Chapter 23 20's Flashcards
What was the main result of national prohibition?
large-scale organized crime
What did the immigration laws of 1921 and 1924 do?
created complex quota systems to restrict immigration to the united states
In the 1920’s the Ku Klux Klan declared what?
itself as the defender of traditional American values.
The event in 1925 that came to epitomize much of the intellectual debate of the 1920’s was the?
Scopes Monkey Trial
Throughout his career, Herbert Hoover advocated what?
associative state
In the years after World War I the United States engaged how in international affairs?
selectively
What was the first motion picture with dialogue?
“The Jazz Singer”
What was the world’s first commercial radio station?
KDKA
What was the name of the sitcom set in Harlem that was played by white actors poking fun of the black community.
Amos and Andy
What was the main style of dance during the 20’s?
the Charleston
What style of literary art form did Langston Hughes use?
jazz poetry
Who was the first writer in the US to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature?
Sinclair Lewis
What famous trial involved a Tennessee teacher who taught evolution?
Scopes Trial
Who was the leading lawyer of the Scopes Trial?
Clarence Darrow
Who stole money from the Veterans’ Bureau under Harding?
Charles Forbes
What was Daugherty accused of?
profiting from the sale of government alcohol supplies
Who were the Ohio Gang?
a group of politicians who achieved high office during the presidential administration of Warren G. Harding
What was Calvin Coolidge’s nickname?
Silent Cal
What was the Dawes Plan?
an attempt following World War I for theTriple Ententeto compromise and collect war reparations debt from Germany
What did the Kellog-Briand act promise?
not to use war to resolve “disputes or conflicts of whatever nature or of whatever origin they may be, which may arise among them”
Who was Elected in the 1928 election?
Herbert Hoover
What amendment was requested to guarantee equal rights to women?
ERA
Who led the prohibition era crime in Chicago?
Al Capone
What act extended the 18th Amendment?
Volsted Act
What did Fundamentalists believe in?
a literal interpretation of the bible
What was the Cotton Club?
aNew York Citynight clublocated first in theHarlemneighborhood and then in the midtownTheater District
What is the term for a a place of employment at which one is not required to join or financially support aunion?
Open Shop
Who was Marcus Garvey?
staunch proponent of theBlack nationalismandPan-Africanismmovements and founded theUniversal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League
Who was A. Philip Randolph?
a leader in theAfrican-Americancivil-rights movement, theAmerican labor movement andsocialistpolitical parties
Who was “Red Grange”?
a college and professional American football halfback for the University of Illinois, the Chicago Bears, and for the short-lived New York Yankees
Who was the first woman to swim across the English Channel?
Gertrude Ederle
The most important problem faced by the Democratic party in the 1920s was?:
a serious split between urban and rural wings of the party.
The conclusion of the Sacco and Vanzetti case suggested that?:
many Americans had an unreasonable fear of radicals and foreigners.
