The Great Gatsby and the Roaring Twenties

Vocabulary flashcards about The Great Gatsby and the Roaring Twenties.

Roaring Twenties

The 1920s, a period of significant social, cultural, and economic changes in America.

Jazz Age

Another name for the Roaring Twenties, highlighting the popularity of jazz music.

Speakeasies

Illegal drinking establishments during Prohibition.

Flappers

Young women who challenged traditional norms with their bobbed hair, short dresses, and rebellious behavior.

Iconographic Lingua Franca

A set of images and symbols that are universally recognized and understood within a culture. (referring to the cultural impact of the Great Gatsby)

Prohibition

The period from 1920 to 1933 when the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol was illegal nationwide.

Eighteenth Amendment

The constitutional amendment that enacted Prohibition.

Volstead Act

The act that enforced the Eighteenth Amendment, outlining the rules and punishments for violating Prohibition.

Nineteenth Amendment

The constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote.

First Wave Feminism

The first major period of feminist activity in the U.S., focused on women's suffrage and legal rights.

Harlem Renaissance

A flourishing of African American artistic and intellectual creativity in the 1920s, centered in Harlem, New York City.

The Great Migration

The movement of large numbers of African Americans from the rural South to urban areas in the North and West in the early to mid-20th century.

Modernism

A literary and artistic movement that rejected traditional forms and embraced experimentation and social change.

Urbanization

The process of more and more people moving into cities and away from rural areas.

Consumer Culture

A society where buying and having many material goods is emphasized