1920s Flashcards
(32 cards)
1
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3 post-war affairs
A
- inflation
- labor
- Red Scare
2
Q
inflation
A
- prices go up because we go from a wartime economy to a consumer economy
- low supply and high demand
- since demand is higher, prices go up
3
Q
how many labor strikes were there in the 1920s
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3,000 involving 400,000 workers
4
Q
what were some big strikes
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- Boston police station (wanted higher wages)
- the president had to call the national guard
- Pullman Railroad strike
5
Q
what were 2 popular strikes
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- Boston Police Strike (wanted higher wages)
- the president had to call the national guard
- Pullman Railroad car strike
6
Q
3 common elements for a strike
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- public blame communist + anarchist
- started peacefully then became violent
- once it became violent, the government called in the national guard to stop strike and send everyone back to work
7
Q
what was the red scare
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- fear of communism
- heightened nativism/nationalism
- caused change in foreign policy- isolationism
8
Q
presidents of the 1920s
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- Harding
- Coolidge
- Hoover
9
Q
Harding as president
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- after Woodrow Wilson
- “bring us back to normalty”
- heart attack and died
- Calvin Coolidge was vice president
10
Q
Coolidge as president
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- “Silent Cal”
- didn’t like people
- didn’t talk to people at dinner parties
- business policy- let it be
- let Harding’s term run out
- only showed effort during strikes to send the national guard
11
Q
Hoover as president
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- 1928
- “a chicken in every pot” (enough for everyone)
- blamed for a lot
12
Q
Fear of Communism (effects)
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- A Mitchell Palmer- attorney general
- ACLU (American civil liberties union)
13
Q
A Mitchell Palmer
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- attorney general
- said he would get rid of communist in the US
14
Q
Palmer raids
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- go into your home with no warrant
- violates 4th and 1st amendments
- you go to jail or get deported
15
Q
ACLU
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- fight to protect violated rights
16
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Sacco & Vanzetti
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- April 15, 1920
- $15,000 paymaster and guard
- ACLU helps to defend them
- 1921: trial
- 1927: sentence (executed)
17
Q
Emergency quota act 1921
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- used the 1910 census
- let in 3% of the population of each country
18
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Immigration act 1924
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- used the 1890 census
- let in 2% of the population of each country
19
Q
exceptions from the emergency quota act 1921 and the immigration act 1924 (where immigration was limited)
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- mexico and canada
- college professors and students
- religious ministers
20
Q
4 organizations of the 1920s
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- KKK
- ADL
- NAACP
- UNIA
21
Q
KKK
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- rose to about 5 mil
- focus on white Americans born protestant
22
Q
ADL
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- Anti-Defamation League
- fights for the protection of Jews
- anti-Semitism group
23
Q
NAACP
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- national association for the advancement of colored people
- civil rights movement for black people being violated
24
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UNIA
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- universal negro improvement association
- Marcus Garvey and his wife Amy
- unite African Americans in the US
- wanted to make Africa a black continent
25
roots of prohibition
- women thinking alcohol is bad and led to domestic violence
26
18th amendment
- 1819
- cant manufacture, sell, transport, or export alcohol for drinking purposes
27
effects of 18th amendment
- people had to think of new ways of doing things they were doing before
- speakeasies
- organized crime- canada
28
organized crime
- started bootleggers (ppl who smuggle in alc)
- Al Capone
- St Valentines day massacre
29
volstead act
- to 1500 people to enforce the 18th amendment around the county
30
21st Amendment
- 1933
- repealed 18th amendment
31
state and local laws
? alcohol
32
Charles Lindbergh
- big headline
- crime of the century
- pilot
- first solo flight across Atlantic
- 14-20 month old son kidnapped and killed for ransom but was found dead on the road
