18 th Amendment All liquor stores will now be closed!
Passed in 1919, this made the manufacture and sale of alcohol illegal
19 th Amendment
Guarantees the right to vote regardless of sex. Passed in 1920.
Bootlegger
Nickname for people who illegally transported and sold alcohol during Prohibition.
Buying on Credit weber.ucsd.edu/.../1953_CreditCard_96.jpg
During the 1920s consumers bought goods with a small amount of money and then a series of payments later. “Buy now pay later”
Consumer Goods
Products made or grown by producers and used by people
Harlem Renaissance
Black Americans showed great pride for their heritage and achievements during the 1920s & 1930s through music, art, and literature.
Installment Buying
Paying for a product through timely payments – like using a credit card
Prohibition
Used to describe the time period when the manufacture and sale of alcohol was illegal
Sacco and Vanzetti plawiuk.blogspot.com
2 immigrants who were victims of anti-foreign feelings during the 1920s.
Scopes Trial
A biology teacher in Tennessee challenged the law forbidding the teaching of Darwin’s evolution.
Suffrage womenshistory.about.com
The right to vote
Roaring 20s
Nickname for the decade of the 1920s due to the disorderly and rowdy nature of the time.