Chapter 24: The Roaring Twenties; 1920-1929
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Association | a group working together on a common cause |
| decade | a period of 10 years |
| heroics | bravery well beyond what is needed |
| landslide | a majority of votes for one side |
| solution | the answer to a problem |
| emotion | feelings people express |
| fraud | a lie or false act to steal money or something of value |
| assembly | a process by which a line of workers assemble something piece by piece until it is complete |
| mobile | having the ability to travel |
| flapper | young women in the 1920s who cut their hair short, wore skirts cut above the knee, and painted their lips bright red |
| generation | people who live in the same time period and are about the same age |
| suburb | community built outside of cities |
| composer | one who writes music |
| energetic | full of energy |
| improvise | to make up as you go along |
| spiritual | a religious song |
| symphony | a long, complex musical piece |
| communist | a person who believes in a form of government that eliminates private property |
| bootlegger | someone who made or sold alcohol illegally during Prohibition |
| Prohibition | the ban on making or selling alcohol |
| speakeasy | a place where liquor was sold illegally during Prohibition |
| solo | done by one person |
| stock market | a market for the buying and selling of company stock |
| soup house | the place where the poor could get food |
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