The Roaring Twenties Flashcards
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an American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate. The Chicago Outfit, which subsequently also became known as the “Capones”, was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging liquor, and other illegal activities such as prostitution, in Chicago from the early 1920s to 1931.
Al Capone
part of the Teapot Dome Scandal; Secretary of the Interior; secretly leases land of Teapot Dome and other land to oil people so they loan him personal money; loses his job and serves time in Federal Prison
Albert Fall
was an American statesman who was elected Governor of New York four times and was the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate in 1928
Alfred E. Smith
was an American banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector, and United States Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew Mellon
used airplanes to sink battleships July 1921; wrote 1924 repot predicting Japan would bomb Pearl Harbor; in 1925 he is court-martialed; considered Father of the Air Force
Billy Mitchell
first full length feature film; stirred movement in the KKK
Birth of a Nation
was an American statesman, lawyer and Republican politician from New York
Charles Evans Hughs
first to fly west to east across the Atlantic Ocean
Charles Lindburg
is accused of stealing funds from Vetrens funds and kickbacks; he fled the country; he is found and indicted for corruption and bribery; has to have 10,000 dollar fine and two years in federal prison
Charles R. Forbes
defense attorney for the Scopes Trial
Clarence Darrow
a socialist movement to create a classless, moneyless, and stateless social order structured upon common ownership of the means of production, as well as a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of this social order.
Communism
durable goods
Consumer durables
is legendary in silence; known for honesty and integrity; Election of 1924 Coolidge vs. Davis; Fordney McCumber Tariff and Smoot-Hawley Tariff push tariffs to all time high; appoints William Howard Taft to Chief Justice
Calvin Coolidge
an attempt following World War 1 for the Triple Entente to collect war reparations debt from Germany
Dawes Plan
is the change in the inherited characteristics of biological populations over successive generations
Evolution
Washington Naval Treaty; as a treaty among the major nations that had won World War I, which by the terms of the treaty agreed to prevent an arms race by limiting naval construction
Five Power Treaty
term used for new women in the 1920’s
Flapper
is the demand for a strict adherence to orthodox theological doctrines usually understood as a reaction against Modernist theology, primarily to promote continuity and accuracy
Fundamentalism
was the movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that lasted up until the 1960s
Great Migration
is republican candidate in 1920; wins over James Cox; his ordinariness won him the election; major policy ‘Less government in business and more business in government’; main agenda is cut government budget; did little for farmers; raised prices of foreign grains; his appointments are mixed up bunch of good and bad
Warren G. Harding
was a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s. At the time, it was known as the “New Negro Movement”; named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke
Harlem Renaissance
started as leader in automobile market; General Motors begins introducing different colors and passenger comfort; Chrysler always focuses on comfort
Henry Ford
buying stock on credit
Installment Plan
was an philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform; Dewey decimal system
John Dewey
