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History
8th Grade
05/22/2012

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Term
Jazz Age –
Definition
music that mixed African rhythms, ragtime and the blues. Represents the mood of the Roaring 20’s
Term
Flappers –
Definition
women who drank, smoked, cut their hair and wore short skirts during Roaring 20’s
Term
1924 –
Definition
two women elected state governors
Term
Mass media –
Definition
communications trying to reach a large audience
Term
Popular culture –
Definition
songs, dancing, fashion and slang terms
Term
Fundamentalism –
Definition
religious movement that believed that every word in the Bible was absolutely true and objected to
turning away from Biblical principles by popular culture
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Scopes Monkey Trial –
Definition
science teacher in Dayton, Tennessee put on trial for illegally teaching evolution in public school
in 1925
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Prohibition –
Definition
18th Amendment passed in 1920 banning alcohol
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Speakeasies –
Definition
secret nightclubs that supplied illegal alcohol
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Bootleggers –
Definition
– people who made and sold illegal alcohol
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Shine Runners
Definition
– people who loaded alcohol to sell in cars and tried to out run the police to get it into town (these cars
are the precursor to NASCAR)
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Al Capone –
Definition
Chicago gangster who took advantage of Prohibition to provide illegal alcohol and other illegal activities
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