Post WWI 20s & 30s Vocab Flashcards
(37 cards)
Domestic Affairs
Internal (national) issues- stuff that happens in the America.
Tariff
Tax on imported goods.
Isolationism
When a country stays to itself and keeps out of world conflicts and wars,
Protectionism
Trying to protect Native-born Americans and American businesses
Communism
The government makes all the decisions.
Red Scare
Post WWI reaction to communism-driven by fear and mistrust.
Sacco and Vanzetti
Italian-immigrant -anarchists-accused of murder-and executed.
Anarchy
No government.
Palmer Raids
Raids on suspected communists.
19th Amendment
gave the woman the right to vote.
Great Migration
Movement of African-Americans from southern farms to northern cities.
Jim Crow
Segregation laws that keep blacks and whites different in the south.
Urban Areas
Cities.
Rural Areas
Country.
Harlem Renaissance
Celebration of African-American culture in the 1920’s.
Prohibition
The 13-year ban on alcohol.
Speakeasy
The secrete bar where people drank during prohibition.
Popular Culture
The stuff most people do and like.
Consumerism
Buying more and more all the time.
Installment Plan
Buying stuff on payments (instead of paying cash upfront).
Flapper
Young, Modern 1920’s woman.
Buying Stocks on Margin
Making a down payment on a stock and trying to sell it for a profit.
Stock Speculation
Buying stocks in anticipation that their price will go up. (Regardless of the true value of the stock)
Herbert Hoover
A president in 1929-1933 and is all about laizze-faire.
