Roaring Twenties

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The ability for someone to buy something based on the trust that payment will be made in the future.

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credit

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A period of time (approximately 1914-1920s) when many African Americans moved from the rural South to northern cities for greater economic and social opportunities

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The Great Migration

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A cultural revival of African American art, music, intellect, and literature; based in Harlem in NYC.

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The Harlem Renaissance

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Purchasing products by making small payments over a set period of time

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Installment buying

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The process of converting homes and businesses to use electricity

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electrification

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An American music style combining work songs, gospel music, spirituals and African rhythms that became popular in the 1920s

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Jazz

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A total ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor/alcohol throughout the United States, established by the 18th Amendment to the Constitution

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Prohibition

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A period of time in late 1919-early 1920 where there was public fear of Communism and government raids on "suspicious groups."

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The Red Scare

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An illegal liquor store or nightclub where alcohol was sold during Prohibition

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speakeasy

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Henry Ford made the Model T automobile reliable and affordable using what?

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the assembly line