1920's

Question 1

Red Scare

Answer 1

The Red Scare was the national fear of Communism in the U.S. (esp after WW1 and what was going in the USSR.)

Question 2

Palmer Raids

Answer 2

The Palmer Raids were when Attorney General Palmer would conduct illegal raids in suspected immigrants and/or radicals houses to arrest and deport them.

Question 3

Sedition Act

Answer 3

The Sedition Act of 1918 made it a crime to say anything even remotely negative about the U.S. or U.S. government.

Question 4

Sacco and Vanzetti

Answer 4

The Sacco and Vanzetti trial was a famous trial about the robbery of a bank and murder of two men-Sacco and Vanzetti were targeted for being Italian.

Question 5

KKK

Answer 5

The Ku Klux Klan is a white supremacist, hate group that specifically targeted African Americans and Immigrants in the 1920’s.

Question 6

urban sprawl

Answer 6

the growth and expansion of cities and suburbs.

Question 7

The Birth of a Nation

Answer 7

motto used to encourage Prohibition because it “remade society in god’s image” but it was also used by the KKK as a recruitment tool, arguing their “club” did the same thing.

Question 8

Robert and Helen Lynd

Answer 8

The authors of Middletown, a study on American society (contemporary society)

Question 9

installment plans

Answer 9

developed in the 20’s to encourage ppl to buy expensive items (cars, fridges, etc.) make a small down payment on an item and pay the rest in monthly installments.

Question 10

Prohibition

Answer 10

an attempt to “remake society in god’s image” banned the manufacture, transport, and sale of alcohol.

Question 11

18th amendment

Answer 11

ratified in 1919, took effect in 1920. Established the prohibition of alcoholic drinks

Question 12

Volstead Act

Answer 12

The Volstead Act clarified the new rules of/surrounding prohibition.

Question 13

speakeasies

Answer 13

illegalization of alcohol led to bars disguising themselves as something different on the outside.

Question 14

bootleggers

Answer 14

someone who would illegally make, and sometimes sell, their own alcohol during the prohibition.

Question 15

Al Capone

Answer 15

famous crime master and bootlegger of the 1920’s-got caught with tax evasion

Question 16

Women’s Christian Temperance Union

Answer 16

The WCTU fought for prohibition, progressive reform, women’s suffrage, social gospel, prison reform.

Question 17

Anti Saloon League

Answer 17

focused on the legal prohibition of alcohol. Printed anti-drinking brochures, lobbied businessmen and lawmakers w pro-prohibition ideals, and appealed to church members for support.

Question 18

Scopes Trial

Answer 18

staged trial in 1925, John Scopes taught evolution in a science class, question of religion vs science in school curriculum gets brought to court.

Question 19

Clarence Darrow

Answer 19

John Scopes’ defense lawyer, one of the most famous and successful criminal lawyers of the time. (known as the force of the modernists)

Question 20

William Jennings Bryan

Answer 20

Prosecuter against John in the Scopes trial. Fundamentalist and believer in the bible, ran for president under the democratic party several times but never succeeded.

Question 21

fundamentalism

Answer 21

a form of religion that believed in the strict and literal interpretation of scripture.

Question 22

presidents Harding, Coolidge, Hoover

Answer 22

Harding(21-23) conservative president w bad moral character, didn’t do much and served a short term because he got assasinated, and replaced with Coolidge. Coolidge (23-29) known as silent Cal bc he ran a quiet government and stayed out of things. Conservatism, pro women’s suffrage, vaguely against prohibition, was a very respected pres. Hoover(29-33) conservative, held office during Great Depression.

Question 23

U.S. involvement in Central and South America

Answer 23

There was aggressive American investment in these underdeveloped countries, US companies deemed them “unable” and took over their economy and resources. US dominance stifled democratic growth, and encouraged US military regimes in long term.

Question 24

Dawes Plan

Answer 24

The attempt to reduce debt after WW1. America extended loans to Germany->who payed reparations to France and England->who used money to repay part of their loan to US. (lending more money to Europe to pay the US)

Question 25

Kellogg-Briand Pact

Answer 25

aka the Pact of Paris, outlawed war. had no teeth to enforce it.

Question 26

Tulsa Race Massacre

Answer 26

misinterpreted incident between a black man and white woman, which left the black man facing serious backlash and even being executed, led to deadliest revolt/fight in Tulsa history, estimated 300 dead. Greenwood District was known as “Black Wall Street” in the 20’s before this massacre happened.

Question 27

flapper

Answer 27

a young girl in the 20’s who enjoyed drinking, smoking, dancing, partying, etc. and would do so openly. Important figures in women’s suffrage movement, fighting against double standards (men get drunk openly and freely but when women do so its shameful)

Question 28

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Answer 28

writer and spokesman of the Harlem Renaissance, married to flapper girl Zelda Fitzgerald.

Question 29

Bessie Coleman

Answer 29

first African American woman to earn pilot’s license in 1921.

Question 30

Charles Lindbergh

Answer 30

American pilot and military officer, and first person to complete a solo overseas flight.

Question 31

George Gershwin

Answer 31

jazz musician, composer, and pianist of the Harlem Renaissance.

Question 32

Ernst Hemingway

Answer 32

Novelist, journalist, & short story writer of the 20’s.

Question 33

Great Migration

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hundreds of thousands of African Americans migrated from the south to the north/midwest after realizing they would have a better standard of living up there due to the booming economy.

Question 34

Harlem Renaissance

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Black literature, music, theater, visual and creative arts, and businesses were booming in Harlem and the effects of the New-Negro movement and Great Migration were in full swing.

Question 35

Marcus Garvey+ Universal Negro Improvement Association

Answer 35

Garvey, the founder of the UNIA, which focused on black nationalism, economic self-sufficiency, and encouraged celebrating black culture and heritage.

Question 36

Langston Hughes

Answer 36

Harlem Renaissance poet that wrote about the “true black experience”.

Question 37

Paul Robeson

Answer 37

a true Harlem Renaissance man, Robeson was a successful football athlete, bass-baritone artist, actor, and activist.

Question 38

Louis Armstrong

Answer 38

jazz musician of the Harlem Renaissance.

Question 39

Duke Ellington

Answer 39

pianist, composer, and jazz musician of the Harlem Renaissance.

Question 40

Bessie Smith

Answer 40

American singer of the Renaissance