The Roaring 20's Test Flashcards
Teapot Dome Scandal
Involved secretary of the interior Albert Fall, who accepted lost of money and valuable gifts from oil companies
Model T
Ford achieved his goal by building a sturdy and reliable car
Moving Assembly Line
Conveyor belts to move parts and partly assembled cars from one worker to another
Flappers
Young women who cut their hair short, wore makeup, and short dresses
Red Scare
A time of fear of communists
21st Amendment
Ended Prohibition
Fundamentalism
Protestant religious movement
Great Migration
Large numbers of African Americans left the south to take jobs in northern factories
Scopes Trial
High school Science teacher, named John T. Scopes was put on trial for teaching evolution
Talkie
First motion picture with sound
Jazz Age
An explosion in the popularity of jazz music
Harlem Renaissance
A period of African American artistic accomplishments
Lost Generation
Writers who criticized American society in 1920s