post ww1 and 1920s vocab

Question 1

domestic affairs

Answer 1

internal issues

Question 2

tariff

Answer 2

tax on imported goods

Question 3

isolationism

Answer 3

when a country keeps to itself, stays out of world conflicts and wars.

Question 4

protectionism

Answer 4

trying to protect native-born American businesses

Question 5

communism

Answer 5

the government makes all economic decisions

Question 6

red scare

Answer 6

Post-WW1 reaction to communism

Question 7

sacco and Vanzetti

Answer 7

italian- immigrants-anarchisit— accused of murder–and executed.

Question 8

anarchy

Answer 8

no government

Question 9

palmer raids

Answer 9

raids on suspected communist

Question 10

19th amendment

Answer 10

gave woman right to vote

Question 11

great migration

Answer 11

movement of African-Americans from southern farms to northern cities

Question 12

jim crow

Answer 12

segregation laws that kept blacks and whites separate in the south

Question 13

rural area

Answer 13

the country/ farm land

Question 14

prohibition

Answer 14

13-year ban on alcohol

Question 15

speakeasy

Answer 15

secret bar during prohibition

Question 16

popular culture

Answer 16

the stuff most people do and like

Question 17

consumerism

Answer 17

buying more and more all the time

Question 18

installment plan

Answer 18

buying stuff on payments

Question 19

flapper

Answer 19

young modern 1920s woman.

Question 20

stock speculation

Answer 20

buying stocks in anticipation that their price will go up.

Question 21

buying stocks on margin

Answer 21

making a down payment on a stock and trying to sell it for a profit

Question 22

herbert hoover

Answer 22

president 1929-1933