Roaring 20's Vocab

Question 1

18th Amendment

Answer 1

Declared the production, transport, and sale of intoxicating liquors illegal

Question 2

19th Amendment

Answer 2

Granted women the right to vote

Question 3

21st Amendment

Answer 3

Repealed Prohibition

Question 4

Bootlegger

Answer 4

A person who smuggled liquor into the U.S during Prohibition

Question 5

Buying on Credit

Answer 5

To purchase something with the promise that you will pay for it in the future

Question 6

Consumerism

Answer 6

The theory that spending money and consuming goods is good for the economy

Question 7

Fad

Answer 7

An activity or fashion that is taken up with a great passion for a short time

Question 8

Flapper

Answer 8

a young women in the 1920s who rebelled against traditional ways of thinking and acting

Question 9

Harlem Renaissance

Answer 9

An intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater and politics centered in Harlem, New York City

Question 10

Hooverism

Answer 10

Terms used by the American people to blame Hoover for the Great Depression

Question 11

Prohibition

Answer 11

The legal prohibiting of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks

Question 12

Speakeasy

Answer 12

Illegal drinking dens, saloons or nightclub that sold alcoholic beverages during the Prohibition Era

Question 13

Temperance Movment

Answer 13

A social movment against the consumption of acholic beverages