Between Wars (Roaring 20s) Flashcards
What was the Red Scare
Fear of communism and radicals
What was a creditor nation
Creditor nations are those that lend more money to the world than they borrow from it.
What is buying on a margin?
Putting a small percentage on stock or product and paying the rest later, this was because 80% of the population had no savings
Installment plans
To put a small amount of money and pay the rest later
Bull market
stocks on the rise
Bear Market
stocks falling
Nativist
we favored the NATIVE PEOPLE over IMMIGRANTS
KKK & its leader
Anti: Black, immigrant, catholic, Semitic, women suffrage
4 million members; increased power during 1920s
DC Stephenson- KKK leader, governor of Indiana at one point
Prohibition
Alcohol banned
Speakeasy
Places where alcohol was illegally sold
Al Capone
Mob boss, drugs, prostitution, robbery, went to jail for tax evasion
Bootlegging
the illegal manufacture, distribution, or sale of goods, especially alcohol or recordings
Important figures
Babe Ruth (baseball)
Lindbergh (military officer)
Flappers (young women known for their energetic freedom, the first generation of independent women)
Jazz
Popular Music of the 1920s (Mainly African Americans)
Louie Armstrong, Duke Ellington
Harlem Renaissance
a period of U.S. history marked by a burst of creativity within the African American community in the areas of art, music, and literature.
