post ww1 % 1920s Flashcards
domestic affairs
internal issues
tariff
tax on imported goods
isolationism
A country keeps to them self
protectionism
trying to protect native-born Americans
communism
makes all economic decisions
red scare
post ww1 reaction to communism
sacco and Vanzetti
accused of murder and they were executed
palmer raids
raids on suspected communists
19th amendment
women can vote
great migration
movement of African Americans to the north
jim crow
laws that separated blacks and whites
urban areas
the city
rural
the country
prohibition
ban on alcohol
speakeasy
a secret bar where people drank during
popular culture
things most people like and do
consumerism
buying more and more all the time
installment plan
buying stuff on payments
flapper
young modern 1920s woman
stock speculation
buying stocks and selling them for higher
buying stock on margin
making a down payment on a stock
herbert hoover
presdient 1929-1933