History vocab Flashcards
19th Amendment (1920)
Guaranteed women the constitutional right to vote
Lost Generation
Literary trend that rejected desire for material wealth
Tin Pan Alley
A section of New York City where song-writing and musical ideas mixed together to form
American popular music (Ex. Blues, jazz, & ragtime)
Jazz
A popular form of music. Famous jazz composers include Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington
The Harlem Renaissance
Period of African-American cultural creativity in music, art, and literature during the 1920s,
centered in Harlem (Ex. Poet Langston Hughes)
“Return to Normalcy”
Campaign theme of Warren Harding during the election of 1920 it reduced America’s emphasis
on foreign policy and instead focused on business production and prosperity at home
Flappers
Carefree young women with short, “bobbed” hair, heavy makeup, and short skirts. The flapper
symbolized the new “liberated” woman of the 1920s
Teapot Dome Scandal
Symbol of government corruption; government oil reserves were secretly leased to oil companies
in exchange for financial compensation (Harding)
Henry Ford
Automobile manufacturer who created the Model T and began to mass-produce the automobile.
Assembly Line
Allowed workers to remain in one place and master one repetitive action, maximizing output
Speakeasies
An illegal bar where drinks were sold, during the time of prohibition. People literally had to
speak easy so they were not caught drinking alcohol by the police
18th Amendment (1919; repealed in 1933)
18th Amendment (1919; repealed in 1933)
Bootleggers
Smugglers of illegal alcohol during the prohibition era
Religious Fundamentalism
Religious movement whose objectives are to return to the foundations of the faith and to
influence state policy
Red Scare
Fear that Communists were going to take over the US in the 1920s
