1920s and 1930s Vocabulary

1920s and 1930s VocabularyProhibitionThe national ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol (took effect in 1920 with the 18th Amendment) 1920-1933

BootleggerOne who made, sold, or transported illegal liquor during Prohibition

Bootleg liquorIllegally made, sold, or transported liquor

SpeakeasyA place for the illegal sale of alcoholic drinks (during Prohibition); hidden saloons and nightclubs

FlapperYoung woman who showed her dislike for traditional ways through her dress and behavior (see picture, textbook page 383)

FundamentalistOne who believes in the literal interpretation of religious texts and in strict obedience to religious laws

FundamentalismProtestant religious movement grounded in the belief that all stories and details in the Bible are literally/factually true

White Collarworked in management, or sales or advertising

Blue Collarworked in factories, or as mechanics, or in farming

John T. ScopesTennessee biology teacher

Scopes Monkey Trial, 19251925 - court case trying a biology teacher for challenging a Tenn. law that outlawed the teaching of Darwins theory of evolution

Red Scarea violent wave of Anti-Communist Panic that swept the U.S. 1919-1920

Communism/totalitarianismAn economic theory that workers should own the means of production that became a one-party dictatorship under Lenin and his followers

FascismA one party dictatorship that is strongly nationalistic, militaristic, and racist, and does not tolerate opposition

NativismBelief that native-born Americans are superior to immigrants

Quota/Quota systemA law or system limiting the # of immigrants from each country each year

DepressionA period of severe and extended decline in a nations economy (with high unemployment and low production)

Great Depression1929-1941 in the U.S.

Recessiona downward turn in economic activity and production (2 consecutive quarters [6 months] of negative economic growth)

Foreclosurea lender (a bank) repossesses a mortgaged property because of a failure to make payments

Franklin D. Roosevelt32nd president of the US, President during the Great Depression & WWII. The only President to serve more than two terms in office.

(FDRs) New DealFDRs overall program to lessen the problems of the Great Depression (focusing on relief for the needy, economic recovery, and financial reform)

Hundred Daysa special session of Congress (called by FDR) that issued a lot of legislation to deal with the problems of the Depression the first 100 days of FDRs first term

(living on the) dole charity, welfare; money food, and/or clothing distributed as charity