CHAPTER 24 VOCAB Flashcards
warren g. harding
senator from ohio selected by the republicans to run for president in the election of 1920
calvin coolidge
the running mate of warren g. harding in the election of 1920 and believed in pro-business and free market.
teapot dome scandal
when harding’s secretary of interior accepted bribery from a private oil company to control government oil reserves
what does laissez-faire mean?
free market
kellogg-briand pact
an agreement between the U.S. and 14 other nations that outlawed war, but it was hard to enforce
model t
a sturdy and reliable car. it was nicknamed the tin lizzie
moving assembly line
a system using conveyer belts to move parts and partly assembled cars from one group of workers to another and decreased the time and price for producing cars.
herbert hoover
secretary of commerce and the republican candidate of the election of 1928 and was the president of the stock market crash which led to the great depression
flappers
young women in the 1920s who would dress like celebrities and challenged the traditional ways women should dress and behave at the time.
red scare
fear of communists and anarchists. it soon led to the trial of sacco and vanzetti
twenty-first amendment
repealed the eighteenth amendment and banned prohibition.
fundamentalism
religious belief that follows the bible word-for-word, it led to the scopes trial
scopes trial
when john t. scopes taught evolution when he wasn’t supposed to. it highlighted the disagreements between traditional and modern views of the 1920s
great migration
when large numbers of african americans moved from the southern states to bog cities in the north and brought their culture along with them.
marcus garvey
he encouraged african americans to show pride in their culture. by establishing economic independence, he says that they should build their independence
