1920s Flashcards

(33 cards)

1
Q

Boston police strike

A

protesting the disapproval of organizing a nation

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2
Q

Demobilization

A

discharge from military service

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3
Q

communisum

A

property and wealth are owned by all rather than individual

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4
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capitalism

A

individuals own capital goods v.s government

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5
Q

red scare

A

communism is about to spread in america

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6
Q

palmer raids

A

red scare- attorney general organizing arrests and deportations

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7
Q

sharecropping

A

don’t own the land you work reason why they left the south

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8
Q

19th amendment

A

women’s right to vote

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9
Q

anarchism

A

bombings- get rid of government

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10
Q

butler act

A

law in tennessee banned the teaching of evalution

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11
Q

flappers

A

embrace freedom

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12
Q

“Push factors” of migration

A

famine, poverty, discrimination, political oppression, economic

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13
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“Pull factors” of migration

A

job opportunities, political and religious freedom

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14
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assimilation

A

becoming similar to others by taking in their customs and cultures

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15
Q

nativism

A

favoring “native-born” over immigrants

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16
Q

quota system

A

establishes a percentage of people that are allowed to come into the united states

17
Q

chicago race riot- 1919

A

hit with rock on the beach (red summer)

18
Q

tulsa massacre

A

resentment from white people, black man and white women on elevator

19
Q

immigration act of 1924

A

limited the amount of immigrants allowed in the U.S

20
Q

volstead act

A

law that enforces prohibition

21
Q

ku klux klan

A

terrorist movement against african americans

22
Q

great migration

A

moving out of the south

23
Q

a mitchell palmer

A

attorney general of the united states- in charge of palmer riots

24
Q

18th amendment

A

alcohol prohibition

25
strikes
refusal to work
26
black nationalism
maintain black racial and national identity
27
russian rev
abolished monarchy; adopted a socialist gov
28
pan-africanism
idea that black people should stick together more in common identify
29
immigration act of 1921
only taking 3 percent of population of non-native americans
30
secularism
emphesis on science and reason to solve problems
31
fundamentalism
people that want to take the bible literally
32
scopes trial
tenessee violates the butler act
33
New Women
generation of younger women working, access to education, taking control of their own life