Roaring twenties

Demobilization

The process of discharging soldiers from military service after the war.

Red Scare

A period of intense fear of communism and radical leftism in the United States, particularly after the Bolshevik Revolution.

Palmer Raids

A series of raids led by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer against suspected radicals and leftists, often violating civil liberties.

Nativism

A policy favoring the interests of native-born individuals over those of immigrants.

National Origins Quota Act

Legislation that established quotas for immigrants from specific countries, significantly reducing immigration from southern and eastern Europe.

Scopes Monkey Trial

A 1925 legal case in Tennessee that tested the legality of teaching evolution in schools.

Fundamentalism

A strict adherence to specific theological doctrines, often in opposition to modernist ideas and scientific theories.

Pan-Africanism

A political movement aimed at uniting people of African descent worldwide to promote their interests.

Assembly Line

A manufacturing process in which individual components are assembled in a sequential manner to increase production efficiency.

Installment Plan

A credit system where consumers can pay for products over time in smaller, manageable payments.

Teapot Dome Scandal

A bribery scandal involving the leasing of federal oil reserves in the 1920s.

Harding's 'Normalcy'

Warren G. Harding's campaign promise to return the United States to a pre-war state of stability and calm.

Kellogg-Briand Pact

An international agreement that outlawed war as a method of resolving disputes.

Dawes Plan

A financial plan to stabilize Germany's economy post-WWI by providing loans and restructuring reparations.

Sacco and Vanzetti Case

A controversial murder trial that highlighted anti-immigrant sentiment and fear of radicalism in the 1920s.

Consumer Culture

A culture that encourages the acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts.

Mexican Immigration in the 1920s

The influx of Mexican immigrants to the United States during the 1920s, often subjected to discrimination.

Jitney

A shared taxi or minibus service, indicative of changing transportation habits in the U.S.

Jazz Age

A term used to describe the 1920s in America when jazz music flourished and social norms began to shift.

Urbanization

The process by which an increasing percentage of a population comes to live in urban areas.

Labor Movement

A movement focused on improving labor conditions, wages, and workers' rights.

Isolationism

A foreign policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.

Market Crash of 1929

A significant stock market collapse that signaled the beginning of the Great Depression in the United States.