Roaring Twenties Vocab #1

This nickname was given to the decade of the 1920s because of the times prosperity and excitement

• Blowing Twenties

• Growing Twenties

• Roaring Twenties

• Fire Twenties

After World War I 1919-20s, when Harding was President, the US and Britain returned to isolatoinism. The US economy "boomed" but Europe continued to struggle. It was the calm before the bigger storm hit: World War II

• "Return to Isolation"

• "Return to Greatness"

• "Return to the Homefront"

• "Return to Normalcy"

A social/political movement designed to prevent a socialist/communist/radical movement in this country by finding "radicals," incarcerating them, deporting them, and subverting their activities

• Black Scare

• Red Scare

• White Scare

• Brown Scare

A government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921

• Teapot Dome Scandal

• Coffee Pot Scandal

• Frying Pan Scandal

• Fork and Spoon Scandal

29th president of the US; Republican; "Return to Normalcy" (life as it had been before WWI-peace, isolation); presidency was marred by scandal

• T. Roosevelt

• McKinley

• Harding

• Wilson

The 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. A Republican lawyer from New England, born in Vermont. He had a laissez faire ideology; in favor of immigration restriction (Immigration Act); reduced the tax burden.

• Harding

• Coolidge

• Hoover

• McKinley

An American politician and engineer who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 and a member of the Republican Party, holding office during the onset of the Great Depression.

• Hoover

• Coolidge

• Roosevelt

• Harding

The belief that all individuals, or nearly all individuals, can succeed on their own and that government help for people should be minimal. Popularly said by Hertbert Hoover.

• Rugged Individualism

• Toughended Individualism

• Rough Individualism

• Bluffed Individualism

1863-1947. American businessman, founder of Ford Motor Company, father of modern assembly lines, and inventor credited with 161 patents.

• Tom Form

• John Ford

• Henry Ford

• William Ford

The prevention by law (18th Amendment) of the manufacture and sale of alcohol, especially in the US between 1920 and 1933.

• Inhibition

• Exhibition

• Intimidation

• Prohibition