| Term | Definition |
|---|
| communism | the ides that property is owned by the state and the political party |
| anarchists | those who opposed all forms of government |
| Kellog-Briand Pact | renounced war as an instrument of national policy |
| Isolationist | in opposition of political entanglements with other countries |
| Fordney-McCumber Tariff | raised the tax on all imports |
| quota system | established the maximum number of immigrants from any given country |
| tea pot Dome Scandal | Secretary of Interior leased private land to rich people for profit |
| Urban sprawl | The spreading of cities in all directions |
| Installment Plan | enabled people to buy goods and pay them off over time |
| Speakeasy | A hidden saloon or nightclub |
| Bootleggers | Smugglers of alcohal |
| Fundamentalism | a protestant movement grounded on a literal translation of the bible |
| Scopes Trial | A trial involving the right to teach evolutions in schools |
| Flapper | an emancipated young women who embraced new fashions in the early 20s |
| Double Standard | a standard that gave me more sexual freedom then women |
| Harlem Renaissance | a flowering of African American Culture in the 1920s |
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