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1920’s and 1930’s Vocabulary

1920’s and 1930’s Vocabulary. Prohibition. The national ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol (took effect in 1920 with the 18 th Amendment) 1920-1933. Bootlegger. One who made, sold, or transported illegal liquor during Prohibition. Bootleg liquor.

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1920’s and 1930’s Vocabulary

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  1. 1920’s and 1930’s Vocabulary

  2. Prohibition The national ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol (took effect in 1920 with the 18th Amendment) 1920-1933

  3. Bootlegger One who made, sold, or transported illegal liquor during Prohibition

  4. Bootleg liquor Illegally made, sold, or transported liquor

  5. Speakeasy A place for the illegal sale of alcoholic drinks (during Prohibition); hidden saloons and nightclubs

  6. Flapper Young woman who showed her dislike for traditional ways through her dress and behavior (see picture, textbook page 383)

  7. Fundamentalist One who believes in the literal interpretation of religious texts and in strict obedience to religious laws

  8. Fundamentalism Protestant religious movement grounded in the belief that all stories and details in the Bible are literally/factually true

  9. White Collar worked in “management,” or “sales” or “advertising

  10. Blue Collar worked in factories, or as mechanics, or in farming

  11. John T. Scopes Tennessee biology teacher

  12. Scopes Monkey Trial, 1925 1925 - court case trying a biology teacher for challenging a Tenn. law that outlawed the teaching of Darwin’s theory of evolution

  13. Red Scare a violent wave of Anti-Communist Panic that swept the U.S. 1919-1920

  14. Communism/totalitarianism An economic theory that “workers should own the means of production” that became a one-party dictatorship under Lenin and his followers

  15. Fascism A one party dictatorship that is strongly nationalistic, militaristic, and racist, and does not tolerate opposition

  16. Nativism Belief that native-born Americans are superior to immigrants

  17. Quota/Quota system A law or system limiting the # of immigrants from each country each year

  18. Depression A period of severe and extended decline in a nation’s economy (with high unemployment and low production)

  19. Great Depression 1929-1941 in the U.S.

  20. Recession a downward turn in economic activity and production (2 consecutive quarters [6 months] of negative economic growth)

  21. Foreclosure a lender (a bank) repossesses a mortgaged property because of a failure to make payments

  22. Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd president of the US, President during the Great Depression & WWII. The only President to serve more than two terms in office.

  23. (FDR’s) New Deal FDR’s overall program to lessen the problems of the Great Depression (focusing on relief for the needy, economic recovery, and financial reform)

  24. Hundred Days a special session of Congress (called by FDR) that issued a lot of legislation to deal with the problems of the Depression – the first 100 days of FDR’s first term

  25. (living on the) dole charity, welfare; money food, and/or clothing distributed as charity

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