Jazz Age II Flashcards
(42 cards)
Exempted natives of the western hemisphere from the quotas
National Origins Act
funded irrigation projects in the southwest and led to the creation of large farms that needed thousands of workers
Newlands Reclammation Act of 1902
his theories affected people’s ideas about relationships
Sigmund Freud
women who smoked cigarettes, drank prohibited liquor, and wore makeup and sleeveless dresses with short skirts
Flappers
her research led to a dramatic drop in the death rates of tuberculosis
Florence Sabin
founded the American Birth Control League in 1921
Margaret Sanger
what class was affected the most by birth control?
the middle class
believed that The Bible was literally true and without error
Fundamentalists
the scientific theory that humans and other forms of life have “evolved” over time
evolution
the belief that GOD created the world and everything in it (usually as The Bible described it)
Creationism
advertised for a teacher willing to be arrested for teaching evolution
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
a biology teacher in Dayton, Tennessee who went to trial for teaching evolution (against Tennessee law)
John T. Scopes
three-time presidential candidate who led the prosecution and represented the Creationists
William Jennings Bryan
one of the country’s most celebrated lawyers who represented Scopes in the monkey trial
Clarence Darrow
prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol
18th Amendment
gave the US Treasury Department the power to enforce prohibition
Volstead Act
places where alcoholic beverages were sold illegally
Speakeasies
the illegal production and distribution of alcohol
bootlegging
Repealed the 18th amendment
the 21st Amendment
wrote “A Farewell to Arms”
Ernest Hemingway
wrote “The Great Gatsby”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The first “talking picture” (talking movie) that began the golden age of Hollywood
The Jazz Singer
place in NYC where composers wrote popular music
Tin Pan Alley
wrote “Puttin’ on The Ritz” and “White CHRISTmas”
Irving Berlin
