US Hist CP: Unit 6 The Jazz Age Vocab

installment

regular periodic payment made to pay off the cost of an item when buying it on credit

speakeasy

A place where alcoholic drinks were sold and consumed illegally during prohibition

Supply-side Economics

An economic philosophy that holds the sharply cutting taxes will increase the incentive people have to work, save, and invest. Greater investments will lead to more jobs, a more productive economy, and more tax revenues for the government.

fundamentalism

Conservative beliefs in the Bible and that it should be literally believed and applied

flapper

Young women of the 1920s that behaved and dressed in a radical fashion

Communism

A theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.

speculation

An involvement in risky business transactions in an effort to make a quick or large profit.

prohibition

the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment

nativism

the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.

racketeering

the criminal action of being involved in an organized effort to engage in illegal business transactions

anarchists

people who oppose all forms of organized government

quota system

A system that sets limits on how many immigrants from various countries a nation will admit each year

bootlegger

Smugglers of illegal alcohol during the Prohibition era

double standard

a set of principles granting greater sexual freedom to men than to women

Bohemiane

unconventional lifestyle or subculture, followers of which prioritize community living and artistic endeavours while rejecting certain constraints of mainstream society, such as money and social etiquette