1920s Flashcards

1
Q

Boston police strike

A

protesting the disapproval of organizing a nation

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2
Q

Demobilization

A

discharge from military service

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3
Q

communisum

A

property and wealth are owned by all rather than individual

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4
Q

capitalism

A

individuals own capital goods v.s government

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5
Q

red scare

A

communism is about to spread in america

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6
Q

palmer raids

A

red scare- attorney general organizing arrests and deportations

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7
Q

sharecropping

A

don’t own the land you work reason why they left the south

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8
Q

19th amendment

A

women’s right to vote

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9
Q

anarchism

A

bombings- get rid of government

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10
Q

butler act

A

law in tennessee banned the teaching of evalution

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11
Q

flappers

A

embrace freedom

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12
Q

“Push factors” of migration

A

famine, poverty, discrimination, political oppression, economic

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13
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“Pull factors” of migration

A

job opportunities, political and religious freedom

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14
Q

assimilation

A

becoming similar to others by taking in their customs and cultures

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15
Q

nativism

A

favoring “native-born” over immigrants

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16
Q

quota system

A

establishes a percentage of people that are allowed to come into the united states

17
Q

chicago race riot- 1919

A

hit with rock on the beach (red summer)

18
Q

tulsa massacre

A

resentment from white people, black man and white women on elevator

19
Q

immigration act of 1924

A

limited the amount of immigrants allowed in the U.S

20
Q

volstead act

A

law that enforces prohibition

21
Q

ku klux klan

A

terrorist movement against african americans

22
Q

great migration

A

moving out of the south

23
Q

a mitchell palmer

A

attorney general of the united states- in charge of palmer riots

24
Q

18th amendment

A

alcohol prohibition

25
Q

strikes

A

refusal to work

26
Q

black nationalism

A

maintain black racial and national identity

27
Q

russian rev

A

abolished monarchy; adopted a socialist gov

28
Q

pan-africanism

A

idea that black people should stick together more in common identify

29
Q

immigration act of 1921

A

only taking 3 percent of population of non-native americans

30
Q

secularism

A

emphesis on science and reason to solve problems

31
Q

fundamentalism

A

people that want to take the bible literally

32
Q

scopes trial

A

tenessee violates the butler act

33
Q

New Women

A

generation of younger women working, access to education, taking control of their own life