the Roaring 20s

• the harlem renaissance of the 1920's was a period when African Americans...


  Created noteworthy works of art and literature

  
• Lost Generation


  Americans who became disillusioned with society after World War I
• 19th amendment


  Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, passed 1919, extended the right to vote to women.

  
• 18th Amendment


  Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages

  
• Red Scare

  Fear among many Americans after World War I of Communists in particular and noncitizens in general, a reaction to the Russian Revolution, mail bombs, strikes, and riots.
• the 1920's are sometimes called the "roaring twenties" because...


  widespread social and economic change occured
• Jazz Age

  Name for the 1920s, because of the popularity of jazz-a new type of American music that combined African rhythms, blues, and ragtime
• wealth distribution


  a comparison of the wealth of various members or groups in a society. Points out economic inequality.

  
• Sacco and Vanzetti Case

  Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian immigrants charged with murdering a guard and robbing a shoe factory in Braintree; Mass. The trial lasted from 1920-1927. Convicted on unreliable evidence; many believed they had been framed for the crime because of their anarchist and pro-union activities.