| A | B |
| nicknames for 1920's | Roaring Twenties, Jazz Age |
| Red Scare | communism in the U.S.? |
| bootlegging | illegally moving/selling alcohol |
| speakeasy | illegal bar or tavern |
| Al Capone | Prohibition gangster |
| repeal | to reverse or cancel a law |
| flappers | party girls of the 1920's |
| Scopes "Monkey" Trial | evolution vs. creationism |
| Harlem Renaissance | period of black artistic achievement |
| Louis Armstrong | trumpet player & singer |
| Bessie Smith | blues singer |
| Duke Ellington | composer, band leader |
| Langston Hughes | writer, known for poetry |
| Jacob Lawrence | painter, known for Great Migration works |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald | author of The Great Gatsby |
| tariff | a tax on imports |
| John Steinbeck | author of The Grapes of Wrath |
| FDIC | protects bank accounts |
| WPA, CCC, TVA | federal work programs |
| Social Security | a monthly check for elderly Americans |
| fireside chats | FDR's reassuring radio broadcasts |
| Aaron Copland | composer, known for Appalachian Spring |
| George Gershwin | composer, known for Rhapsody in Blue |
| Georgia O'Keeffe | painter (flowers, skyscrapers, desert) |