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flappers-Culture
Flappers were a generation of young Western women in the 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior. -
The Red Scare
Communists were often referred to as “Reds” for their allegiance to the red Soviet flag. The Red Scare led to a range of actions that had a profound and enduring effect on U.S. government and society. -
Installment Plan-Economic
Wherre you pay back a huge cost monthly in small fees over a long period of time -
Radio-Technology
We could hear the news now and not wait for information to travel -
Sacco and Vanzetti
On April 15, 1920 person who was in South Braintree was robbed of more than $15000 and was killed along with his guard. Two Italian men were spotted and were charged with the crime and death on July 14, 1921 -
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Roaring 20s
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Teapot Dome-Political Corruption
Teapot Dome Scandal, also called Oil Reserves Scandal or Elk Hills Scandal, in American history, scandal of the early 1920s surrounding the secret leasing of federal oil reserves by the secretary of the interior, Albert Bacon Fall. -
Anarchism-Nativism
belief in the abolition of all government and the organization of society on a voluntary, cooperative basis without recourse to force or compulsion -
Automobile becomes affordable
This is where they created the assembly line so making cars became cheaper to make which makes it have more people buying it. -
Boom Bust-Economic
is the downward and upward movement of gross domestic product (GDP) around its long-term growth trend. -
Jazz Age
the period between the end of World War I and the beginning of the Depression during which jazz became popular