Renaissance test Flashcards
Consumer economy
an economy driven by consumer spending. People started buying everything and things like groceries instead of grown them or making their own clothes. buying cars n stuff
Installment plan
purchasers could make small down payments and pay the remainder of the item’s price in monthly installments. This forced some buyers to stop making new purchases.
Radio
A source of entertainment as well as a source for information. Could listen to sports games, shows and the like but also here about major events of whats going on in our country and others
assembly line
divided operations into simple tasks and cut unnecessary motion to a minimum. how cars were made. it made things go much faster.
Flapper (fake)
caaahhkkk (only dylan and joe will appreciate this)
Flapper real
smoked cigarettes, drank prohibited liquor, and wore makeup and sleeveless dresses with short skirts. they were rebels.
Quota system
limiting by nationality the number of immigrants who may enter the U.S. each year. a policy of limiting the number of minority group members in a business firm, school, etc it
Jazz
style of music influenced by dixieland blues and ragtime, with its syncopated rhythms and improvisational
mass media
radio, movies, newspapers, and magazines aimed at a broad local audience
What was the red scare
the fear the communism would spread in the US
what made people scared of the red scare
there was a successful revolt in russia and they believed immigrants would start an uproar in part because of racial unrest.
how did people think the red scare could start in the US
from the immigrants and also they believed workers using strikes to start a revolution
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was the name given to the cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem between the end of World War I and the middle of the 1930s. During this period Harlem was a cultural center, drawing black writers, artists, musicians, photographers, poets, and scholars.
Teapot Dome Scandal
When hardings secretary of the interior Albert B. Fall, secretly allowed private interests to lease ands containing U.S. navy oil reserves at teapot dome, Wyoming, and Elk Hills, California.
what did hardings secretary receive for these services
bribes totaling more than $300,000 buckarooos
Emergency Quota system
restricted annual admission to the US to only 3 percent of the total number of people in any ethnic group already living in the nation.
Prohibition
the 18th amendment
what did the prohibition law have to do with
law to ban manufacturing and selling of tipsy juice (alcohol)
19th Ammendment (womens suffrage)
allowed women to vote which is what women’s suffrage mean
Babe Ruth?
Baby Ruth is an American candy bar made of peanuts, caramel and chocolate-flavored nougat covered in compound chocolate. It is owned by the Swiss company Nestlé. In 1921, the Curtiss Candy Company refashioned its Kandy Kake into the Baby Ruth.
when was the Sacco-Vanzetti case
april 15, 1920
what happened in the Sacco-Vanzetti case
two men robbed and murdered two employees of a shoe factory in massachusetts
who were the two men arrested in the Sacco-Vanzetti case and who were they
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti and they were intalian immigrants
what did the newspapers say about the men in the Sacco-Vanzetti case
said they were anarchists or people who oppose all forms of government
why was the Sacco-Vanzetti case relevant
the evidence was questionable but the fact that they were anarchists and foreigners made them both guilt unrightfully
Henry Ford
he created the Ford Model T, he was the first to adopt an assembly line, his invention changed society forever. People could not live and work outside the city n stuff
Al Capone aka thugga thugga
one of the most successful and violent gangsters of the era, had many police officers, judges, and other officials on his payroll. HE dominated organized crime in chicago.
how was al capone brought down
Eliot Ness, the leader of the special treasury department task force brought him to justice
jelly roll morton
an American pianist and songwriter best known for influencing the formation of modern day jazz during the 1920s.
louis armstrong
trumpeter, bandleader, singer, soloist, film star and comedian. Considered one of the most influential artists in jazz history,
bessie smith
she was among the highest-paid black performers of her time, Jazz and blues vocalist Bessie Smith’s powerful, soulful voice won her countless fans and earned her the title “Empress of the Blues.”
clara bow
American motion-picture actress Clare Bow was a major box-office draw during the silent-film era, having starred in dozens of projects,
langston hughes
Langston Hughes was an American poet, novelist, and playwright whose African-American themes made him a primary contributor to the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.
what was langsotn hughes the leading voice of?
was the leading voice of the Harlem Renaissance, whose poetry showcased the dignity and beauty in ordinary black life. The hours he spent in Harlem clubs affected his work, making him one of the innovators of Jazz Poetry.
who was warren G. Harding and what tainted his legacy
Warren G. Harding, an Ohio Republican, was the 29th President of the United States (1921-1923). Though his term in office was fraught with scandal, including Teapot Dome, Harding embraced technology and was sensitive to the plights of minorities and women.
who was Marcus Garvey
an orator for the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements
what did marcus garvey found?
he Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League.
what did marcus garvey advance and whom did he inspire?
Garvey advanced a Pan-African philosophy which inspired a global mass movement, known as Garveyism. Garveyism would eventually inspire others, from the Nation of Islam to the Rastafari movement.
who was charles lindbergh
American aviator, made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean on May 20-21, 1927.
who was andrew mellon
Mellon was appointed to head the U.S. Treasury by President Harding and continued under Coolidge and Hoover. His fortune and art collection were the basis for the National Gallery of Art.
