Ch 21 All That Jazz Flashcards
(18 cards)
Why did some women oppose the equal rights amendment?
Many women’s right activists opposed the ERA because it would undercut efforts to gain special legislative protections for women based on their presumed physical weakness and their potential for childbearing, such as maximum hours, regulations against night work, and limitations on the weights they could lift.
What were some of the unintended consequences of Prohibition?
Opportunity for crime and profit. Violence as a result of organized crime.
Describe the beginnings of jazz music in the United States.
Spawned by the music of black America in the 20’s. Emanated from NOLA, Chicago, and St. Louis.
Who wereﾠNicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti?
Foreigner and anarchist shoemaker and fish peddler convicted of murder of a shoe store paymaster. They both were sentenced to death and subsequently executed.
Who wasﾠMarcus Garvey?
Jamaican-born black nationalist who opened the Universal Negro Improvement Association. Urged his people to establish their own nation-state in Africa. Black Star lines. Arrested for mail fraud, served 5 years, deported to Jamaica.
Who were the flappers and who epitomized the flapper girl?
Flappers were women somewhere between the “good girls” and the “ bad girls”. Flirted, petted, and danced wild dances like the Charleston. Clara Bow.
The Federal Highways act of 1916.
Produced a network of roads all over the country, providing construction jobs and a slwe of new roadside businesses.
Describe the events of theﾠGreat Flood of 1927.
Flood caused by torrential rains that over-ran the human-built levees, flooding 26K square miles. 900K displaced. “Americas greatest peacetime disaster.”
Buck v. Bell
Subjected scientific ideas to judicial and cultural scrutiny. Endorsement of negative eugenics.
Describe theﾠScopes Trial.
A staged trial in Tenn in which Scopes was prosecuted for teaching evolution, which was illegal in Tenn. Scopes lost, but the ruling was overturned due to technicality.
Describe the corruption of the Harding administration.
Handed out favors and deals to his friends. His buddies used their offices for personal gain. He drank ancaroused with them, despite Prohibition. Numerous extramarital affairs. Teapot Dome, and Elk Hills oil reserve bribery, selling government appointments and providing judicial pardons and police protection for bootleggers.
Describe the political philosophy of Calvin Coolidge.
Hands off, government should not meddle in national affairs. Napped periodically. Laissez-faire attitude toward business.
What was the Five Power Treaty?
First major disarmament accord with Japan, Britain, France, Italy and the US. All sides agreed to scrap more than 2m tons of warships.
Who wasﾠAl Smith?
Democratic governor of NY who became the first Roman Catholic US Presidential candidate
Describe the real estate collapse in the late 1920s.
Land boom in Florida based on land speculation. Railroad embargo, land bust, and Miami hurricane contributed.
Who wasﾠF. Scott Fitzgerald?
Author that wrote about the modern urban life. Glamorized , criticized and in many ways embodied the giddy nightlife and status seeking of the Jazz age. Author of This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and the Damned, and the Great Gatsby.
According to the text, the underlying weakness of the American economy in the 1920s wasﾠwhat?
Hidden poverty, unequal distribution of wealth.
What was theﾠHawley Smoot tariff?
A high tarriff intended to protect American commodities from competition from cheaper foreign goods. This tarriff failed miserably, adding to the downward spiral of the economy.
