Chapter 19 and 20: Rise of the 20's Flashcards
100% americanism
celebrated all things American while attacking all ideas and people it viewed as foreign or anti-American
germans
reds; the huns
red scare
widespread fear of communism and radicals
A Mitchell Palmer
attorney general who had a series of raids
fundamentalism
believes the Bible is literally true
Palmer raids
series of raids arresting immigrants and communists
Seattle, Washington
ship yards; nation’s first general strike
Boston
police force went on strike for low wages and poor working conditions
Calvin Coolidge
governor of Boston; calls in militia; didn’t like to talk
national origins act of 1924
set quotas for each country at 2% of the number of people from that country currently living in the US
Sacco and Vanzetti
anarchists; didn’t like the government; Italian immigrants; arrested for armed robbery and murder
Henry Ford
assembly line
wellfare capitalism
system where companies provide benefits to employees to promote worker satisfaction and loyalty
car effects
demands for car materials soared; steel, rubber, and glass; repair shops and filling stations; motels and restaurants
installment buying
paying for an item over time in small payments
credit
borrowing money
farmers
competing from Europe; not doing good; tariff making foreign farm products more expensive
natural disasters
boll weevil; Mississippi River flood; Big Blow, first hurricane
Warren G Harding
return to “normalcy”; life pre- WW1; believed less government in business and more business in government; government would be more accountable to the tax payers; help wealthy