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Chapter 24-25
Postwar Society: 1920s
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Harlem Renaissance | A modern artistic and literary movement that celebrates African American life and culture in early twentieth-century Harlem, New York. |
| National Origins Act | A federal law, passed in 1929 that curtailed immigration. |
| Scopes trial | A.K.A "Monkey Trial" it was celebrated 1924 contest that pitted Darwinian evolutionists against fundamentalist "Creationists." |
| Bonus Army | A gathering of 20,000 Great War veterans in Washington, DC in June 1932, to demand immediate payment of their "adjusted compensation" bonuses voted by congress in 1924. |
| "good neighbor" | President Hoover's policy to promote better relations between the United States and nations in the Western Hemisphere |
| Teapot Dome scandal | Scandal during the administration of Warren Harding in which the Secretary of the Interior, accepted bribes from oil companies. |
| Ku Klux Klan | A vigilante group that used violence and intimidation to drive African Americans out of politics. |
| Henry Ford | The founder of the Ford Motor Company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line. |
| Marcus Garvey | Jamaican political leader. He was also a proponent of the Pan-Africanism movement. Also founded the Black Star Line. |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald | American novelist and short story writer during the 1920s. One of the novels he wrote was The Great Gatsby. |
| John Scopes | Was a teacher in Tennessee, who was charged with violating the Tennessee's Butler Act. |
| Jim Thorpe | Became the first Native American to win a gold medal for his home country. |
| Zora Neale Hurston | African-American novelist, short story writer. She was a writer during the Harlem Renaissance. |
| Prohibition | A nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages. |
| Fundamentalism | rejected the theory of evolution as well as advanced hypotheses on the origin of the universe. |
| Margaret Sanger | American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse. Popularized the term "birth control." |
| Bartolomeo Vanzetti | Was an anarchist, who with Ferdinando Nicola Sacco was convicted of murdering two men. |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt | Served as the 32nd President of the United States, and emerged as central figure in world events during the mid-20th century. |
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