Slang
The "urban female"
Flapper
Smugglers of illegal alcohol during prohibition.
Bootlegger
Communist believed to be in the U.S.
Alien Reds
Prohibition for Alcohol
18th Amendment
new form of music that blended African beats in the 1920s
Jazz music
illegal liquor
Bootleg
The fear of communism
The Red Scare
Became president when Harding died. Believed in the government supporting big business.
calvin coolidge
Gave women the right to vote
19th amendment
Leading African American jazz musician during the Harlem Renaissance; he was a talented trumpeter whose style influenced many later musicians.
Louis Armstrong
A woman who associates with or marries a man for wealth.
Gold Digger
Anti-foreign beliefs and opposed to immigration
Nativism
This was a plan that enabled people to buy goods over an extended period without having to put down much money at the time of purchase.
Installment plan
Repealed Prohibition
21st Amendment
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, founded in 1909 to work for racial equality.
NAACP
Getting the jitters
Hebbie-Jebbies
A literary and artistic movement celebrating African American culture
Harlem Renaissance
a system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single political party.
communism
This was a policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs.
Isolationism
African American poet who described the rich culture of african American life using rhythms influenced by jazz music. He wrote of African American hope and defiance, as well as the culture of Harlem and also had a major impact on the Harlem Renaissance.
Langston Hughes
An illcit bar selling bootleg liquor.
Speakeasy
white surpremicist organization that grew dramatically during the roaring 20's due to nativism
Klu Klux Klan
Harding's campaign slogan, wanting to go back to how things were before the war
Return to Normalcy
prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce
Pure food and drug act
A cultural movement embracing human empowerment and rejecting traditionalism as outdated.
Modernism