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USH The Jazz Age
US Ch 11 The Jazz Age (1920's)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| large scale product manufacturing usually done by machine; increased number of products, decreased cost | MASS PRODUCTION |
| this man was responsible for manufacturing the Model T on an assembly line, making it the first affordable, reliable automobile in the US | HENRY FORD |
| period of rising stock prices; signals prosperity | BULL MARKET |
| period of falling stock prices; signals investors are worried | BEAR MARKET |
| platform of Warren Harding (1920) to return US to a "normal life" after WWI; no Progressive reforms; laissez faire economics | NORMALCY |
| Secretary of the Interior under Harding; involved in Teapot Dome Scandal | ALBERT B. FALL |
| scandal involving Albert Fall secretly leasing lands containing US Naval oil reserves in Teapot Dome, Wyoming to private interests and receiving bribes | TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL |
| conference attended by leading nations to halt the arms race | WASHINGTON NAVAL DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE |
| pact drawn up between US and France (signed by 62 nations) to "outlaw war as an instrument of national policy" | KELLOGG-BRIAND PACT |
| no involvement in international politics and issues; Americans wanted to be left alone to pursue prosperity | ISOLATIONISM |
| growing trend to emphasize science and secular (nonreligious) values over traditional ideas about religion and culture; seen in urban areas | MODERNISM |
| beliefs of those who favored a more traditional view of religion, culture and science; embraced by those in rural areas | TRADITIONALISM |
| belief in basic truths of Protestant religion including that every word of the Bible was the literal truth | FUNDAMENTALISM |
| trend that challenged traditional ideas about marriage, work, etc and glorified youth and personal freedom | NEW MORALITY |
| Charles Darwin's theory that humans had developed from simpler life forms | EVOLUTION |
| Fundamentalist belief that the world and humans had been created by God, as described in the Bible | CREATIONISM |
| Tennessee state law that made it illegal to teach evolution in public schools | BUTLER ACT |
| trial of Tennessee public school teacher who was arrested for teaching evolution; also known as the "Monkey Trial" | SCOPES TRIAL |
| defense attorney for John Scopes | CLARENCE DARROW |
| a belief that native-born whites were superior to newcomers; this group felt immigrants took jobs and threatened American culture | NATIVISM |
| established by the Emergency Quota Act and National Origins Act, this system limited the number of immigrants from specific countries | QUOTA SYSTEM |
| mainly rural group that targeted blacks, Jews, Catholics and immigrants | KU KLUX KLAN |
| name given to the leader of the "Invisible Empire" (KKK) | IMPERIAL WIZARD |
| Constitutional Amendment that prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol | 18th AMENDMENT |
| Congressional act that made the enforcement of the 18th Amendment the responsibility of the US Treasury Dept.; this gave the US government police power | VOLSTEAD ACT |
| government's power to control people and property in the public's interest | POLICE POWERS |
| secret drinking establishments during Prohibition | SPEAKEASIES |
| people that sold illegal alcohol to consumers | BOOTLEGGERS |
| Amendment that repealed the 18th Amendment and ended prohibition | 21st AMENDMENT |
| radio, newspapers, movies and magazines; unified the nation and spread ideas and attitudes | MASS MEDIA |
| film star of silent films; known for his portrayal of the Little Tramp | CHARLIE CHAPLIN |
| movies with sound synchronized to the action; Jazz Singer was the first | TALKIES |
| American hero who flew the Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic; first solo, nonstop flight | CHARLES LINDBERGH |
| young women who was a symbol of the changing American woman; short hair, rouged cheeks, short skirts | FLAPPER |
| name given by Gertrude Stein to American writers of the 1920's who had lost faith in their culture and society (F. Scott Fitzgerald,Ernest Hemingway) | LOST GENERATION |
| relocation of millions of African Americans to northern cities in search of racial equality, jobs, a better life | GREAT MIGRATION |
| center of African American life in New York, where 200,000 blacks settled | HARLEM |
| African American leader who immigrated to Harlem from Jamaica; established the Universal Negro Improvement Association; promoted "Black Consciousness" or Negro Nationalism | MARCUS GARVEY |
| American music form that is based on improvisation, combining blues, ragtime and European-based popular music (Louis Armstrong) | JAZZ |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald's name for the 1920s | THE JAZZ AGE |
| famous jazz trumpet player from New Orleans | LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
| famous Harlem nightclub where black musicians and singers performed for white audiences | COTTON CLUB |
| flowering of African American culture by novelists, poets and artists | HARLEM RENAISSANCE |
| most famous of African American poets | LANGSTON HUGHES |
| African American writer from Jamaica | CLAUDE MCKAY |
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