NV: Roaring 20s/ Jazz Age Flashcards
(9 cards)
1
Q
What is nativism?
A
Hostility of native born Americans to new immigrants
2
Q
18th amendment
A
18th amendment
3
Q
Emergency quota act
A
Limited immigration
4
Q
What was the great migration?
A
African Americans moving north
5
Q
What defined the Harlem renaissance?
A
Arts, music, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes. Cotton club
6
Q
1929s media
A
Radio, talking movies, mass media
7
Q
What did Henry ford create?
A
The assembly line =mass production
8
Q
President Hoover v. Roosevelt
A
Concerning the stock market crash;
Hoover opposed directly helping
Roosevelt felt the government needed to intervene: new deal
9
Q
What led to the Great Depression?
A
Overproduction, buying on margin. Led to stock market crash (black Tuesday)
