By Deran “Fuckface” Huntington

 Al Capone  an Italian mobster who distributed alchohal during prohibition

 Bull Market  A time when the stock market was doing very well

 Calvin Coolidge  Vice president of this time period.  Didn’t speak much

 Disarmament  Taking away the troops of a country

 Equal Rights movement  Gave women and blacks the right to vote rights

 Flappers  Different kind of style  Started smoking in public and drinking in speak easys

 Garvey, Marcus  Led the Harlem renaissance

 Harlem Renaissance  A time when black culture was being flourishing and being reborn

 Integration  Blacks and whites started to integrate in Harlem in New York City as blacks fought for equality

 Jazz  A form of music inspired by blues

 Kleenex  A brand of tissues, company started during this time period this

 Langsten Hughes  A poet and book writer. Wrote The souls Of blacks a novel that told the two sides of blacks during this time period

 Marathon dancing  Contests held to see who could dance the longest, tested endurance and spirit of contestants. Record is 27 straight hours held by Alma Cummings 32

 New Negro movement  Led by Marcus Garvey  Another name for the Harlem Renaissance

 “Old fashion girl”  Dress and acted more traditional and formal than the flappers

 Prohibition  A ban of alchohal in the early 1900`s

 Quote system- everybody had to do the same amount of work.

 Recession  An economic slump

 Stocks  Shares of a company that can be bought and owned by investers

 “Torpedo”  A hired gun, most often affiliated with mobsters and crime.

 Unions  Unions right were controlled by court and employees created company unions

 Valentino  Rudolph Valentino  Famous actor played as “Sheik”

 Warren G. Harding  President during this time  Died of a heart attack

 Xylophone  An instrument very popular in this time period

 Yankees  Babe Ruth a famous baseball player of the yankees had a 60 home run season and 714 in his season

 Zora Neale Hurston  Collected African American folklore, stories and prayers before the culture died