Chapter 21 study guide Flashcards
WHy were many Americans concerned with immigrants after WW1?
terrible post-war conditions of Europe led many Europeans to the United States from 1919 to 1920
concerned about the increased number of immigrants
Quota Act
restricting immigration
The National Origins Act
limited foreigners in the United States
What did the Roaring 20s/Harlem Renaissance change?
family structure, educational opportunities, and many other aspects of society
Youth during and after WW1:
Many young people exaggerated their right to express themselves
Relationships between the sexes were becoming more relaxed
Conservatives argued that moral standards were breaking down and the youth were too rebellious
Margaret Sanger
The leading American proponent of birth control
She founded the American Birth Control League and a research center
When were contraceptives ruled ok by the government?
1960s
First talking movie
the jazz singer
When and what was the first motion picture?
1900—The Great Train Robbery (1903)
Fundamentalism
William Jennings Bryan was the spokesmen
a Protestant movement that was grounded in the literal interpretation of the Bible and that all-important knowledge could be found in it. Fundamentalists gained many followers who began to reject the theory of evolution
Scopes Trial
John Scopes a biology teacher
Teaching Evolution
Darrow v. Bryan
The trial exposed the dangers of fundamentalism
18th Amendment
Prohibition: ratified in 1919 caused conflicts in the United States
What happened to saloons?
replaced with the speakeasy and wine consumption dramatically increased
Who committed major crimes during Prohibition?
Al Capone
KKK
only admitted white protestants that were native born
Sacco and Vanzetti
Both men were Italian immigrants that were anarchists who were convicted of murder in an unfair trial
Many people protested their conviction and their execution was delayed, but they were eventually executed
Back to Africa Movement
Pushed by Marcus Garvey
based on the widespread belief among some European Americans in the 18th and 19th century United States that African Americans would want to return to the continent of Africa
Harlem Renissance
Many Blacks in the North were living in cities together in ghettos where they were gaining political power by electing representatives
Became a cultural capital during the 1920s
Langston Hughes was one of the most popular poets
Why did the 1920s economy boom?
Government’s laisez-faire approach
Federal Reserve kept interest rate low
Post-war boom
Industry
Manufacturing became efficient—Henry Ford and the assembly line
Henry Ford
most responsible for the growth of the automobile (Assembly Line)
He made automobiles affordable—Model T
Ford paid high wages to his workers and demanded no union membership and that everyone owned a Ford
Some famous pilots in the 1920s:
Wright Brothers and Kitty Hawk made their famous flight in 1903
Charles Lindbergh’s famous flight from New York to Paris in 1927—Spirit of St. Louis (Non-stop one man flight) (Most celebrated hero of the 1920s)
Normalcy
Harding coined the term(rather than normality) and wanted America to return to the way things were before the Great War
Ohio Gang
led by Harry Daugherty was an unscrupulous group of advisors that dominated the Harding administration
Hardings Scandals
(Elks Hill and Teapot Dome)
Veterans’ Bureau
