Roaring 20's/Great Depression Test Flashcards
period of great change, prosperity, and tension
the 20’s
blacks move from the south to the north
great migration
fear that there was going to be a communist takeover of the american government
red scare
noble experiment led by women’s temperance union
Prohibition 18th amendment
closed all taverns, bars, and saloons in the U.S
volstead act
bootleggers, ran illegal alcohol businesses/ brought “boose” from canada
gangster
greatest gangster
Al Capone
underground clubs
speakeasies
the acquisition of material goods beyond what is necessary
consumerism
everyone acted like they had money, “buy now pay later”
credit
early leaders of the women and reform
susan B. anothony, elizabeth lady stanton, and lucrecia mott
first womens right convention
Seneca fall convention
the right to vote
right of suffrage
women activist
suffragettes
leaders of the american feminist movement
alice paul and lucy burns