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Danielle Easterday
Chapter 12 and Chapter 13 Vocab.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nativism | Prejudice against foreign-born people. |
| Isolationism | A policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs. |
| Communism | An economic and political system based on a single-party government ruled by a dictatorship. |
| Anarchists | People who opposed any form of government. |
| Sacco and Vanzetti | Famous victims of the Red Scare who evaded the draft during WWI.They were arrested and charged with robbery and murder of a factory paymaster and his guard. |
| Quota System | A system that established the maximum number of people who could enter the U.S. from each foreign country. |
| John L. Lewis | The new leader of The United Mine Workers of America. He organized a strike on November 1, 1919. Was a national hero. |
| Warren G. Harding | Was described as a good-natured man who wanted "normalcy" and brought words of peace and calm. Was a U.S. president. |
| Charles Evan Hughes | Secretary of State who urged for no warships to be made for 10 years from U.S., Great Britain, Japan, France, and Italy. |
| Fordney-McCumber Tariff | Raised taxes on U.S. imports to 60%-the highest level ever. |
| Ohio Gang | The president's poker-playing cronies, who caused a great deal of embarrassment. |
| Teapot Dome Scandal | Was corruption against the government. |
| Albert B. Fall | Secretary of the Inferior who secretly leased land to two private companies and suddenly received $400,00. He was found guilty of bribery and became the first American to be convicted of a felony while holding a cabinet post. |
| Calvin Coolridge | The new president who fit into the pro-business spirit of the 1920's very well. |
| Urban Sprawl | the unplanned and uncontrolled spreading of cities into surrounding regions. |
| Installment Plan | Enabled people to buy goods over an extended period without having to put down too much money at the time of the purchase. |
| Prohibition | The manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages were legally prohibited. |
| Speakeasies | Underground or hidden saloons and nightclubs where drinkers could obtain liquor illegally. Many spoke quietly or "easily" to avoid detection. |
| Bootleggers | People who smuggled liquor in the legs of their boots and got it from Canada, Cuba, and the West Indies. |
| Fundamentalism | The Protestant movement in which fundamentalists believed everything the Bible said. The Bible was supposed to be taken literally. |
| Clarence Darrow | The most famous trial lawyer, defended Scopes. |
| Scopes Trial | Was a fight over evolution and the role of science and religion in public schools and American Society. |
| Flapper | An emancipated young woman who embraced new fashions and urban attitudes of the day. |
| Double Standard | A set of principles granting greater sexual freedom to men than to woman and required women to observe stricter standards of behavior than men did. |
| Charles A. Lindbergh | A small-town pilot who made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic. |
| George Gershwin | Was a concert music composer who merged traditional elements with American Jazz. |
| Georgia O'Keeffe | Produced intensely colored canvases that captured the grandeur of New York. |
| Sinclair Lewis | The first American to win a Nobel Prize in literature, and was among the era's most outspoken critics. |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald | Came up with the term "Jazz Age" to describe the 1920's. |
| Edna St. Vincent Millay | Wrote poems celebrating youth and a life of independence and freedom from traditional constraints. |
| Ernest Hemingway | Was the best-known expatriate author. |
| Zora Neale Hurston | A girl in Eatonville, Florida who struggled to the top of African-American literary society. |
| James Weldon Johnson | Poet, lawyer, and NAACP executive secretary who organized the fight for legislation to protect African-American rights. |
| Marcus Garvey | An immigrant from Jamaica who believed that African Americans should build a separate society. |
| Harlem Renaissance | A literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture. |
| Claude McKay | Was a novelist, poet, and Jamaican immigrant who was a major figure and whose militant verses urged African-Americans to resist prejudice and discrimination. |
| Langston Hughes | Was the movement's best-known poet. |
| Paul Robeson | The son of a one-time slave who became a major dramatic actor. |
| Louis Armstrong | A young trumpet player who was famous for his astounding sense of rhythm and his ability to improvise. |
| Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington | A jazz pianist and composer who led to a 10-piece orchestra. |
| Bessie Smith | A female blues singer who was the outstanding vocalist of the decade. |
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