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Prohibition
The period from 1919 to 1933 when the manufacturing, distribution, sale, and consumption of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by the 18th Amendment of the Constitution. -
Red Scare
It was marked by a widespread fear of anarchism, as well as the effects of radical political agitation in American society. Fueled by anarchist bombings and spurred on by Attorney General Alexander Mitchell Palmer, it was characterized by illegal search and seizures, unwarranted arrests and detentions, and deportation of hundreds of suspected communists and anarchists. -
Harlem Renaissance
the flourishing of African-American literature and art in the 1920's, born in Harlem, New York, and spread mostly in urban centers across America. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Scandal during the Harding administration involving the granting of oil-drilling rights on government land in return for money.