Chapter 31 and the bussin twenties Flashcards
What was the red scare a result of
Bolshevik revolution of 1917
What did Americans do after WWI
return to isolationism, denounce foreign ideas
What happened that supported the red scare
bombs were mailed to businesses and political leaders
What did the large amount of strikes get pinned on
Communism
Why were there so many strikes during the twenties
wages hadn’t caught up with the prices after WWI
Who was the attorney general which gave the order to round up all suspected of communist anarchist activity
A. Mitchell Palmer
What did A Mitchell Palmer’s order to round up those suspected of communist anarchist activity result in
many civil rights violations and deportations
Which case reflected the red hysteria of the twenties
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzeth
Who were the two italian class atheist anarchist/draft dodgers who were likely wrongly convicted of murder in Massachusetts in 1921
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzeth
What eventually became of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzeth
execution (like what I thought america werent gonna take foreign ideas but this has big french energy)
Which group did post war suspicion and fear fuel
KKK
What was the KKK
an anti-foreign, anti-catholic, anti-jewish, and anti-black group. Also hated “decaying moral values of the twenties” (prohibition/women’s rights)
Which areas were the KKK most involved in
Midwest and bible belt south (beeeeeeg following in Indiana)
What us sentiment carried over to feelings of anti-immigrationism
us isolationism
What was happening with immigrants and the us during the twenties
lots and lots of immigrants pouring into the us and gov decided they didn’t like that
Which act did Congress enact in response to the large amount of immigrants coming to america
Emergency quota act of 1921
What did the emergency quota act of 1921 stipulate
newcomers from europe restricted to quota set at three percent of persons living in US to that nationality based on the 1910 census
What did the Immigration act act of 1924 stipulate
changed emergency quota act from three percent to two percent and used 1890’s census
What did the immigration act of 1924’s use of the 1890’s census mean
oops no more japanese immigration
what was one of the last progressive reforms to be enacted
prohibition
what was prohibition largely supported by
crusading churches and women
What act was prohibition supported by
Volstead act
What did the volstead act stipulate
illegal to manufacture, transport, or sell alcohol
What ended up happening with trying to enforce the volstead act
didn’t go well, difficult for law enforcement b/c of home brew and secret establishments
What did prohibition mean to those who still sold alcohol
beeeeg profits and competition for profits
What did competition for profits in the sale of alcohol create?
gang competition in big cities
Which city was the center of much gang violence and lawlessness
chicago
Who gained control of America’s largest gang during the twenties
al capone
Why did al capone’s gangster reputation suffer?
st. valentine’s day massacre, also feds were looking for a way to shut him down
How did the police catch al capone
tax evasion
When was prohibition repealed
great depression (because the solution to depression is alcohol… yep… not therapy)
Who was the member of colombian university from 1904 to 1930 that pushed the concept of learning by doing in education
Professor John Dewey
What was John Dewey considered the father of
father of the progressive movement in education
What did fundamentalists believe about darwin’s theory of evolution
destroyed americaś faith in god/bible and contributed to breakdown of morals in american youth
What did fundamentalists believe period?
literal interpretation of bible (word for word)
In which state was it made illegal to teach any theory of creation not present in the bible
Tennessee
What was the name of the law which made it illegal to teach any theory of creation not taught in the bible
Butler Law
Which young high school biology teacher was indicted for teaching evolution in 1925?
John T. Scopes
Which well known criminal defense attorney would defend John T. Scopes?
Clarence Darrow
Which prosecutor would represent the state of Tennessee during the Scopes Monkey Trial?
Prosecutor William Jennings Bryan
Why would the state of Tennessee choose to be represented by prosecutor william jennings byran during the scopes monkey trial?
He was a well known politician and fundamentalist
What eventually became of the scopes monkey trial?
Darrow blitzes Bryan after he calls him out on his knowledge of the bible and makes his fundamentalist ideals seem dumb. Scopes fined one hundred dollars (guilty).
What caused the rapid growth of the economy following the lull after WWI
ingenious machines powered by cheap energy from oil fields
Who was the model t man and also the assembly line man guy
henry ford (brave new world ptsd flashbacks)
How much was the model t in the early 1900s
260$
What became the automobile capital of the world by 1910
Detroit (detroit become automobile)
What did increased competition among manufacturers in the 1920s lead to an increase of
advertising
What created a halt in buying because everyone’s income was consumed by it
buying on credit/installment plans
Which businesses experienced an explosive growth due to the booming automobile industry
Petroleum industry, perishable food, road laying
Which two brothers began the age of flight with their plane (which only stayed up for like ten seconds)
Orville and Wilbur Wright
Which innovation saw limited use in World War I because of its dangerous nature
airplanes (flying coffins)
Which pilot became the first to make a non stop solo flight from New York to Paris
Lindbergh
What happened to the first pilot who became the first to make a non stop solo flight from new york to paris
oops lindbergh’s son got kidnapped an dmurdered
Who created wireless telegraphy in the 1890s
Guglielmo Marconi
What paved the way for the voice carrying radio
Wireless telegraphy’s use in WWI
What was one of the biggest civilian uses for radio
advertisement :(
Who created the first crude form of the motion picture
Thomas edison
What is considered the real birth of the film industry
release of the film great train robbery
what was the first released sound film
jazz singer
who led the birth control movement in america
margaret sanger
what was the name used for those who challenged victorian standards for women
flappers
who was the viennese physician who argued sexual repression was responsible for the creation of the flapper
sigmund freud
who was the newspaper writer known as the “bad boy of baltimore” who attacked marriage, patriotism, democracy, and prohibition
henry l. mencken
Who wrote the great gatsby
f scott fitzgerald
what was the great gatsby about
inability of people to find happiness
who was an ambulance driver during WWI that wrote a farewell to arms and the sun also rises
ernest hemingway