ch 24 Flashcards
Little steel
Reference to US steel competitors
William green
Became president of AFL in 1924, was committed to a peaceful cooperation with employers and to strident opposition of communism and socialism
Pink collar jobs
Low paying service occupations for women
Philip randolf
Led the brotherhood of sleeping car porters, black man that made gains for his race- raised wages and shorter work days, fought for civil rights
The American plan
Crusade for the open shop(no worker required to join a union), received endorsement from national association of manufacturers
McNary-Haugen Bill
Required parity of grain, cotton, tobacco, and rice; pres Coolidge vetoed it twice
Will hays
A former postmaster who was hired by the owners of the new trade association, motion picture association
Flapper
The modern woman whose liberated lifestyle found expression in dress, hairstyles, speech, and behavior
National women’s party
Led by Alice Paul; pressed on with campaign for the equal rights amendment, although it found little support in congress
Alice Paul
Leader of national women’s party
Charles Lindberg
First aviator to make a solo flight across Atlantic Ocean
Lost generation
Gertrude stein’s description of the young Americans emerging from WWI; felt a sense of personal alienation toward contemporary America
Sinclair Lewis
First American to win a Nobel prize in literature; lashed out at one aspect of modern society after another: the small town, the modern city, the medical profession, popular religion
Charles and Mary beard
Most influential historians of their day; stressed economic factors in tracing the development of modern society
Harlem Renaissance
New generation of black artists nd intellectuals created a flourishing African American culture
Langston Hughes
Poet who captured a spirit of Harlem Renaissance when he said “I am negro- and beautiful”
I’ll take my stand
Agrarian manifesto that was a critique of industrialization and the society it was creating
Al Capone
Built a criminal empire based on illegal alcohol
National origin act of 1924
Banned immigration from east Asia entirely
Leo frank
Jewish factory manager in atlanta convicted in 1914 of murdering a female employee; mob lynched him
D.W. Griffith: birth of a nation
Glorified the early klan and helped inspire white southerners to join a new one
The new klan
Reborn 1915 Stone Mountain; led by William Simmons; concerned with blacks, Catholics, Jews, foreigners
Billy Sunday
Pittsburg baseball player who became evangelist
Scopes trial
High school teacher accused of teaching evolution; TN; fined $100
