1. A PERIOD OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT DURING THE 1920S Harlem Renaissance

2. Prohibition The prevention of the sale and distribution of alcohol (1920- 1933)

3. Public Morality The moral and ethical standards of a society. With prohibition the government realized they couldn’t regulate public morality.

4. Installment Buying Purchasing something over a period of time.

5. Unregulated Stock Not subject to any rules

6. Why were Americans worried about immigration? They were worried for their jobs that the new immigrants would put people out of work

7. How did the role of women change in the 1920s? Woman got the right to vote Felt more equal to man Some worked outside the home Attended college (5%) Cut hair, wore makeup – freedom Outlook more free

8. Moving Assembly Line A line of factory workers along which a product is assembled passing from one to another until the product is complete.

9. Flapper Women who decided to cut their hair, wear short skirts and make up and free themselves of the past. Inspired by the times and the right to vote.

10. Surplus of Labor When there are more workers than there are jobs.

11. Red Scare A time period in American when people were afraid that Communism would take over our country.

12. Scopes Trial A trial between religion and science. It was about the idea of evolution being taught in schools and whether that was right to do or not.

13. Stock Market Speculation Buying and selling of stocks for profit (Buy low and sell high)

14. 18 th Amendment The amendment that prohibited the sale and distribution of alcohol.

15. Immigration Laws Those laws that limited the amount of people coming into our country from other lands.

16. Organized Crime Any group having a structure whose purpose is to make money illegally.