Anarchist- a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power.

Model T- first affordable, mass produced car

Harlem Renaissance- created an environment that stimulated

artistic development, racial pride, a sense of community, and political

organization which occurred in the New York City neighborhood of

Harlem

Speakeasy- Secret underground bar to sell illegal alcohol

Assembly Line- gave each person one task to do all day

The Butler Act- made it illegal to teach anything besides creationism in Tennessee

Louis Armstrong- Famous African American Jazz player

Jazz-american style of music / ragtimes and blues, syncopated rhythms

Marcus Garvey- advocated for separation and independence from white people, suggested moving back to Africa, was arrested for mail fraud, deported back to Jamaica

Flapper- a young, dramatic, stylish, and unconventional woman. She smoked cigarettes, drank liquor, and wore revealing clothes.

Babe Ruth- famous baseball player

John Scopes- tried and arrested for teaching evolution

Newland’s Reclamation Act- allowed Mexicans to immigrate to america, most worked on farms in the west

Creationism- the belief that god created man

National Origins Act- only allowed 2% of the US 1890 census to immigrate

Welfare Capitalism- where employees were able to

purchase stock, participate in profit sharing, and receive

benefits, making unions seem unnecessary.

Albert Fall- Secretary of Interior, Teapot Dome Scandal

Henry Ford- Ford increased workers’ wages and reduced the workday to gain

workers’ loyalty and to undercut union organizers.

Andrew Melon- Secretary of Treasury

Ohio Gang- Harding’s friends who were hired

Harry Dougherty- Attorney General, investigated for accepting bribes from German agent looking to buy German company seized in WW1, claimed immunity because he talked with President Harding

Herbert Hoover- Secretary of Commerce

Supply-Side Economics- less income tax, more money to spend, government earns more through purchase taxes

Normalcy-Pre WW1 America, promised by Harding, more so given by Coolidge

Charles Lindenbergh- first solo trans-Atlantic flight

Charles Dawes- American diplomat, negotiated Dawes Plan with Britain, France, and Germany

The Washington Conference- 10 year pause on naval building, upset Japan bc they had to be smaller then Britain; did nothing to limit land forces

Kellogg-Briand Pact- 60 countries signed agreeing to outlaw war, no way to enforce, but was considered a victory

Open Shop- a workplace where employees were not

required to join a union.

Reparations- payments from the losing countries of a war to the winning ones

Dawes Plan- Germany takes loans from America to pay back less to Britain and France, Britain and France pay back more of their debt to America

The Sacco-Vanzetti Case- both were accused of murder and theft, thought to be anarchists, excuted in 1927, still claiming innocence

KKK returns- targets black people, catholics, jews, and other immigrants, had 4 million members by 1924

The Volstead Act- Gave the Treasury Department responsibility to enforce the

18th Amendment.

21st Amendment- ended prohibition in 1933

Ernest Hemingway- wrote about “heroic antiheroes”

who are realistic people that have flaws

Playwright Eugene O’Neill- filled his plays with

realistic characters and situations

F. Scott Fitzgerald- wrote the Great Gatsby, a novel,

that exposed the emptiness and superficiality of much

of modern society

Jack Dempsey- famous boxer

Bobby Jones- became the first golfer to win the U.S. Open

and the British Open in the same year in 1926

The Cotton Club- was one of the most famous Harlem nightspots,

where many famous African American musicians got their start

Claude McKay- was considered the first important writer of the

Harlem Renaissance who expressed a proud defiance and bitter

contempt of racism