence |
