11.1 1920s vocab

1. was a 1925 Tennessee court case in which it was ruled illegal to teach evolution

• Great Migration

• Harlem Renaissance

• Red Scare

• Scopes trial

1. was a mass migration of african americans from the south

• Great Migration

• Harlem Renaissance

• Red Scare

• Scopes trial

was a period of rich artistic and cultural activity among African Americans between 1917 and 1945

• Great Migration

• Harlem Renaissance

• Red Scare

• Scopes trial

was an outbreak of fear of communism in  the US after Russia falls to communism

• Great Migration

• Harlem Renaissance

• Red Scare

• Scopes trial

was a manmade ten year drought that destroyed the topsoil and farming in the midwest.

• Great Migration

• Financial over speculation

• The Dust Bowl

• Runs on banks

1. is buying stock with money borrowed from banks or brokerage houses

• Buying on margin

• Financial over speculation

• The Dust Bowl

• Runs on banks

1. is excessive risk taken in an attempt to make money quickly 

• Buying on margin

• Financial over speculation

• The Dust Bowl

• Runs on banks

were when people ran to banks in the 1930s in fear to get their money, causing them to close

• Buying on margin

• Financial over speculation

• The Dust Bowl

• Runs on banks

1. raised the tariffs on imported crops and goods by up to 40%

• Buying on margin

• Financial over speculation

• Hawley Smoot Tariff

• Flappers

1. were women who used new freedoms to drink, smoke, and vote in the 1920s

• Buying on margin

• Financial over speculation

• Hawley Smoot Tariff

• Flappers