Harlem Renaissance
Fundamentalism
Politics
Nativism
Great Migration
100
Name the city where the Harlem Renaissance began
New York City
100
Define Fundamentalism
emphasizing the literally interpreted Bible as fundamental to Christian life and teaching
100
Name the three presidents of the 1920's, in order.
Harding, Coolidge, Hoover.
100
Define nativism.
Belief that natives to the U.S. are more deserving people than immigrants; dislike of immigrants.
100
Name three cities where African Americans settled.
New York, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati.
200
Name three artists of the Harlem Renaissance
Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Langston Hughes
200
What was the Scope's Trial? Reason for it and the outcome.
Supreme court case in Tennessee against Scopes who was teaching evolution. Scopes lost.
200
Name the political party of the three presidents.
Republican
200
What organization made a resurgence due to their dislike of Catholics, Jews, and non-Anglo-Saxon immigrants?
Ku Klux Klan
200
Name the the reasons for immigration.
Violence (KKK) and lack of economic opportunity.
300
What were the jobs available for African Americans in the North?
Low-paying factory jobs, or domestic staff.
300
Name the amendments that created, and repealed, prohibition.
Created: 18th Repealed: 21st
300
What amendment, and name the year, gave women the right to vote?
19th amendment, 1920
300
Name the trial that was heavily influenced by nativism, and the event that influenced the fear of foreigners.
Sacco and Vanzetti Red Scare or the Russian Revolution
300
What was the significance of the Tulsa Race Riot?
Showed the impact of violence, and the strong racism in the South.
400
Explain the significance of the Cotton Club
Mention racism, segregation, growth of culture
400
Name two reasons for prohibition, and the main outcome.
Reasons: stopping alcohol related accidents, stopping abuse Outcome: growth in organized crime.
400
Explain laissez-faire business.
a policy that allows businesses to operate with very little interference from the government
400
What were the government policies that curbed immigration?
1921 Emergency Quota Act: limited the number of immigrants who would be admitted from any country annually to 3% of the number of residents from that same country who lived in the United States, based on the United States Census figures from 1910. 1924 National Origins Act: the quota for immigrants entering the U.S. was set at two percent of the total of any given nation`s residents in the U.S. as reported in the 1890 census; after July 1, 1927, the 2% rule was to be replaced by an overall cap of 150,000 immigrants annually.
400
Name the laws governing African Americans. Explain one.
Jim Crow Laws.
500
Explain the main two achievements of the Harlem Renaissance, and the main problem.
Achievements: Expanse in culture & beginning of civil rights organizations Main Problem: Racism
500
Explain how fundamentalism influenced the 1920's
Answer should include increase in policies that were about social control and morals (i.e. Scopes Trial creationism and prohibition).
500
Were the policies of the 1920's isolationist? Why or why not?
No. The Dawes Plan involved international debt, Disarmament encouraged interference in foreign governments.
500
Explain the significance of nativism to the 1920's.
Growth of hate (KKK, Sacco and Vanzetti), immigrant polices.
500
What was the effect of the Great Migration on the U.S. society?
Led to the Harlem Renaissance, and the growth of African Americans in the North.
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