Unit 4- The social, economic, and political atmosphere of the early 1900's Flashcards
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The Ludlow Massacre
The Ludlow Massacre was a mass killing perpetrated by anti-striker militia during the Colorado Coalfield War. Soldiers from the Colorado National Guard and private guards employed by Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I) attacked a tent colony of roughly 1,200 striking coal miners and their families in Ludlow, Colorado, on April 20, 1914. Approximately 25 people, including miners’ wives and mostly children, were killed. John D. Rockefeller Jr., a part-owner of CF&I who had recently appeared before a United States congressional hearing on the strikes, was widely blamed for having orchestrated the massacre.
The Great Depression
The Great Depression (1929–1939) was an economic shock that impacted most countries across the world. It was a period of economic depression that became evident after a major fall in stock prices in the United States. The economic contagion began around September and led to the Wall Street stock market crash of October 24 (Black Thursday). It was the longest, deepest, and most widespread depression of the 20th century.
The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s. At the time, it was known as the “New Negro Movement”, named after The New Negro, a 1925 anthology edited by Alain Locke. The movement also included the new African-American cultural expressions across the urban areas in the Northeast and Midwest United States affected by a renewed militancy in the general struggle for civil rights, combined with the Great Migration of African-American workers fleeing the racist conditions of the Jim Crow Deep South, as Harlem was the final destination of the largest number of those who migrated north.
Which character in “The Great Gatsby” represented old money?
Tom Buchanan
Why did Gatsby throw such extravagant parties?
To advertise his illegal alcohol, create connections with powerful people around the city, and to hopefully capture Daisy’s attention.
How did President Woodrow Wilson “resolve” the Ludlow Massacre?
By sending in federal troops to try and restore peace in Colorado and ordering a meeting to resolve labor differences.
One of the most famous American poets of all-time, he infused jazz and blues rhythms into much of his work.
Langston Hughes
Harlem is a neighborhood in…
New York City, NY
The artists’ from the Harlem Renaissance goal was to…
create an expression of their dark-skinned selves
Which art form WASN’T represented in the Harlem Renaissance?
sculpture and architecture
How did the Harlem Renaissance most affect society?
People started talking about race in America.
“The Great Gatsby” novel’s narrator is
Nick Carraway
After World War I (the Great War), the narrator moved to
New York City, NY
What serves as a major symbol of Gatsby’s hopeful dream?
The Green Light on Daisy’s dock.
Who was the only character present at Gatsby’s funeral?
Nick
The Great Depression began in
1929
Roosevelt’s collection of laws and programs to help the nation deal with the Depression was known as
The New Deal
Who was president at the time of the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
Herbert Hoover
What were the villages full of shacks located in cities filled with unemployed Americans called?
Hoovervilles
What was the unemployment rate during the Great Depression?
24.9%
What ailments was Coca-Cola designed to treat?
Melancholy, Nausea, Headaches, Low-Energy, Vitality
What event caused Coca-Cola to switch out wine for soda as their main ingredient?
Prohibition
