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Roaring 20

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President Warren Harding Harding was a good man but betrayed by members of his cabinet
Ohio Gang nickname of Harding’s corrupt cabinet
Teapot Dome Scandal Cabinet member Albert Fall was sent to federal prison for taking a bribe from oil execs.
Red Scare fear of communism and anarchy during the 1920’s
Installment Buying buying a product on credit or putting a small percent down and making monthly payments
Great Migration millions of African Americans moved to northern cities in search of better jobs and opportunities
Nativists people who were against all immigration to the U.S.
KKK had a resurgence during the 1920’s; starting targeting immigrants, Catholics, Jews
Harlem Renaissance led to widespread recognition of African American artists, musicians and writers
Jazz Musicians Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington Bessie Smith (blues/jazz singer)
Jacob Lawrence painted scenes of Great Migration
Calvin Coolidge “Coolidge Prosperity”; one of the biggest economic booms in U.S. history
Roaring 20’s Culture More varieties of music, consumer culture flourished, automobiles, electrical appliances, and other widely available consumer products.
F. Scott Fitzgerlad The Great Gatsby, novel depicting the lives of the wealthy during the 1920’s
John Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath; farmers leave Dust Bowl looking for work in CA
Georgia O’Keefe painted many urban scenes and scenes of the Southwest U.S.
Flappers women who wore shorter dresses, bobbed hair and makeup
Scopes Trial high school biology teacher, John Scopes, was put on trial for violating Tennessee state law which prohibited the teaching Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
Prohibition made law by 18th amendment lasted from 1920-1933 speakeasies (illegal bars); bootleggers; rise in organized crime (Al Capone)
Automobile paved and expanded roads; creation of suburbs; new restaurants and hotels, creation of millions of new jobs
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