1920s Vocabulary

Question 1

Double Standard

Answer 1

Judging one group for something, but letting others get away with it no problem.

Question 2

Flappers

Answer 2

Women who broke societal rules: danced, drank, dressed differently.

Question 3

Before the 1920s, women were almost always under the power of…

Answer 3

Their husbands (or fathers)

Question 4

True or false: all women experienced major changes in their lives in the 1920s.

Answer 4

False. Most women’s lives were pretty much the same.

Question 5

Xenophobia

Answer 5

Fear/hatred of people from other countries

Question 6

Isolationism

Answer 6

Not wanting to mess with other countries

Question 7

Speakeasies

Answer 7

Secret bars that operated during prohibtion

Question 8

Prohibition

Answer 8

The period of time during which recreational alcohol was banned in the United States.

Question 9

Communism

Answer 9

The philosophy that says that the government should control businesses/wealth and try to provide food, water, and shelter to everyone

Question 10

Anarchism

Answer 10

The philosophy that says that there should be no formal government or anyone with massed power at all

Question 11

The KKK

Answer 11

A xenophobic, nationalist, racist group that terrorized Black people, immigrants, and other minorities

Question 12

Palmer Raids

Answer 12

Violent police raids that targeted immigrants accused of being Communists or Anarchists

Question 13

Installment Plans

Answer 13

A way of paying for products over time. Got a lot of people into financial trouble in the 1920s

Question 14

Advertisements

Answer 14

Became much more common in the 1920s, created a consumer culture in the US