Acc. American Cultures Vocab - 1920´s

Question 1

Favoring the interests of native born people over foreign born people.

Answer 1

Nativism

Question 2

This was the flowering of African - American society in the arts and literature. This began in NYC and helped to bring attention to the talents of black Americans.

Answer 2

The Harlem Renassiance

Question 3

This was the time during the 1920´s in which the public had a fear of a potential communist takeover. Many gov leaders were arrested b/c it was feared that they were communist.

Answer 3

The red scare

Question 4

These two men were Italian immigrants who were also anarchists. They were arrested, convicted and put to death for robbery and murder. Their arrest and conviction was a result of nativist fear of immigrants.

Answer 4

Sacco and Vanzeth

Question 5

This is a theory that is based on the belief that the origin of man is that of the Biblical account recorded in the book of Genesis.

Answer 5

Creation Science (Creationism)

Question 6

This is a theory that all species developed from earlier forms of life and developed gradually over time. The person that developed this theory was Charles Darwin.

Answer 6

Evolution

Question 7

This writer coined the term the ¨Jazz Age¨ to describe the 1920´s. Two of his most famous books were: This side of Paradise and The Great Gatsby.

Answer 7

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Question 8

This man was a national hero. He made the 1st non-stop flight over the Atlantic Ocean. The name of his plane was the ¨Spirit of St. Louis

Answer 8

Charles Lindbergh

Question 9

Set of prinicples that granted men more freedoms then women. Women were often required to stricter standards of behavior than men.

Answer 9

Double Standard

Question 10

This was a Protestant religous movement that is grounded in the belief that the Bible is infalliable and literally true. This movement was very popular in the south during the 1920´s

Answer 10

Fundementalism

Question 11

This man was the most famous defense attorney of the day. He defended John Scopes on the Scopes trial.

Answer 11

Clarence Darrow

Question 12

This was a famous court case in which John Scopes was put in trial for challenging a Tennessee law that forbade the teaching of Evolution. The court case took place in Dayton, Tennessee in 1925.

Answer 12

The scopes trial

Question 13

This was a name given to free-thinking young women who embraced new fashions and urban attitudes that became prevalent in the 1920´s

Answer 13

Flappers

Question 14

This system established the maximun number of people that could enter the U.S. form each foreign country. The goal was to reduce the immigrants from E and S Europe.

Answer 14

Quota system

Question 15

Alchol is forbidden from being sold, manufactured, and transported in the U.S.
1920-1933

Answer 15

Prohibition

Question 16

This wsa a name that was given to a person that smuggled alchol illegally.

Answer 16

Bootleger