Glossary of the 1920s!
Term
Definition
Temperance
Movement
The campaign to outlaw the making and
consumption of alcoholic beverages
Prohibition
Bootleggers
Speakeasies
Law against the making or selling alcohol of
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
People who transported or sold illegal alcohol during
the Prohibition era of the 1920s
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
“Roaring 20s”
Phrase used to describe the drastic changes in the
United States during the 1920s; major changes
affected social (fashion), economic (big business),
and political (laws) ideas
Flapper
A young woman in the 1920s who rebelled against
how society thought she should behave and dress
Picture
Glossary of the 1920s!
Mass Media
Types of communication that reach lots of people
(radio, newspaper, magazines)
Suburbs
A residential area located right outside of a city. The
area between urban and rural areas.
“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
Harlem
Renaissance
A flowering of African American art, poetry, and
writing during the 1920s, centered in the New York
City neighborhood known as Harlem
Movement of African Americans from the South
Great
to the North in search of better jobs and less
Migration north discrimination in the early 20th century