Roaring Twenties - Vocab Flashcards
Recession
An economic slump that is milder than depression
Stock
Share of ownership in a corporation
Communism
An economic system in which all wealth and property are owned by the state
Kellogg-Briand Pact
A treaty from 1928 that outlawed war
Interest
A fee charged for a loan, usually a percentage of the loan to be paid monthly along with part of the original loan until the loan is repaid
Prohibition
The legal ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor anywhere in the United States from 1920 to 1933
Bootlegger
A person who smuggled liquor into the United States during prohibition
Equal Rights Amendment
A 1923 proposed constitutional amendment intended to prohibit all discrimination based on sex; the amendment was never ratified
Suburb
A residential area on the outskirt of a city
Organized crime
Criminal activity carried on by one or more organized groups as a business
Disarmament
A reduction of armed forces and weapon of war
A flapper
A young woman in the 1920s who adopted unconventional fashions, including short hair and short skirts
Jazz
A music style developed by African Americans in the early 1900s that developed from blues, ragtime, and other earlier styles
Fad
An activity or fashion that is taken up with great passion for a short time
Expatriate
A person who leaves his or her own country and takes up residence in a foreign land
Company union
A labor organization limited to a single company that is controlled by management
Sabotage
The secret destruction of property or interference with production
Anarchist
A person who opposes organized government
Deport
To forcibly remove from a country
Nativism
The belief that native-born citizens’ interests should be protected, usually involving hostility toward foreigners and immigration
Quota system
A system that limits the number of certain kinds of people admitted to an institution or country, beginning in the 1920s
The Great Migration
The movement of millions of African Americans from the South to the North during the early to mid 1900s
Black Tuesday
October 29th, 1929, the day the stock market crashed most deeply signaling the start of the Great Depression
Great Depression
The most severe economic decline in US history beginning in 1929
