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CH 12-13 (1920s)
Barnette- Standard US history 1920s
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| F. Scott Fitzgerald | Writer of "The Great Gatsby" who coined the phrase "the Roaring Twenties" |
| Flappers | emancipated (free) yougn women who embrased new fashions (bobbed hair, shorter dresses) and urban attitudes (more assertive) |
| NAACP | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Used legal tactics to fight racism. Fought for legislations to protect Blacks. Published a book called "The Crisis" and worked with anti-lynching organizations. |
| Marcus Garvey | Started a "Black pride" movement that encouraged Blacks to go back to Africa. |
| Charles Darrow | Defense attorney in the Scopes Trial |
| William Jennings Bryan | Prosecuting attorney in the Scopes Trial |
| The Scopes Monkey Trial | Famous court case where John T. Scopes taught evolution in a public school where it was illegal to do so. Caused controversy between Darwinists and Fundamentalists |
| The Great Migration | large migration of African Americans in the south to the northern cities |
| What were characeristics of the KKK in the 1920? | Blamed national problems on immigrants, did not allow women to join, played on people's fears of political radicals, allowed members to profit from recruiting new members, hated Blacks/Immigrants/Jews/Catholics |
| Double Standard? | stricted social and moral standards for women than men in the 1920s. |
| Who was Charles Lindbergh? | Famous pilot who flew nonstop from NY to Paris in a plane called "The Spirit of St. Louis" |
| Fordney-McCumber Tariff | Raised taxes on goods entering the US |
| Sacco and Vanzetti | Immigrants charged with robbery and murder. They were convicted on circumstantial evidence and sent to the electric chair |
| Teapot Dome Scandal | When Albert B. Fall (secretary of the interior under Pres. Warren G. Harding) illegally sold government, oil-rich land to investors. Huge scandal. |
| Kellogg-Brian Pact | Said that countries would not use war as a means by which to solve problems. It was ineffective. There was no way to enforce this agreement. |
| Jazz | Born in New Orleans and spread by Louis Armstrong |
| Harlem Renaissance | celebration of African-American culture in literature and art. |
| Speakeasy | a hidden saloon in the prohibition era. |
| Why was it difficult to enforces laws governing prohibition? | It was widespread. People were determined to drink. There wasn't enough money to pay law enforcement. Many law enforcement officers took bribes. |
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