Roaring 20’s Vocabulary
communism Hammer and the sickle
A. Mitchell Palmer General attorney is the legal advisor for the government
anarchist No government
Sacco and Vanzetti Two Italian immigrants that were in the wrong place at the wrong time
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) It was created after Lincoln abolished slavery (1865).
strike A refusal to work
quota system Quota system limited by nationality the number of immigrants
urban sprawl City expansion
installment plan Credit system similar to a credit card
speakeasy Clandestine bars
bootlegger Illegal provider of alcohol
fundamentalism Upholds beliefs on the scriptures
Scopes Trial Trial about teaching evolution at public schools
flapper A fashionable young women that broke all the standards of behavior
The Great Migration The migration of thousands of African Americans from the south to the north
Harlem Renaissance The renaissance of the art, music, and literature of African Americans in the 1920s