Culture, Conflict, Bubble, and Bust (1919-1932)

Question 1

Atkins v. Children’s Hospital

Answer 1

(1923) Voided min wage for women in D.C.

Question 2

Welfare Captialism

Answer 2

Stressed management’s responsibility for workers well-being. Becomes a bigger focus than labor unions.

Question 3

Palmer Raids

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U.S. officials storm headquarters of radical groups, arrest and deport immigrants without trials. Overreached in summer of 1920 when Palmer claimed there were plots to overthrow government, but nothing came of it.

Question 4

Sheppard-Towner Federal Maternity and Infancy Act

Answer 4

(1921) First federally funded healthcare legislation. Funds for clinics, prenatal education, and visiting nurses.

Question 5

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

Answer 5

Women peace advocates from around the globe denounced imperialism, stressed horror caused by militarism, and proposed social justice measures.

Question 6

Associated State

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Government working closely with businesses hoping for stable wages and prices. Business leaders got too much power in policy making.

Question 7

Teapot Dome

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Secret leasing of government oil reserves to private companies. Involved the administration of Harding from 1921-1923.

Question 8

Dollar Diplomacy

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Critics name for loan guarantees. Using financial power to increase international influence.

Question 9

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

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Formed to protect free speech fought against law that prevented evolution in school.

Question 10

Scopes Trial

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H.S. biology teacher who taught evolution, jury found them guilty, supreme court eventually overturned, but law remained (1925)

Question 11

National Origins Act

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(1924) Annual immigration from each country could not exceed 2% of that nationalities percentage of U.S. population in 1890. Majorly restrictive.

Question 12

Harlem Renaissance

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Intellectual and cultural revival of African American culture.

Question 13

Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)

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Lead by Marcus Garvey. Thought that black Americans should move to Africa since he believed they would never be treated fairly in a white-run society. Movement collapsed when Garvey was imprisoned.

Question 14

Pan-Africanism

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Idea that all Africans throughout the world should cooperate in politics together.

Question 15

Consumer Credit

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Can borrow money and go into debt. Starts happening for the first time in American history. Popularized by the automobile in the late 1920s.

Question 16

Soft Power

Answer 16

Exercise of influence through pop culture. Easy for the United States to do with Hollywood, which becomes the world movie making capitol.