Unit 4: The 1920s Vocabulary



Unit 4: The 1920s Vocabulary

|Term |Definition |

|Assembly line |An arrangement of workers, machines, and equipment in which the product being assembled passes from |

| |operation to operation until completed |

|Bootleggers |People who transported or sold illegal liquor during the Prohibition era of the 1920s |

|Flapper |A young woman in the 1920s who rebelled against how society thought she should behave and dress |

|Great Migration north |Movement of African Americans from the South to the North in search of better jobs and less discrimination |

| |in the early 20th century |

|Harlem Renaissance |A flowering of African American art, poetry, and writing during the 1920s, centered in the New York City |

| |neighborhood known as Harlem |

|“Jazz Age” |The period in American history when African and European musical traditions blended, creating the unique |

| |American music known as jazz; famous jazz musicians were Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Louis Armstrong |

|Mass Media |Types of communication that reach lots of people (radio, newspaper, magazines) |

|Prohibition |Law against the making or selling alcohol or alcoholic beverages. The term also applies to the period of |

| |history between 1920 and 1933 when the making and selling of alcoholic beverages was forbidden by the 18th |

| |Amendment |

|“Roaring 20s” |Phrase used to describe the drastic changes in the United States during the 1920s; major changes included |

| |social (fashion), economic (big business), and civic (laws) |

|Speakeasies |Illegal saloons that sprang up across the United States following the passage of the 18th Amendment in 1919,|

| |beginning a 14-year period of Prohibition |

|Temperance Movement |The campaign to outlaw the making and consumption of alcoholic beverages |

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