Unit 2 Flashcards by jaemie cotter

18th amendment

Prohibition; bolsters act was passed to enforce prohibition

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Radio/kdka

1st commercial radio station, sales of radios went up enormously, broadcasted the 1920s election

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19th amendment

Women’s suffrage, did not bring the social change that people thought would happen

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21 amendment

Repeals prohibition, only admen dement that repeals another amendment

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Immediate post WWI economy

Was in turmoil from 1919-1921, recession, industries had to adjust, more nations owed us than we owed them

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Automobile impact on economy

Helps economic growth and the growth of other industries

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Henry ford

Made the automobile affordable for the average American; introduced the model T

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Warren Harding

President of the U.S. Was a newspaper piubliser from Marion Ohio. 29th president

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Calvin Coolidge

Becomes president after Harding dies. Quotable but quiet, economic boost under his presidency

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Herbert Hoover

Was in charge of the FTC and this was set him up to become president. Served as secretary of commercence. Supported reducing taxes on businesses

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Charles Evan Hughes

Secretary of State under Harding and Coolidge. He organized the Washington naval conference

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Andrew Mellon

Secretary of treasury. Longest serving, 12 years and pushes for provisioned policies

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Teapot Dome scandal/Albert Fall

Was the secretary of the interior, he illegally released oil reserves to oil typhoons. He took bribes which was illegal

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Harry Daugherty

Tod on Albert fall, attorney general. He told on him cause he was not included in on it. He took bribes and was later fired by Coolidge

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Buyig on Margin

Buys stock, an individual could pay as low as 10% and can pay the rest off to a stock broker

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Prohibition

Makes it illegal to manufacture, distribute, or manufacture alcohol, leads to organized crimes

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Fundamentalism

The Christians reaffirmed their beliefs in religion. Stressed religion over science. Rural

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Modernism

Stressed science over religion. Promoted the secular. A formal education was important. Urban

Nativist

Native born American who did not want immigrants to come to the U.S.

Scopes trail

In 1925, the butler act made it illegal to teach the theory of evolution. A subsutite bio teacher John scopes agreed to break the law and was found guilty. Became a trail over religion and science.

National Origins Act

States a # of people who can immigrate to the U.S. In 1924. Sought to keep out immigrants.

2 Italian immigrants who killed 2 men in cold blood and stole $15,000 were found guilty and sentenced to death in the electric chair.

Sacco and Vanzetti

Jazz music

Expressions of the Africans emotion jazz=sad

Marcus Garvey

He had no interest for black and whites to work together and he wanted black to go back to Africa.

The Great Gatsby/F. Scott Fitzgerald

Shows the "American Drean" ending in 1925

What industries benefited in the 1920s

The steel, rubber, asphalt, gasoline, insurance, road construction and bank industries

By 1929...

7 million Americans owned stock

Washington naval conference

Goal was to reduce the navies of the world

The Ohio gang

Harding appoints his friends from Ohio. Ridden with scandals

Charles Forbes

Would dwindle the g'ment out of $7 million medical supplies that was intended to go to veterans

Red scare

Immigrants were installing communist thoughts into our government

Ku klux klan

Revived due to the schism between rural and urban Americans. Cemeteries in the north its goal was to intimate Jews, Catholics, Africans, and immigrants. They believed in law-in-order

young rebellious women I the 1920s who wore their hair like men, drank, smoked, wore tons of makeup, and treated sex in a casual manner

Flappers

What evidence supports the conclusion that Henry ford cards aviu the quality of life for his workers

Shortened the work day from 9-8 hours, gave weekends off, and doubled their wages

How did the policies of Presidents Harding and Cookidge favor business growth?

Slashed business taxes therefore more business would open creating jobs

What were the most significant scandals during the Harding Presidency and how did they impact his legacy?

Hughes, Forbes, fall, and this has a negative impact on his legacy because he was blamed

What role did the U.S. Play in the world during the 1920s

The U.S. Became the banker and was the world leading creditor nation

What were the new roles from American women in the 1920s

They could vote, tired to enter the workforce, and tried to create more equality between men and women

How did mass entertainment change in the 1920s

Motion pictures, jazz, radio, culture of Heros, books

What happened during he Harlem Renaissance

African Americans migrated both and jazz and blues emerged along with new writers

How did the relationship between rural American and urban America change in the 1920s?

There became a growth in urban America became a schism between the two's values

How did new laws change U.S. immigration policy in the 1920s?

Change he number of immigrants who could migrate to the u.s.

How did the goals of the new KKK differ from the old klan?

They now wanted to intimidate Jews, Catholics, Africans, and immigrants

In what ways did prohibition cause more problems than it solves

Lead to more organized crime and smuggling operations