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Module 4 (1 of 2)
Roaring 20s
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Traditionalism | Belief that the world was changing too much. Typically lived in rural areas |
| Modernism | Embraced the changing world. Typically lived in urban (cities) areas |
| Great Migration | Migration of Black Americans out of the South to Northern cities to escape racism and find employment. Cities include Baltimore, New York City, and Detroit |
| Radio | Allowed for news and trends to reach the entire United States quickly. Also turned sports stars such as Babe Ruth into celebrities |
| Babe Ruth | Baseball player became a nationwide celebrity in part because of the radio |
| Charlie Chaplin | Movie star who became a celebrity due to the rising popularity of the movie |
| Charles Lindbergh | Celebrity who famously flew a plane from New York to Paris. Proved the flight was safe to American citizens |
| Country music | Became popular in large part because of the Grand Ole Opry radio show |
| Blues music | African-American music that emphasizes hard times and lost love |
| W.C. Handy | Black musician who became a popular blues musician |
| Bessie Smith | Soul singer known as the "Empress of Soul" |
| Air travel | Becomes increasingly popular in the U.S. due to the success of Charles Lindbergh |
| Spread of electricity | Electricity spreads to many cities and street lights becoming increasingly electric-based. Certain areas, such as rural Appalachia (Knoxville) still lacked widespread electrical grids |
| Henry Ford | Created Ford Motor company and increasingly used the assembly line to make Model Ts |
| Ford Model T | Relatively affordable car that fundamentally changed American society (people move farther away from cities; creates an entire automotive industry) |
| Assembly line | Used by Henry Ford to build Model Ts quickly and efficiently |
| Harlem Renaissance | Time of great artistic achievement in the Black community centered in Harlem, NYC |
| Louis Armstrong | Jazz musician who popularized the music to Black and white audiences |
| Zora Neal Hurston | Black author who wrote about racial struggles during the Harlm Renaissance |
| Langston Hughes | Black poet and literary leader of the Harlem Renaissance |
| Duke Ellington | Jazz musician during the Harlem Renaissance |
| Flappers | 1920s women who defied male authority by moving to the city. Drank illegal alcohol, wore makeup and shorter dresses. Exemplified the increased independence of women |
| Margaret Sanger | Advocated for the use of birth control as a way for women to take control of their bodies |
| Women in the 1920s | Began moving to cities to take clerical and office jobs. Also went to college in larger numbers |
| First Red Scare | Fear that Americans (especially immigrants) were becoming more radical, possibly leaning towards Communism and anarchism. Leads to distrust of immigrants |
| Immigration quotas | Immigration slows in the 1920s due to nativist policies. Only a small percentage of migrants allowed to enter the U.S. |
| Ku Klux Klan | Revival in the 1920s, this time harassing immigrants, Catholics, and anyone deemed "un-American" in addition to Black Americans |
| Ida B. Wells | Reformer who campaigned against lynchings |
| NAACP | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - fought for civil rights and an end to lynching |
| Garveyism | Philospohy of Marcus Garvey who started a "Back to Africa" movement of former slaves returning to Africa. Led to an increase in Black pride and led such movement as the Black Power Movement |
| Scopes Trial | 1925 legal trial held in Dayton, TN where teacher John T. Scopes was charged with teaching evolution. Was revealed to be a sham to bring Dayton businesses more money. Represents the conflict between Traditionalism and Modernism |
| Butler Act | Act that made teaching evolution in Tennessee illegal. Broken be John T. Scopes |
| Religious fundamentalism | Belief that the Bible should be interpreted literally (i.e. evolution is heresy). Defended by William Jennings Bryan |
| Clarence Darrow | Defended John T. Scopes during the Scopes Trial by arguing that the Bible is not without error |
| William Jennings Bryan | Supported the prosecution of John T. Scopes and represented the Traditionalists and Fundamentalists |
| Organized crime | Crime the often revolved around the distribution of alcohol during Prohibition. Al Capone is among the most famous gangsters |
| Bootlegging/Rum-running | Act of illegally transporting alcohol during Prohibition |
| Speakeasy | Bar where illegal alcohol was sold during Prohibition |
| Credit | Buying a product using a loan and paying it back in monthly installments. Used to buy radios and cars |
| Consumerism | 1920s emphasis on people buying more and more goods and services |
| Financial Speculation | Risky financial investment where one would buy stock with the hope that it will quickly increase in value. Many inexperienced Americans bought stock in this manner |
| Sacco and Vanzetti | Italian Americans anarchists convicted of murdering a man. Represent the ethnic tensions of the 1920s |
| Palmer Raids | Government operations led by Mitchell Palmer to arrest and deport suspected communists. Primarily targeted Italian Americans and Jews |
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