roaring 20s Flashcards
people who believe there should be no government
anarchists
many in the United States feared recent immigrants and dissidents, particularly those who embraced communist, socialist, or anarchist ideology.
red scare
hundreds of thousands of african Americans moved north after WW1
great migration
Albert Fall scandal-bribery of a government official to lease federal oil reserves to oil companies.
teapot dome
economic downturn
recession
a way to pay for an item over time by making a series of payments
installment buying
total value of goods and services produced by a nation
gross national product GNP
form of communication that can reach millions of people
mass media
someone who chooses to live in another country
expatriates
ban on alchohol
prohibition
fixed number of immigrants allowed from each country each year
quota system
an American legal case from July 10 to July 21, 1925, in which a high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee’s Butler Act, which had made it illegal to teach human evolution in any state-funded school.
scope trial
10,000 arrested, 500 kicked out
palmer raids
leisure time
fun
murder, found guilty, executed
sacco+vanzetti
arms limitation treaty signed by the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, France, and Italy on February 6, 1922. The agreement fixed the respective numbers and tonnages of capital ships to be possessed by the navies of each of the contracting nations.
five powers act
