AP US The 1920s Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Harlem Renaissance | black culture~music, literature, art plays. Illustrates African American perspective of life in US. |
| Andrew mellon | Secretary of Treasury to Harding. Mellon Plan= cut income tax rate, cut taxes on low income, reduce federal estate tax, efficiency in gov. Overall inscreased federal revenue and cut spending in hopes to reduce dept from war |
| Consumerism | inscreased supple of consumer goods= more adversiting and white collar jobs |
| Red Scare | "new" immigrants bring socialism, communism, anarchism. Bombing actualize threat. ex)Sacco and Zanetti |
| Teapot Dome Scandal | HARDING. Sec of Interior Albert Fall illegally leased gov't oil fields reserved for navy to private firms |
| Washington Naval Conferences | Agreement to reduce # of battleships of world's largest navies |
| Palmer Raids | A. Mitchell Palmer. round up and deportation of suspected socialist/communists/anarchists on "soviet ark" back to Russia |
| Volstead Act | PROHIBITION> makes it illegal to sell, trad,e transfer alcohol. "the nobel experiment" fails due to understaffed and underfunded. leads to increase in organized crime. |
| H.L Mencken | wrote "The American Language" reported Scopes trial. |
| John Scopes | violates Tennessee law prohibiting teaching of evolution |
| Klan | rise of KKK, added catholics and foreigners. no longer secret, openly participating in govnt. ` |
| Writers of the 20s | Ernest Hemingway~"a farewell to arms" "sun also rises" emphasizes loss of innocence due to war. Sinclair Lewis "main street bobbit" satires of small town life and conformity. F Sct Fitzgerald- The Great Gatsby |
| Presidents of the 20s | ALL REPUBLICAN, PRO-BUSINESS AND CONSERVATIVE. Harding-1920, Coolidge 1924 Hoover 1928 |
| Policies of Presidents | High Tariffs (Fordney-McCUmber 1922) and (Smoo-Howley 1930), Diminish power of regulatory agencies, low tax for wealthy, supported trade associations, suppressed labor unions |
| Economic Trends | Mass production, mergers, UNIONS WEAKENED-associated with radicals/communists. Welfare Capitalism=attempt to discourage unions thru benefits, vacation, bonuses |
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