American Concerns and Changing Demographics
How did high schools change in the 1920s?
List one electrical convenience that was popularized in the 1920s to help with household chores.
Washing machine, vacuum cleaner, sewing machine, refrigerators, cooking ranges, and toasters
Where would citizens go to enjoy alcohol during Prohibition?
speakeasy
South
What is traditionalism?
An attempt to resist change by holding onto old ideas or values
What is the Red Scare?
A fear that Communism would spread to the United States that would end capitalism
What was the airplane industry first used as?
Mail carrying service for the US Post Office
Why did some people support Prohibition?
Supporters of Prohibition believed alcohol was sinful and was harmful to public health
List two reasons African Americans moved during the Great Migration.
1. Job opportunities
2. Escape the racial violence and Jim Crow laws
How did the Red Scare and anti-immigrant sentiments lead to the rise of the KKK?
Members of the KKK felt a need to preserve white American values by attacking anything that was considered different from them.
What does it mean to buy goods on credit?
Buyers put a down payment down towards the cost of a good and agree to pay off the debt in monthly installments
What was the purpose of the Volstead Act?
It established the Prohibition Bureau to track down illegal operations and monitor highways so people couldn't distribute alcohol. The Volstead Act was extremely underfunded.
True or false: African Americans in Louisville, KY during the 1920s did not experience racism.
False - While many African American neighborhoods had successful businesses, these neighborhoods also experienced police brutality and overpolicing.
Birth Control
What was the goal of the immigration quota?
The immigration quota put a cap on the number of immigrants allowed from each country in order to limit the number of immigrants from Europe to America.
What is urban sprawl? How did the automobile industry contribute to urban sprawl?
Urban sprawl is the spreading of geographic regions of cities in all directions. The new automobile industry allowed for people to live further away from the city center.
Which American gangster headed a criminal empire in Chicago which he controlled using bribes and violence?
Al Capone
Another name for the Greenwood neighborhood that held many successful African American owned businesses
Black Wall Street
Why was John Scopes arrested and taken to trial?
Scopes taught about evolution in Tennessee when it was illegal.
Explain how the Red Scare, the Sacco and Vanzetti case, and the rise of the KKK reflected concerns held by many Americans.
What evidence suggests that the prosperity of the 1920s was not on a firm foundation?
People purchased too many goods using credit that nobody was actually making a profit on their business. It seemed that the economy was doing well because of the increase in production, but since no one was outright paying for the goods, this was a false prosperity.
How did citizens get around Prohibition laws and the Volstead Act? What happened as a result?
How did the Great Migration and the Harlem Renaissance shape African American communities?
What was the outcome of the Scopes trial?
The Butler Act was NOT repealed, and it was illegal to teach about evolution in Tennessee until the 1960s.