The Roaring 20s Flashcards
Migration
movement from one place to another
Consumerism
increased buying of products
Tradition
relating to long established styles or ideas
Modernity
relating to recent or contemporary styles or ideas
Red
American slang referencing communism
Prosperity
When people/places are doing well in terms of money, having things
Nativism
Hatred of immigrants, preference for native-born people
moving from your home to a different country
Immigration
moving from your home to a different country
Harlem Renaissance
When African American literature, art, music, dance, and social commentary began to flourish in 1920s Harlem
Flapper
Early feminists of the 1920s
Racism
Hatred of people based on their race
Lynch
To hang a person from their neck until they are dead
Jazz
Type of music, blend of rythym and blues, improvised lyrics, southern songs
18th Amendment
Prohibition, made alcohol illegal in the USA
19th Amendment
Granted women the right to vote
IMMIGRATION
C & E
CAUSE: People come to the USA for a better life
EFFECT: Cities overcrowded, USA imposes immigrations laws (quotas) stopping/limiting immigration
SOCIAL DARWINISM
C & E
CAUSE: Desire to maintain social and economic divisions in society, justify nativist/racist policies
EFFECT: Provided razionalization for the Eugenics Movement
EUGENICS MOVEMENT
C & E
CAUSE: Racist desires to make humans “better”;
EFFECT: discrimination and persecution of target groups/individuals like Hitler and Jews of Nazi Germany
RACE RELATIONS
C & E
CAUSE: African Amaricans migrate north for jobs; settle in ethnic neighborhoods = Harlem Renaissance
EFFECT: Rise of the KKK, rise in lynchings, rise in Jim Crow laws,
NATIVISM
C & E
CAUSE: Fear immigrants were taking away jobs from soldiers returning from WWI
EFFECT: Anti-immigrants legislation, rise in immigrant quotas, rise in discrimination
Red Scare
C & E
CAUSE: Russian Revolution and fear of immigrants who were blamed for worsening labor riots
EFFECT: A crackdown on suspected communists, immigrants, anarchists, leftists
PROHIBITION
C & E
CAUSE: Alcohol blamed for society’s ills
EFFECT: crime rates soared
ROLE OF WOMEN
C & E
CAUSE: WW I Women gained sense of independence from working in factories; flappers are role models
EFFECT: 19th amendment, changing fashions, changing attitudes,
The GREAT MIGRATION
C & E
CAUSE: Escape racism of the south
EFFECT: Large increase in African American populations in the north like Chicago, Detroit, New York City
TIN PAN ALLEY
Place in New York where singers, songwriters, producers started the American music industry
