America After World War I
The return of soldiers from this war provided a labor force and led to a period of economic prosperity.
World War I
This movement of African-Americans who lost their jobs in the south and followed the promise of jobs in the North.
Great Migration
The term for a dislike of foreigners and immigrants.
Nativism
These women challenged gender roles and social norms by wearing revealing attire, cutting their hair, smoking, drinking, etc.
Flappers
During the 1930s, the Great Plains experienced this natural disaster, dust storms that left many farmers without work and forced families to migrate west. It was caused by drought and poor farming practices.
The term for the fear of communists, anarchists and immigrants after the end of WW1.
The Red Scare
This manufacturing method made automobiles more affordable and provided American families greater access to travel.
Assembly Line
This movement against the sale of alcohol resulted in a disrespect of the law and a rise in crime.
Prohibition
This American businessman created the assembly line method to mass produce his line of automobiles.
Henry Ford
Bank failures, low-interest rates, overspeculation in the stock market, worldwide tariffs and the stock market crash would all be considered _____ .
Causes of the Great Depression
President Harding’s legacy was marred by this corruption scandal after it was revealed that he appointed government jobs to his friends, who were accepting bribes for contracting government land.
Teapot Dome Scandal
The term for the development of African-American art, literature, and music. Key people included Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong, and Alain Locke.
The Harlem Renaissance
This hate group committed acts of terror (i.e., lynching) against minorities. Membership and activity had dwindled by the late 1900s but resurged with the rise of Social Darwinism.
Ku Klux Klan
This group gained citizenship with an act in 1924 in large part due to their contributions during WW1.
American Indians
The safety net that provides workers with unemployment benefits and a retirement pension.
Social Security
This Republican president believed that Americans’ “rugged individualism” was the reason America was so prosperous.
Herbert Hoover
This section in New York City where musicians and song-writers formed the beginnings of American music including jazz and blues.
Tin Pan Alley
The belief that some “races” are inherently superior to others. This pseudoscience led to the rise of eugenics, the belief that humans could be improved by selective breeding.
He became famous for the first non-stop flights across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to London.
Charles Lindbergh
This New Deal agency insures banks so that Americans do not lose their personal savings in the event of a bank failure.
F.D.I.C. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
This Republican president’s pro-business policies including, “Return to Normalcy”, led to economic growth during the 1920s.
Warren G. Harding
Name for Warren Harding's plan to reduce government intervention, high tariffs, and isolationism.
Return to Normalcy
This policy led to the sterilization of over 64,000 Americans in order to keep the U.S. a superior race by targeting the mentally ill.
Eugenics
He advocated racial pride and supported a Back-to-African movement.
Marcus Garvey
Law signed by President Hoover which forcibly sent 1.8 million Mexican-Americans back to Mexico, 60% of which were naturalized citizens. It was intended to alleviate the competition for jobs during the Great Depression.
Mexican Repatriation Act