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Sheet # 12
1920s (Grade 11)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Red Scare | After the Russian Revolution,communist started to call for a worldwide revolution to overthrow the capitalistic system. 70,000 radicals in America joined the communist party |
| Communism | a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state. |
| Palmer Raids | Attorney general sent government agents to hunt down suspected communists. |
| Sacco and Vanzetti | Two Italian immigrants who were anarchist that avoided the draft during WWI.Both were convicted of a murder on shaky evidence and executed |
| KKK | white males,native-born and believed that minority groups needed to be removed. Nativist group |
| Nativism | the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants. |
| Labor Movement | Labor enrollment drops from 5 million in 1920 to 3.5 million by 1929. |
| Kellogg-Briand Pact | Peace movement 64 nations including the United States signed the pact, which basically renounced the war. (ISOLATION) |
| Fordney-McCumber Tariff | 1922 raised tariffs to almost 60%, Europeans could not sell goods to America and therefore could not repay war debts. |
| Limiting Immigration | Emergency Quota Act 1921. Discriminated against people from eastern and southern Europe. Banned all immigrants from Japan. |
| Automobile | The use of the assembly line creates a mass production of the Ford Model T and led to a construction boom (roads,gas stations,service industry) |
| Consumer goods | Novelty goods such as radio,washing machine,vacuum cleaners are purchased widely. Very often on credits |
| 18th Amendment | Prohibition banned the sale,manufacturing and transportation of alcohol. |
| Effects of Prohibition | Bootleggers(illegal production of alcohol)Speak easy(illegal establishments that serve alcohol.Al Capone builds an empire centered around illegal distribution of alcohol. |
| Women during the 1920s | Assert their independence and demand the same freedoms as men. Birthrates drop and women enter the workforce. |
| Flapper | embraced new fashions and urban attitudes of the day.Short boyish bibs and dyed jet black hair. |
| Great Migration | 1/3 of African American population moves north to seek economic opportunities. |
| NAACP | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. |
| Harlem Renaissance | A literary and intellectual movement that fostered a new black cultural identity in the 1920s and 1930s.Created a noteworthy works of art and literature increases . During this time their is much recognition of African-American writers and musicians |
| Scat | Jazz singing using sounds not words. (HARLEM RENAISSANCE) |
| Langston Hughes | Poet who describes difficult everyday lives of working class African Americans. |
| Louis Armstrong | Trumpet player recognized during the Harlem Renaissance |
| Duke Ellington | led 10 piece orchestra recognized during the Harlem Renaissance |
| Bessie Smith | Female blues singer that was highly recognized during the Harlem Renaissance |
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Mr.Callahan
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