Unit 4 The Roaring 20's Flashcards
Protecting the interests of people already here against those of immigrants
Nativism
Long established styles or ideas; the way things have always been done
Tradition
Music style of the ‘20’s; originated in New Orleans; complex styles, rhythms, improvisation
Jazz
American slang referring to communism
“Red” (Red Scare)
Financial success; higher wages and higher standard of living
Prosperity
Moving from one place to another
Migration
Young women of the 1920’s who dressed and acted in unconventional ways: bobbed hair, short skirts, worked, smoked etc
Flapper
Belief that your race is superior to another; hatred or intolerance of another race; discrimination based on race
Racism
Harding’s campaign slogan to return to life as it was before WW1
Normalcy
Recent or contemporary styles or ideas; being modern
Modernity
Increased buying of products
Consumerism