1920s and 1930s Vocabulary Prohibition The national ban

1920’s and 1930’s Vocabulary

Prohibition The national ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol (took effect in 1920 with the 18 th Amendment) 1920 -1933

Bootlegger One who made, sold, or transported illegal liquor during Prohibition

Bootleg liquor Illegally made, sold, or transported liquor

Speakeasy A place for the illegal sale of alcoholic drinks (during Prohibition); hidden saloons and nightclubs

Flapper Young woman who showed her dislike for traditional ways through her dress and behavior (see picture, textbook page 383)

Fundamentalist One who believes in the literal interpretation of religious texts and in strict obedience to religious laws

Fundamentalism Protestant religious movement grounded in the belief that all stories and details in the Bible are literally/factually true

White Collar worked in “management, ” or “sales” or “advertising

Blue Collar worked in factories, or as mechanics, or in farming

John T. Scopes Tennessee biology teacher

Scopes Monkey Trial, 1925 - court case trying a biology teacher for challenging a Tenn. law that outlawed the teaching of Darwin’s theory of evolution

Red Scare a violent wave of Anti-Communist Panic that swept the U. S. 1919 -1920

Communism/totalitarianism An economic theory that “workers should own the means of production” that became a one-party dictatorship under Lenin and his followers

Fascism A one party dictatorship that is strongly nationalistic, militaristic, and racist, and does not tolerate opposition

Nativism Belief that native-born Americans are superior to immigrants

Quota/Quota system A law or system limiting the # of immigrants from each country each year

Depression A period of severe and extended decline in a nation’s economy (with high unemployment and low production)

Great Depression 1929 -1941 in the U. S.

Recession a downward turn in economic activity and production (2 consecutive quarters [6 months] of negative economic growth)

a lender (a bank) repossesses a mortgaged property because of a failure to make payments Foreclosure

Franklin D. Roosevelt 32 nd president of the US, President during the Great Depression & WWII. The only President to serve more than two terms in office.

(FDR’s) New Deal FDR’s overall program to lessen the problems of the Great Depression (focusing on relief for the needy, economic recovery, and financial reform)

Hundred Days a special session of Congress (called by FDR) that issued a lot of legislation to deal with the problems of the Depression – the first 100 days of FDR’s first term

(living on the) dole charity, welfare; money food, and/or clothing distributed as charity