post ww1 Flashcards
domestic affair
internal issues
tariff
tax on imported goods
isolationism
when a country keeps to itself and stays out of world conflicts and war
protectionism
trying to protect native-born Americans and American businesses
communism
the government makes all economic decisions
red scare
post ww1 reaction to communism– driven by fear and mistrust
Sacco and Vanzetti
italian-immigrants-anarchists—- accused of murder– and executed
anarchy
no government
palmer raids
raids on suspected communists
19th amendment
gave women right to vote
great migration
movement of Africa- American from southern farms to northern cities
jim crow laws
segregation laws that kept blacks and whites separate in the south
urban areas
cities
rural areas
the country
harlem renaissance
a celebration of African-American culture in the 1920s , jazz, art, poetry, literature
prohibition
13-year ban on alcohol
speakeasy
a secret bar where people drank during prohibition
popular culture
the stuff most people do and like
consumerism
buying more and more all the time
installment plan
buying stuff on payments (instead of paying cash upfront)
flapper
young modern 1920 woman
buying stocks on margin
making a down payment on a stock and trying to sell it for a profit (before paying for the rest)
stock speculation
buying stock in anticipation that their price will go up (regardless of the true value of the stock)
herbert hoover
president 1929-1933
all about buisnesses & Laissez Faire economics
