Great Migration / Harlem Renaissance
Where did African Americans move during the Great Migration?
Northern cities (particularly Chicago and NYC, among others)
In the Scopes Trial, what was John Scopes accused of?
Teaching evolution
What did the Lost Generation criticize?
Chicago mob boss during Prohibition
Al Capone
What year was the Great Depression?
1929
What were the motivators for African Americans to move during the Great Migration?
Identify a commonality between the Palmer Raids and the Sacco and Vanzetti case.
Both are examples of injustice promoted by the Red Scare
Name one contributor to the growth of a national culture during the 1920s.
Illegal nightclubs during Prohibition
Speakeasies
Musical style that emerged during the 1920s, associated with speakeasies and the Harlem Renaissance
Jazz
What was the main philosophical idea behind the Harlem Renaissance?
What did the Immigration Act of 1924 do?
Create a quota system, limit immigration from Asia, limit immigration in general
The first car widely available to the middle class, produced by Henry Ford
The Model T
Amendment repealing Prohibition
21st Amendment
Term for intense patriotism / collective national identity
Nationalism
Poet, novelist and playwright who was the most famous writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance
Langston Hughes
Religious fundamentalism is...
A literal or near-literal interpretation of the Bible and religious tradition
The manufacturing tool made it easier to mass produce consumer goods – first used in the automobile industry by Henry Ford
Assembly line
Why did Prohibition fail?
Difficult to enforce, widespread organized crime, it was unpopular
Right wing ideology that grew in Europe in the 1930s
Fascism
How were the Lost Generation and the Harlem Renaissance similar?
Both criticized US society in the 1920s, both experimented artistically
Why were nativists afraid of increased immigration during the 1920s?
Fear of immigrants bringing radical ideas to the US, fear of immigrants taking American jobs
This economic tool enabled middle class families to purchase beyond their means
Credit
Smuggling alcohol made abroad into the country (through ports or the Canada and Mexico land borders)
Bootlegging
Umbrella term for the movements around women's suffrage, the social gospel, temperance, etc.
Progressivism