This page offers various study tools, including flashcards, quizzes, and a glossary, to help you master key events and figures of the Roaring Twenties. Use these resources to reinforce your learning and gain a deeper understanding of this transformative historical period.
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Important concepts to remember
A period from 1920 to 1933 when alcohol production, sale, and consumption were banned in the U.S.
A cultural, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem, New York, highlighting African American culture during the 1920s.
Young women in the 1920s who defied traditional social norms by embracing new styles and behaviors, such as wearing short skirts and bobbed hair.
A term used to describe the 1920s, when jazz music became highly popular and symbolized the era's cultural dynamism.
The period of rapid economic growth in the U.S. during the 1920s, characterized by rising consumerism and wealth.
A system where stocks of publicly traded companies are bought and sold, which experienced significant growth during the 1920s, eventually leading to the 1929 crash.
Illegal bars or clubs where alcohol was secretly sold during Prohibition.
The 1920 amendment to the U.S. Constitution that granted women the right to vote.
The mass movement of African Americans from the rural South to urban areas in the North during the early 20th century.
A period of fear and suspicion about communism and radical political movements in the U.S. during the early 20th century.
A group of American writers in the 1920s, including F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, who were disillusioned by the aftermath of World War I.
The first mass-produced automobile, created by Henry Ford, which made cars affordable for the average American.
A purchasing method in which consumers pay for goods over time, which became popular in the 1920s.
The social and economic order that encourages the purchase of goods and services, which grew rapidly in the 1920s.
A white supremacist group that gained significant influence in the 1920s, promoting racism, nativism, and anti-immigrant sentiment.
