Roaring 20's VOCAB

Speakeasies

• A type of illegal tavern that sold liquors

• A legal bar that served alcohol

• A restaurant that only served non-alcoholic beverages

• A nightclub that operated during the day

Teapot Dome

• A scandal involving bribery for oil drilling rights

• A famous tea party in Boston

• A geological formation in the Rocky Mountains

• A government program for renewable energy

Flappers

• Promoted traditional family values

• Challenged the traditional role of women in the 1920’s

• Focused on domestic responsibilities

• Advocated for women's suffrage in the 1910s

Disarmament

• Reduction of military weapons

• Increase in military personnel

• Expansion of military bases

• Development of new weapons technology

Installment Buying

• Buying on credit

• Paying in full upfront

• Renting a product

• Borrowing money from a bank

Charles Lindbergh

• First to make a transatlantic flight

• First to fly solo around the world

• First to cross the Pacific Ocean

• First to fly non-stop from New York to Paris

Communism

• Political system in which the government owns all property

• Economic system where private ownership is encouraged

• Political ideology that promotes individual freedoms

• System where the government has no control over property

Anarchy

• Opposition to all organized government

• A form of government with strict laws

• A political system where a single ruler has absolute power

• A society governed by a democratic process

Jazz

• A traditional form of music with no rhythm

• A new form of music combining many different rhythms

• A type of classical music

• A genre of music that only uses string instruments

Sacco/Vanzetti

• Put to death because of prejudice against immigrants/anarchists

• Executed for committing robbery

• Acquitted due to lack of evidence

• Sentenced to life in prison for their beliefs