Chapter 23 Flashcards
A growing economy in the 1920s was shown by the growth of the what?
Stock market
Republican president (1921-1923). Term marked by scandals
Warren G. Harding
Republican president (1923-1929). Term marked by small government and economic prosperity.
Calvin Coolidge
Republican president (1929-1933). Hoped for continual economic growth
Herbert Hoover
1920s challenging of traditional values; embodied by booze, dancing, jazz, and “flappers”
Jazz age
Renewal of African-American arts & culture in the 1920s
Harlem Renaissance
Law that greatly restricted immigration from Southern & Eastern Europe as well as Asia
National Origins Act
Evangelical Christian movement that targeted the teaching of evolution; best shown through Scopes Trail.
Fundamentalism
Revived racist group that targeted blacks, Catholics, Jews, and immigrants
Ku Klux Klan(1920s)
Harding promised what? After world war 1
“Return to normalcy”
Harding and Repulicans adopt what?
A pro-business stance and promote “traditional values”