Roaring 20’s vocab

• What was the 3 races mentioned in the book and what was significant about them

  Nordics,Alpine, & Mediterranean and they were all white
• 1. Immigration Act of 1921 and 1924- laws that limited immigration to 3% of the number of people who came over in 1870
• Passing of the Great Race -Book by Madison Grant that ranked the races according to their race valve
• Boston Police Strike- Stopped by Governor Calvin Coolidge, earned him a national reputation. 
• How did he stop the strike?

  Called in the National guard
• Red Scare- Fear and hatred of communism during the 1920’s
• Palmer raids- Government crackdown on labor unions over fear of communism 
• Sacco and Vanzetti- Italian immigrants and anarchists who were convicted and executed for murder despite an unfair trial. 
• Tea Pot Dome- Worst scandal in American Political history, led to people distrusting there government
• Jim Crow Laws - Laws that restricted African Americans in the South, including segregation. 
• Great Migration - Refers to the mass movement of African Americans from the south to the north during the 1920’s. 
• Marcus Garvey - A civil rights leader of the 1920’s, led the “Back to Africa Movement”, and coined the term “Black Is Beautiful”. 
• What were his most know feats

  Led the “back to Africa movement” & coined the term “black is beautiful”
• W. E. B. DuBois - Civil rights leader of the 1920s helps start the NAACP
• NAACP- National Association For Advancement of Color People. Most powerful civil rights organization in the United States.
• What does NAACP stand for

  National Association For Advancement of Color People
• Harlem Renaissance- Explosion of African-American art and culture in the United States
• Flappers- Modern women of the 1920s 

  (They don't follow what was seen as respectable since women got freedom)
• Henry Ford- Starting Ford Motor Company, and popularized the the assembly line
• Charles Lindbergh- First man to fly solo across the Atlantic oceans, America's first celebrity.
• 20’s celebrity questions
• 1. Scopes Trial- Refers to the trial of a Tennessee biology teacher (John Scopes), convicted of teaching evolution, the bible went on trial and lost 
• Who were the 2 lawyers

  Clarence Darrow (Scopes) vs William Jennings Bryan (Bible)
• Speak Easies- Illegal bars during prohibition 
• Boot Leggers- People who sold illegal alcohol during prohibition  (including al capon)
• Babe Ruth- Greatest baseball player of all time (saves baseball)
• Red Grange-  Most famous college football player of the ’20s
• Jack Dempsy- Heavyweight champion of the world during the 1920’s 
• Man o’ War- Horse racing, most famous race horse of the 1920’s

  • Wins the triple crown
• Charlie Chaplin- Most famous actor of the 1920’s 

  (The little tramp) becomes famous of the outfit
• Clara Bow- The most famous actress of the 1920’s 

  (America first it girl)
• What was she the first of

  Americas first it girl
• Materialism- The idea that you can make yourself happy by buying more possessions
• F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway & Sinclair Lewis- Anti-materialist authors of 1920’s criticized American life/culture.

  (Write books about how Americans are going to hell due to consumerism)

  -like transcendentalism 
• Inventions:

  Fridge, Toaster Dishwasher, Washing machine, Vacuum cleaner, Cosmetics, Credit Cards.
• Spanish flu- Is still circulating and would end up killing over 675,000 Americans
• The election of 1920 pitted two men from Ohio: Governor James Cox (Running mate was FDR) and Senator Warren Harding (Running mate Calvin Coolidge).  Harding won promising the people a “Return to Normalcy”.
• Bolstered by the growing Car industry and savings from WWI, the American economy quickly recovered after the war as prosperity set in.  With nearly full employment (more jobs than workers) the US economy roared through most of the decade.
• What is full employment

  More jobs than workers
• President Harding was surrounded by his “ohio gang”, his unofficial advisers who helped him create national policy, unfortunately they were also extremely corrupt.