1920s

Dawes Plan

plan for German reparations + to stabilize German economy

Scopes Trial

tennessee v. a teacher who taught evolution

(teacher was backed by the American Civil Liberties Union)

Lost Generation

writers who criticized society in the 1920s

F. Scott Fitzgerald  

criticized American Dream in 1920s, wrote the Great Gatsby, created the jazz age 

Adkins v. Children’s Hospital

supreme court ruled that a minimum wage law for women was unconstitutional because it violated the 5th amendment’s due process clause

Margaret Sanger

promoted contraceptives for married women who wanted to decide the size of their family

Flappers

women who wore “short” skirts, smoked, dated many men (rebellious women)

18th Amendment

prohibition (1920-1933)

Al Capone

Chicago gangster that ran a bootlegger empire

Moonshiner

someone who illegally makes alcohol