The Roaring 20s Vocab Practice

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Communism (as defined in "The Roaring 20s Vocab")

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A system in which the government owns and controls all goods and means of production, and private property is eliminated.

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Consumerism (according to "The Roaring 20s Vocab")

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The act of buying goods and services.

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According to "The Roaring 20s Vocab", what is the economy?

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An organized money system.

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What was the Harlem Renaissance as described in "The Roaring 20s Vocab"?

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A flourishing of Black literary and musical culture in the 1920s, with many artists, writers and music clubs centered in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.

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What was the Ku Klux Klan, often referred to as the KKK?

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A hate group founded in the southern United States after the Civil War

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Laissez-faire

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A policy of non-interference in economic affairs as much as possible

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What was the period of prohibition in the United States?

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1920 to 1933

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What is the stock market?

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A market where shares of ownership in many different companies are bought and sold