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SOL USII.6 The Roaring Twenties Vocabulary

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Babe RuthNew York Yankeed Baseball Player
Prohibition18th Amendment; No alcoholic drinks
Installment BuyingBuying on Credit; paying later
Rebellious young women who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, and dancedFlappers
Henry Fordinvented the assembly Line; mass produced Model T automobile
Mass MediaRadio, movies, magazines
First AirplaneWright Brothers
Isolationistswanted America to stay out of foreign wars with other countries
Louis Armstrong (trumpet), Duke Ellington (piano)Black Jazz Musicians
Bessie Smithfemale Blues singer
George Gershwin, Ira Copelandfamous musical composers
Improved communication and transportationelectricity
President Franklin Roosevelt's plan to bring America out of the Great DepressionNew Deal
Economic disaster; many people unemployed and living in povertyGreat Depression
Environmental disaster; caused by over farming land; helped cause Great DepressionDust Bowl
Economic disaster that helped cause Great Depression; speculators bought stocks and could not pay back; lost all moneyStock Market Crash
Unwritten laws that separated blacks and whitesJim Crow Laws
African-American artists, writers, and musicians celebrating their history, art, and cultureHarlem Renaissance
Movement of African Americans north to escape racism and find jobsGreat Migration
Female artists; painted urban scenes and scenes of SouthwestGeorgia O'Keefe
Harlem Renaissance painter; painted Great MigrationJacob Lawrence
Harlem Renaissance poetLangston Hughes
Amendment that overturned 18th Amend. and Prohibition21st Amendment


7th grade United States History II
Laurel Park Middle School
VA

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