1920s Unit

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Prohibition

Time period when it was illegal to drink alcohol

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Speakeasy

Hidden places to sell alcohol

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Evolution

Belief that organisms change over time

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Communism

Unpopular political belief in 1920s America

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Jazz Age

Another name for the time period in the 1920s

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Suburb

An area outside of a city

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Credit

Buy something now and pay for it later

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Repeal

To take away a law or amendment

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Progress

To move forward or toward something

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Flappers

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

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Backlash

A negative reaction by a group of people

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Great mobility

Created new jobs

Movement to the suburbs

Positive impacts from automobiles

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Working longer hours

Entertainment (new leisure activities)

Improved communications

Positive impacts from electricity

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Chores didn't take as long to complete

People bought them using credit

Positive impacts from washing machines/ vacuums

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Great Migration

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

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Scopes Trial

Teacher was sent to jail for teaching evolution in Tennessee classroom

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Red Scare

People feared communism would spread throughout the US

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Limits, bans

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

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Harlem Renaissance

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

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Harlem, NY

Where was the Harlem Renaissance centered?

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Jacob Lawrence

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

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Langston Hughes

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

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Zora Neale Hurston

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

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Duke Ellington

Piano player known as one of the greatest jazz composer

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Louis Armstrong

Trumpet player who inspired America's love of jazz music

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Bessie Smith

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

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18th amendment

Which amendment banned alcohol in the US?

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21st amendment

Which amendment repealed Prohibition in the US?

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Temperance Movement

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

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