Chapter 13: Postwar Social Change Vocab

Question 1

Flapper

Answer 1

a 1920’s term to describe a new type of young woman; rebellious, energetic, and bold

Question 2

Demographics

Answer 2

the statistics that describe a population, such as data on race or income

Question 3

Barrio

Answer 3

a Spanish-speaking neighborhood

Question 4

Mass Media

Answer 4

print and broadcast methods of communicating information to large numbers of people

Question 5

Jazz Age

Answer 5

term used to describe the 1920’s

Question 6

Lost Generation

Answer 6

Group of American writers in the 1920’s who shared the belief that they were lost in a greedy, materialistic world that lacked moral values, and who often chose to flee to Europe

Question 7

Harlem Renaissance

Answer 7

African American literary awakening in the 1920’s, centered in Harlem

Question 8

Bootleggers

Answer 8

term used to describe a supplier of illegal alcohol during the Prohibition

Question 9

Speakeasies

Answer 9

bars that operated illegally during the time of the Prohibition

Question 10

Fundamentalism

Answer 10

set of religious beliefs including traditional Christian ideas about Jesus Christ; the belief that the Bible was inspired by God and does not contain contradictions or errors, and is literally true

Question 11

Scopes Trial

Answer 11

1925 court case in which Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan debated the issue of teaching evolution in public schools