Chapter 23 The Jazz Age Flashcards
(21 cards)
Anarchism
People who believed there should be no government
Capitalism
Av economic system based on private property and free enterprise
Sacco and Venzetti
Two italian immigrants tried and convicted for robbing a shoe store and killing a guard
Warren G. Harding
Was the 29th president. Republican from Ohio
Calvin Coolidge
Became president after Warren G. Harding finna drop his mixtape and blew up globally (Had a heart attack)
Recession
An economic downturn
GNP
The total value of all goods and services produced in a country
Installment Buying
Consumers could buy products and pay in small installments over time
Flappers
Carefree young women with bobbed hair, heavy makeup and short skirts.
19th Amendment
Gave women in the US the right to vote
Harlem Renaissance
Appreciation of african american culture in Harlem, NY
Prohibition (18th Amendment)
Banned the transport or manufacture of Alcohol in the states
Nativism
The belief that native-born americans were superior to foreigners
Quota
A limit or amount
National Origins Act
A quota act which reduced the amount of ppl permitted to enter the US to 2% in 1890 census
Herbert Hoover
Elected president in 1928
Stock
A share of a particular company or corporation held by an individual or group
Stock Market
A stock exchange where you buy and sell stocks
The great migration
The movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural southern us to the urban northwest occurred in 1910-1970
Race Riots
Public outbreak of violence between two racial groups in a community
Speakeasy
Illicit Liquor store or nightclub
