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The Roaring Twenties
Roaring Twenties
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the US and 14 other countries signed the pact which outlawed war. | KELLOG-BRIAND PACT (1928) |
| President Harding's idea for the US to return to life as it had been before World War I. | RETURN (BACK) TO NORMALCY |
| period during the 1920's where people feared communism; communists and anarchists were arrested and foreigners were deported. | RED SCARE |
| wanting to preserve America for native-born white Americans and limit immigration. | NATIVISM |
| people who want government ownership of all property. | COMMUNIST |
| 1920-1933 - alcohol was illegal. | PROHIBITION |
| limited immigration. This law discriminated against people in southern and Eastern Europe by limiting immigration from these countries more than Northern and Western Europe. | QUOTA SYSTEM |
| hundreds of thousands of African Americans moved from the south to northern cities. There was competition with whites for jobs and housing, which led to urban race riots. | GREAT MIGRATION |
| rebirth of African American culture in Harlem; African American musicians, artists and writers settled in Harlem. | HARLEM RENAISSANCE |
| banned the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol illegal. | 18TH AMENDMENT |
| Gives women the right to vote/last group given suffrage | 19TH AMENDMENT |
| ended prohibition | 21ST AMENDMENT |
| buying on credit. You could buy a new refrigerator for a small down payment, take it home and then make monthly payments with interest. | INSTALLMENT BUYING |
| a social movement urging reduced or prohibited use of alcoholic beverages. | TEMPERANCE |
| a series of riots in 1943 during World War II that broke out in Los Angeles, California, between Anglo American (white) sailors and Marines stationed in the city and Latino youths, who were recognizable by the zoot suits they favored. | ZOOT SUIT RIOTS |
| distilling illegal liquor is done underground or “in the moonlight”. The term bootlegger comes from early colonists who hid liquor in their boots in order to smuggle it to the Native Americans. | MOONSHINE |
| is an establishment that illegally sells alcoholic beverages. | SPEAKEASIES |
| the prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol, esp. in the US between 1920 and 1933 | PROHIBITION |
| Wanted gov’t out of business/corrupt cabinet/”return to normalcy” | WARREN HARDING |
| “Business of America is business”/stay cool with Cal/pro business | CALVIN COOLIDGE |
| a scandal under the Harding administration in which government officials were accused of taking bribes to allow oil be mined from federal lands. | TEAPOT DOME Scandal |
| Radio/better informed public/Talkies/home goods | 20'S TECH |
| Sec. Palmer’s home bombed/fear of communists/round up immigrants. | PALMER RAIDS |
| Anti black, Catholic, Jewish, and anti immigrant. | KU KLUX KLAN |
| Sacco and Vanzetti trial/anarchists want no government at all. | ANARCHY |
| 20’s era woman/short haircut/short skirts/bright red lipstick/smoked cigs. | FLAPPER |
| Henry Ford/cars made cheaper and faster. This system used conveyor belts to move parts and partly assembled cars from one group of workers to another. | ASSEMBLY LINES |
| music blends European and southern styles/Louis Armstrong/Charleston. | JAZZ AGE |
| Solo flight across Atlantic/exemplifies American confidence. | CHARLES LINDBURGH |
| a famous African American poet, writer, and artist who promoted the idea that African Americans should have equal rights. | LANGSTON HUGHES |
| the first major sports star. He helped make baseball popular, and changed what Americans like to do for fun. | BABE RUTH |
| was a gang of politicians and industry leaders closely surrounding Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States of America | OHIO GANG |
| Inflated stock prices/bubble bursts/October 29, 1929 | MARKET CRASH |
| sturdy and reliable car | MODEL T |
| won the 1928 presidential election. | HERBERT HOOVER |
| characterized by the belief in a literal, or word-for-word, interpretation of the Bible. | FUNDAMENTALISM |
| High school science teacher named John T. Scopes was put on trial for teaching evolution | SCOPES TRIAL |
| encouraged black people around the world to express pride in their culture. | MARCUS GARVEY |
| motion picture with sound. | TALKIE |
| writers who criticized American society in the 1920s. | LOST GENERATION |
| people who leave their home country to live elsewhere. | EXPATRIATES |
| well known for her detailed paintings of flowers and of the Southwest. | GEORGIA O'KEEFFE |
| something that encourages people to behave a certain way | INCENTIVE |
| customary, time-honored | TRADITIONAL |
| a new idea or way of doing something | INNOVATION |
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