Post WW1 & 1920's Flashcards
Domestic Affairs
internal affairs; nations issues problems that happen in America
Tariff
a tax on imported goods
Isolationism
when a country keeps to itself and stays out of world conflicts
Protectionism
trying to protect Native-born Americans and American business
Communism
the government makes all economic ideas
Red Scare
Post-WW1 reaction communism– driven by fear and mistrust
Sacco and Vanzetti
Italian-immigrant-anarchists–accused of murder and executed
Anarchy
no government
Palmer Raids
raids on suspected communists
19th Amendment
gave women the right to vote
Great Migration
movement of African Americans from southern farms to north countries
Jim Crow
segregation laws that kept blacks and whites separate in the south
Urban Areas
cities
Rural Areas
the country; out of the urban
Harlem Renaissance
a celebration of black culture in the 1920’s (Jazz, Art, Poetry)
Prohibition
a 13-year ban on alcohol
Speakeasy
a secret bar where people drank during prohibition
Popular Culture
the stuff most people like to do
Consumerism
buying more over time
Installment Plan
buying stuff on payments (didn’t pay upfront)
Flapper
Young, modern 1920’s women (short hair, drank, smoked)
Buying Stocks on Margin
making a down payment on a stock and trying to sell it for a profit
Stock Speculation
buying stocks in anticipation that their price will go up
Herbert Hoover
U.S. President from 1929-1933 (favored Laissez Faire)
