1920s Unit

Prohibition

Time period when it was illegal to drink alcohol

Speakeasy

Hidden places to sell alcohol

Evolution

Belief that organisms change over time

Communism

Unpopular political belief in 1920s America

Jazz Age

Another name for the time period in the 1920s

Suburb

An area outside of a city

Credit

Buy something now and pay for it later

Repeal

To take away a law or amendment

Progress

To move forward or toward something

Flappers

Women in the 1920s who changed the way women had to behave

Backlash

A negative reaction by a group of people

Great mobility

Created new jobs

Movement to the suburbs

Positive impacts from automobiles

Working longer hours

Entertainment (new leisure activities)

Improved communications

Positive impacts from electricity

Chores didn't take as long to complete

People bought them using credit

Positive impacts from washing machines/ vacuums

Great Migration

Time period when millions of Black Americans moved from the South to cities in the North

Scopes Trial

Teacher was sent to jail for teaching evolution in Tennessee classroom

Red Scare

People feared communism would spread throughout the US

Limits, bans

The US put ______ and ____ on immigration from "less desirable" countries

Harlem Renaissance

Time period that saw the revival of African American culture and arts

Harlem, NY

Where was the Harlem Renaissance centered?

Jacob Lawrence

Painter who showed the experiences of African Americans during the Great Migration through art

Langston Hughes

Poet who combined experiences of African and American culture. Wrote Harlem

Zora Neale Hurston

Write whose books portrayed Black life in the US. Wrote "Their Eyes Were Watching God"

Duke Ellington

Piano player known as one of the greatest jazz composer

Louis Armstrong

Trumpet player who inspired America's love of jazz music

Bessie Smith

Blues singer who was called the "Empress of the Blues"

18th amendment

Which amendment banned alcohol in the US?

21st amendment

Which amendment repealed Prohibition in the US?

Temperance Movement

Movement who's goal was to limit the amount of alcohol in the US