Chapter 30 Flashcards
A region in the Southern and Midwestern U.S. known for its strong influence of evangelical Protestant Christianity; Protestant Fundamentalism thrived
Bible Belt
Pro-business strategy that weakened labor unions and promoted an “open shop” workplace
American Plan
Enforced the 18th Amendment
Volstead Act
System of mass production and mass consumption that was pioneered by Henry Ford
Fordism
Fish peddler and anarchist; controversially convicted of robbery and murder; got executed
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Used moving assembly line to make cheap cars fast
Henry Ford
Shoemaker and anarchist; controversially convicted of robbery and murder; got executed
Nicola Sacco
Period of flourishing African American creativity, particularly in literature, music, theater, and visual arts
Harlem Renaissance
Part of “lost generation”; well-known author and modernist
Ernest Hemingway
Strict adherence to the basic principles of a particular religious belief system; emerged in Christianity
Fundamentalism
Group of American writers who came of age during or after World War I and felt disillusioned by the social, cultural, and moral upheavals of the time
“Lost Generation”
American intellectual, writer, and social critic best known for his opposition to American involvement in World War I, his advocacy of cultural pluralism, and his criticism of the idea that national unity required cultural assimilation.
Randolph Bourne
Coup in Russia that established the world’s first communist state; a small Communist group emerged in the U.S. due to this
Bolshevik Revolution
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol
18th Amendment
American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright, best known for his influential role in the Harlem Renaissance
Langston Hughes
Limited the number of immigrants allowed into the U.S.
Immigration Act of 1924
American novelist, short story writer, and one of the leading voices of the Jazz Age. He is best known for his novel The Great Gatsby, which critiques the excesses and disillusionment of the Roaring Twenties
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Developed the Scientific Management technique
Frederick Taylor
Law that made it illegal to advocate for radical political and economic change through violence or crime; impacted Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Criminal Syndicalism Laws
American novelist, short story writer, and poet, best known for his complex narratives, deep psychological insight, and innovative storytelling techniques
William Faulkner
Individuals involved in organized crime
Racketeers
American philosopher best known for developing the concept of cultural pluralism, which argued that ethnic and cultural diversity should be preserved and celebrated within a democratic society
Horace Kallen
Aviator who became famous for completing the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight
Charles A. Lindbergh
American leader of the movement to legalize birth control during the early 1900s; was a nurse
Margaret Sanger
African American organization founded in 1914
United Negro Improvement Association
Theory of workplace efficiency that aims to improve productivity by analyzing and optimizing the way tasks are performed
Scientific Management
American gangster and the most infamous figure of the Prohibition era
Al Capone
Tennessee schoolteacher best known for being the defendant in the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, a landmark case that highlighted the conflict between evolution and creationism in American public education
John T. Scopes
Attorney general that suspected communism too easily; oversaw the Palmer raids
A. Mitchell Palmer
A period of intense fear and suspicion of communism; many people arrested
Red Scare
Characterized by a deliberate break from traditional forms and an embrace of new ideas, techniques, and ways of understanding the world
Modernism
Modernist poet, playwright, and literary critic; his works explore themes of disillusionment, fragmentation, and the decline of Western civilization
T. S. Eliot
Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a revolutionary theory of the human mind that emphasized the role of the unconscious, childhood experiences, and repressed desires in shaping behavior
Sigmund Freud
