Ch 22 The Roaring Twenties Vocabulary

Question 1

Warren Harding

Answer 1

The 1920 Republican nominee for president of Ohio who promised a retern to normalcy.

Question 2

normalcy

Answer 2

the condition of being normal; the state of being usual, typical, or expected.

Question 3

Calvin Coolidge

Answer 3

Vice President who became Pres. after Warren Harding died and had to deal with the Teapot dome and other scandals.

Question 4

disarmament

Answer 4

the reduction or limitation of military armaments

Question 5

communism

Answer 5

an economic and political system in which the state owns the means of production and a single party rules

Question 6

anarchist

Answer 6

person who opposes all organized government

Question 7

colleague

Answer 7

associate; person who works in the same profession

Question 8

impose

Answer 8

to place a burden on something or someone

Question 9

prohibition

Answer 9

a total ban on alcoholic drinks

Question 10

bootlegger

Answer 10

liquor smugglers

Question 11

speakeasy

Answer 11

illegal taverns that served liquor

Question 12

restrict

Answer 12

to confine; to keep within a certain boundary or limit; to place limitations on something or somebody

Question 13

isolate

Answer 13

to set apart; to separate

Question 14

Charles Lindbergh

Answer 14

“Luck Lindy” first to fly nonstop across the Atlantic in 1927

Question 15

jazz

Answer 15

had combined rhythms from West Africa and the Caribbean, work chants and spirituals from the rural South, and harmonies from Europe into an original new style of music

Question 16

Sinclair Lewis

Answer 16

reacted against what he saw as the hypocrisies of middle-class culture and used fictional character, George Babbitt, to criticize American society

Question 17

Langston Hughes

Answer 17

poet who won praise not only for the beauty of his poems but also for his moving expressions of racial pride

Question 18

critic

Answer 18

someone who makes judgements on the value o fobjects or actions

Question 19

analyze

Answer 19

to critically examine an idea or object by separating it into parts

Question 20

installment buying

Answer 20

buying on credit

Question 21

bull market

Answer 21

a period of rising stock prices

Question 22

buying on margin

Answer 22

borrowing money in order to buy stocks

Question 23

accumulate

Answer 23

to slowly collect; to increase in amount over time

Question 24

participate

Answer 24

to take part in; to share in an activity