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The 1920's
The Roaring Twenties with Ms. Baggott
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sacco and Vanzetti | 2 "anarchists" executed for murder and robbery. Braintree MA 1920. |
| Communism | a gov't that proposes gov't control over the economy and property to promote equality A nation of workers |
| Teapot Dome | Spectacular example of government corruption. Sec of Interior Albert Fall secretly leases oil to Sinclair Oil Company. President Harding not charged with corruption because he died suddenly in 1923. |
| President Harding | President from 1921 to 1923. Republican. "Ohio Gang" were crooked politicians (Cabinet Members) who steal money. |
| President Coolidge | President 1923 to 1928, Republican. A man of integrity (honesty). "Silent Cal" "The chief business of the American people is business." |
| Fundamentalism | Protestant religous movement that believed the Bible is the source of truth. |
| Scopes Monkey Trial | Evolution v. Creationism (fundamentalist). teaching religion in the public schools. The teacher was forbidden to teach evolution (science) because it contradict fundamentalist beliefs. Teacher found guilty and fined. |
| Al Capone | Bootlegger and crime syndicate leader of Chicago. Dies in jail for tax evasion (IRS). |
| speakeasies | illegal saloons. |
| Assembly line | Labor and Manufacturing. Speeding up factory production. Allows for mass production and low prices. Worker does not need to be skilled for repetitive job. |
| 18th Admendment | Prohibition 1920 - 1933 |
| Bootlegging | Illegal production, transportation, and or sale of alcohol |
| Red Scare | Fear of Communism in America after the Russian Revolution. Keep those foreign troublemakers away. |
| Anarchists | proponents of "no government" at all |
| Installment Plans | Buying consumer goods with money down and then make monthly installments (payments) |
| Flappers | emancipated ('free') young women who wears new fashions and attitudes Short dresses and smoking |
| Louis Armstrong | Harlem Renaissance African American Jazz trumpet player |
| Henry Ford | Auto Mobile Manufacturer. Revolutionized the assembly line. Made the Model T affordable (installment plans) for workers. |
| Langston Hughes | Harlem Renaissance's best known poet |
| Consumer Economy | Free market system where supply and consumer demand sets the price of goods and services |
| The Lost Generation | Returning WWI soldiers who never reentered American Society due to PTSD and alienation |
| KKK | Used fear and intimidation to prevent African Americans from exercising their rights. |
| Great Migration | During WWI African Americans move from the South to the North to work in Factory jobs made vacant by enlistment |
| Harlem Rennaissance | Writers, Musicians, artists who influenced American culture |
| Isolationism | Keep the US out of Foreign affairs. No League of Nations |
| WJ Bryan | Lawyer (fundamentalist) for School District |
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