personal wealth increased - the amount of money Americans had doubled between 1920 and 1929., prohibition - alcoholic drinks illegal, organized crime - Criminals (gangsters) broke the law to make money. They worked in groups. Al Capone was an infamous gangster (a person in a gang)., Great Migration - movement of African Americans from the South to the North and West. They moved to cities for work or to the west for more freedom., suffrage movement - the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. They also had more opportunities for education and professional jobs., flappers - Women who had short hair, short skirts, smoked, and drank alcohol., Harlem Renaissance - a cultural movement by African American writers, musicians, and artists. ,

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