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U.S. History 10A
Quiz on 1920s politics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Communism (Red Scare) | Based on the writings of Karlmarx a philosophy asking the workers of the world to unite in revolution; party formation, bombs, and public fear. |
| Anarchist | People who opposed any form of government; Palmer Raids |
| Palmer Raids | Attorney general who looked for trouble makers by invading homes, seizing effects, arresting and deporting those targeted; A Mitchell Palmer, FBI, ACLU |
| Sacco and Vanzetti | Italian, anarchist immigrants accused, tried, and found guilty of robbery and murder and electrocuted in 1927. |
| Quota System | Emergency quota act of 1921, established limits to the number of people who could enter the U.S. form a foreign nation %, W.A.S.P W-white A-anglo S-axon P-Protestant |
| Kellog-Briand Pact | Fifteen countries renounced war and announced intentions to disarm in 1928 |
| Fordney-McCumber Tariff | Import tax of 60 % enacted in 1922 intended to protect U.S. business. |
| Ohio Gang | President Harding's corrupt friends who were part of the Cabinet and Used their offices for personal benefit. |
| Name some fears after the great war. | -Labor Unrest -Gender Differences -Lack of peace -Racial Disputes -Spanish Flu |
| Teapot Dome | The transfer of naval protected oil lands to an oil companies lease and the collection of payment by secretary of the interior Albert Fall |
| Business Boom or False Prosperity | Boomtime- Rise of per capital earnings, GDPS, 40% of the worlds wealth False Prosperity- Installment plan, Income Gap, Railroad struggle, Farmers, Debt |
| Urban Sprawl | The spreading out of cities growth |
| Model T and A | Fords assembly line produced autos that provided mobility for the nation |
| Materialism | An accumulation of unneeded items for personal use |
| Installment Plan | Buy now pay later with interest, CREDIT, paying the money back with interest |
| Temperance/ Prohibition (18th) | the ban of selling, making, and consuming alcohol |
| Speakeasies | illegal secret bars that required a secret code to get in |
| Bootleggers | illegal selling of alcohol in the 1920's |
| Scopes Trial | 'The Monkey Trial' - the fight over evolution and the role of science and religion in public schools |
| Flapper (19th) | Women who were allowed to live more freely. Were able to smoke, drink. |
| Charleston/ Dance Movement | A dance where you swing your arms and legs fastly |
| Spirit of St. Louis | Plane flown by Charles Lingbergh on May 20-21, 1927. From New York to Paris. |
| The Jazz Singer | The first movie with sound in it |
| Steamboat Willie | First animated cartoon with sound by Walt Disney |
| KDKA | First public radio broadcast that began in Pittsburgh in 1920 |
| Harlem Ranaissance | African Americans sparked creativity in art, music, and literature. |
| Traditional | Rule of Law, 18th Amendment, Homemaker, Creationism, Segregation |
| Modern | Law breaking, Bootleggers/ speakeasies, flapper, evolution |
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