| A | B |
|---|
| normalcy | Harding's term suggesting a return to calm after years of war |
| recession | economic slump |
| installment buying | buying on credit |
| stocks | shares of ownership |
| bull market | a period of increased stock trading and rising stock prices |
| on margin | buying stock for just a 10% down payment |
| communism | economic system in which all wealth and property is owned by the community as a whole |
| disarmament | reduction of armed forces and weapons |
| Kellogg-Briand Pact | treaty that outlawed war |
| Prohibition | a ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor in the United States |
| bootleggers | people that smuggled liquor to speakeasies |
| speakeaies | illegal bars |
| repeal | cancellation |
| suburb | a community located outside the city |
| fad | activity or fashion that is taken up only for a short time |
| flappers | young women that rebelled against traditional ways |
| jazz | music that combined West African rhythms, African American work songs and spirituals with European harmonies |
| expatriates | people that leave their own country to live in a foreign land |
| Harlem Renaissance | a rebirth of African American culture |
| company unions | labor organizations that were actually controlled by management |
| sabotage | secret destruction of property or interference with work in factories |
| anarchists | people who oppose organized government |
| nativism | antiforeign feeling towards immigrants |
| quota system | allowed only a certain number of people from each country to enter the US. |
