Vocabulary Flashcards
Langston Hughes
Harlem Renaissance writers included Langston Hughes and Claude McKay.
Marcus Garvey
During the 1910s and 1920s, Marcus Garvey encouraged black people the world to express pride in their culture.
21st Amendment
In 1933 state and federal governments responded with the 21st amendment which ended prohibition.
19th amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of gender.
Red scarce
These attitudes led to a Red Scarce, a time of fear of Communists, or Reds.
Georgia O’Keeffe
Georgia O’Keeffe was well known for her detailed paintings of flowers and of the Southwest.
Harlem Renaissance
This community became the center of the Harlem Renaissance, a period of African American artistic accomplishment.
Flappers
Young women known as flappers cut their hair short and wore makeup and short dresses, openly challenging traditional ideas of how women were supposed to behave.
Scopes Trail
In May 1925 a Dayton, Tennessee, high school science teacher named John T. Scopes was put on trial for teaching evolution in what became known as the Scopes trial.
Great migration
During World War 1 large numbers of African Americans began leaving the South to take jobs in northern factories. This movement, called the Great Migration.
Kellogg Briand Act
In 1928 the United States and 14 other nations signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact, an agreement that outlawed war.
Hoover
When President Coolidge decided not to run for re-election in 1928, the party chose his secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover, as its nominee.
Louis Armstrong
Jazz musician that experimented with various sounds and rhythms to create a new kind of music
Lost Generation
Writers who criticized American society in the 1920’s thus became known as the Lost Generation
Louis Armstrong
Jazz musician that experimented with various sounds and rhythms to create a new kind of music
