Roaring 20s Flashcards
An African American writer who achieved fame during the Harlem Renaissance for his poetry.
Langston Hughes
What women cut their hair short, wore short dresses, and openly challenged the traditional expectations of women?
Flappers
A period of African American movement from the south cities to the North.
Great Migration
A widespread of fear of communism and communist.
Red Scare
Harding and his friends were also known as?
The Ohio gang
Anarchists who had an unfair trial and were found guilty.
Venzetti and Sacco
What Chicago gangster murdered his rivals to gain control of the alcohol trade?
Scarface
An economic system in which all resources are shared equally.
Communism
A scandal under the Harding administration in which government officials were accused of taking bribes to allow naval oil reserves to be mined from federal lands..
Teapot Dome Scandal
An economic system in which private businesses run most industries.
Capitalism
Became the center of movie making in the United States.
Hollywood
The ban of manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor.
Prohibition
Who had the record of 60 home runs in 1927 and this record would stand for 34 years?
Babe Ruth
People who believe there should be no government.
Anarchists
An economic system in which the government owns and operates a country’s means of production.
Socialism
