Roaring 20s Flashcards

(47 cards)

1
Q

What did African Americans do to seek a better future

A

Moved north

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Flappers

A

Women that broke tradition

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Who is Albert fall and harry Dougherty

A

Member of Ohio gang

Albert was secretary of interior

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Teapot dome scandal

A

Illegal oil transferring of oil by Albert fall

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Ohio gang

A

Political and business leaders that influenced Harding

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Center of American movie industry

A

Hollywood

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Urban Americans

A

Followed science, modern education

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Rural

A

Religious values
Traditional
Basic education

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Scopes trial

A

Highschool teacher taught evolution and was fined $100

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

How did Henry ford reduce price of model T

A

Made the assembly line to produce products faster

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Nativist view on immigration

A

Opposed immigration thought immigrants would take jobs

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

What group struggled during the 1920s

A

Farmers, prices declined which made them move to cities

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Prohibition

A

Banning of alcohol

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

18th amendment

A

Banned alcohol

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

21st amendment

A

(1933) stops the 18th amendment

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

What effect did prohibition have on crime

A

Rise in gangsters and illegal selling of alcohol(bootleggers, speakeasies)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Who was Andrew Mellon

A

Wealthy banker; secretary of treasury

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Economy after WW1

A

Economic recession after war; economy declined

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Predominant political attitudes

A

Conservative; people didn’t like immigration

20
Q

Harlem renaissance

A

Uprising of social activities

21
Q

Sigmund Freud

A

Austrian neurologist founder of psychoanalysis

22
Q

What groups did KKK target

A

Any non-white Christian

23
Q

Langston Hughes

A

American poet, social activist, novelist one of the innovators of jazz poetry

24
Q

What was the first “talkie” film

A

“Jazz singer”

25
Bull market
Rising stock market
26
Bear market
Not moving/ failing stock market
27
Dawes plan
US loans Germany money Germany pays France and Britain France and Britain pay back US
28
Kellogg- briand pact
Treaty to outlaw war
29
Americas first radio station? Where was it?
KDKA | Pgh
30
Volstead act
Enforced 18th amendment
31
"Wets"
Against prohibition
32
Drys
Liked prohibition
33
Emergency quota act of 1921
3% of immigrants can come to the US
34
what is a speak easy
Secret drinking establishment
35
Famous criminal of prohibition era
Al Capone
36
Bootlegger
Illegal selling of alcohol
37
Ernest Hemingway
Rejected traditional writing
38
Duke Ellington
American composer and band leader of jazz orchestra
39
Zora Neal Hurston
American novelist; best know for their eyes orchestra
40
Charlie Chaplin
Famous silent film star
41
Al Jolson
American singer film actor and comedian
42
Washington naval disarmament
9 nations met to try and prevent arms race
43
Incentives
Motives to do something
44
Normalcy
Lack of government regulation
45
Buying on margin
Installment buying with stocks up to 10% of stock as down payment
46
"Silent cal"
Calvin Coolidge | Quiet and frugal
47
"Business of america is business"
Business fuels the nation