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What was the name of the policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs in which the United States instituted after World War I?
Isolationism
What treaty outlawed warfare and made nation's resolve their differences peacefully
Kellogg-Briand Treaty
What was the name on the plan in which American banks loaned Germany money. It was intended to help Germany pay off their war reparations.
The Dawes Plan
An over-exaggerated fear of Communism spreading in the U.S. in the 1920's
The Red Scare
"The First Red Scare"
People who oppose having any form of government
Anarchist
Over favoritism towards native born Americans.(favoring people born in our nation over immigrants)
Nativism
Hate organization formed after the Civil War with the goal of terrorizing any group unlike themselves (African Americans, Immigrants)
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Two Italian immigrants who were arrested for murder mainly because of their political beliefs (they were anarchists) and nationality (they were Italian immigrants)
Sacco and Vanzetti
A set of principles that granted greater sexual freedom to men than to women
Double Standard
Free-thinking young women who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the 1920's
Flappers
A literal, non-symbolic interpretation of the bible.
A belief that everything in the bible is true and without error.
Ex. God created the Earth and all of its beings
Fundamentalism
The scientific theory by Charles Darwin that said humans and other forms of life have developed from lower forms of life over millions of years
Theory of Evolution
Biology teacher who was arrested for teaching the Theory of Evolution in school
John T. Scopes
He was appointed to prosecute John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in public school?
William Jennings Bryan
Famous trial lawyer of the 1920's who was appointed to defend John T. Scopes?
Clarence Darrow
Evangelist preacher who warned of the evils of consuming alcohol
Billy Sunday
What was the movement of southern blacks to Northern cities like New York and Chicago to escape racism in the South and an opportunity for factory jobs in the North?
The Great Migration
Literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American Culture
Increased recognition of African American culture and music
The Harlem Renaissance
Founder of the UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Organization). He believed African Americans should build a separate society away from whites
Marcus Garvey
Best known poet during the Harlem Renaissance, his poems depicted the difficult lives of working class African Americans
Langston Hughes
Field Secretary for the NAACP, became one of the first individuals to push for anti-lynching laws in the United States
James Weldon Johnson
Jazz pianist and composer that led a ten-piece orchestra at the Cotton Club
Duke Ellington
First African American Congressman from a Northern state
Oscar DePriest
Son of a former slave, he became a major dramatic actor during the Harlem Renaissance
Paul Robeson
2 ways Americans obtained liquor during Prohibition
1. Bought liquor from bootleggers
2. Went to Speakeasies