post wwi and 1920's

Question 1

domestic affairs

Answer 1

internal (national) issues- stuff that happens in America

Question 2

tariff

Answer 2

tax on imported goods

Question 3

isolationism

Answer 3

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

Question 4

protectionism

Answer 4

trying to protect native-born Americans and American businesses

Question 5

communism

Answer 5

the government makes all economic decisions

Question 6

red scare

Answer 6

post WW1 reaction to communism- driven by fear and mistrust

Question 7

Sacco and Vanzetti

Answer 7

italian-immigrant-anarchists– accused of murder–and executed

Question 8

anarchy

Answer 8

NO government

Question 9

palmer raids

Answer 9

raids on suspected communists

Question 10

19th amendment

Answer 10

gave women the 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

harlem renaissance

Answer 13

a celebration of African American culture in the 1920’s

Question 14

prohibition

Answer 14

13-year ban on alcohol

Question 15

speakeasy

Answer 15

secret bar during the years of prohibition

Question 16

popular culture

Answer 16

the stuff that 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 1920’s woman

Question 20

buying stocks on margin

Answer 20

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

Question 21

stock speculation

Answer 21

buying stocks in anticipation that their price will go up

Question 22

herbert hoover

Answer 22

president of US 1929-1933