Chapter 24 - The New Era Flashcards
Normalcy
Warren Hardings idea to return to the way it had been
Little Steel
All of the other steel companies competing with US Steel
William Green
President of the AFL, advocated peaceful cooperation with employers and opposition to socialism and communism
Pink Collar Jobs
Women workers who participated in low-paying occupations
Phillip Randolph
Leader of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Partners
The American Plan
Pretext for a harsh campaign of union busting across the country, was the crusade for the Open Shop idea
McNary-Haugen Bill
A bill requiring parity for grain, cotton, tobacco, and rice but President Collidge vetoed it both times it was suggested
Will Hays
Head of the motion picture association. Was given the power to review films and to ban anything that would likely offend viewers…. Triggered
Flapper
Modern women whose liberated lifestyle found expression in dress, hairstyle, speech, and behavior
National Women Party
Pushed for the equal rights amendment, found little support in Congress
Alice Paul
Head of the National Women’s Party
Charles Lindberg
American Aviator nicknamed Lucky Lindy who flew the “Spirit of Saint Louis”, a single seat, single engine plane, from Long Island to Paris. This was the longest transatlantic flight in history at the time.
Lost Generation
Was the nickname given to the generation that came of age during WWI once they returned from war
Sinclair Lewis
American novelist and short story writer who was the first American to win the nobel prize in literature
Charles and Mary Beard
they were the two of the most influential historians of the first half of the 20th century. The wrote “The Rise of American Civilization” together in 1927. Guide economic interest was central in American History
Harlem Renaissance
The cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, NY during the period after the end of WWI and the middle of the 1930’s.
DW Griffith: Birth of a Nation
Controversial but highly influential and innovative silent film directed by Griffith. It demonstrates the power of film propaganda and revived the KKK.
The New Klan
Attacked groups that were deemed threats to an American way of life
Billy Sunday
Used colorful language and powerful sermons to drive home the message of salvation through Jesus and to oppose radical and progressive groups. Sunday was an evangelists and former baseball player
The Scopes Trial
John Scopes taught the idea of evolution at Tennessee school and some religious leaders were offended leading to Tennessee banning the teaching of Darwin’s Theory
Warren G Harding
29th President had a bribery incident which took place in the United States in 1922-1923, Secretary of the Interior, Albert Fall, leased Navy reserves at Teapot Dome to private oil companies without competitive bidding at low rates
Langsten Hughes
Black poet who said “I am a Negro- and beautiful”
I’ll take my stand
Collection of essay published by a group of poets called the Southern Agrarians. It was a critique of industrialization and the society it was creating. Supported white supremacy
Al Capone
Built a criminal empire based largely on illegal alcohol
