Boom Time and Business
This decade was characterized by economic prosperity, changing social values, and rising nativism.
The 1920s
The 18th Amendment established this nationwide restriction on alcohol.
Prohibition
Preference for native-born Americans and hostility toward immigrants is called this.
nativism
This aviator’s famous flight increased confidence in air travel.
Charles Lindbergh
The Teapot Dome scandal damaged this president’s administration by revealing government corruption
Warren G. Harding
Lower income tax rates during the 1920s helped economic growth because consumers had more of this
money to spend / disposable income
An unintended effect of Prohibition was an increase in this illegal production and sale of alcohol.
bootlegging
Red Scare fears, the growth of the KKK, and the Sacco and Vanzetti convictions, and immigration quotas all reflected the growth of this attitude
nativism
This migration involved African Americans moving away from discrimination in the South toward northern cities.
the Great Migration
The 19th Amendment expanded political rights for this group.
women
Henry Ford used this production method to make automobiles faster and more affordable.
the assembly line
How did prohibition effect US society? (explain two effects)
Traditional beliefs vs modernisn
Science vs religion
The federal government used these during the 1920s to limit the number of immigrants entering the country.
immigration quotas
One demographic result of the Great Migration was growth of African American populations in these areas.
urban areas (cities)
Tin Pan Alley contributed to American culture primarily by distributing this form of popular music material.
sheet music
How did Henry Ford's assembly line affect the American workplace?
Labor productivity and output in factories increased.
The Scopes Trial represented conflict between these two competing cultural viewpoints
traditionalism vs modernism
science vs religion
A 1920 film showing an immigrant learning English and achieving success promoted this process of adopting the dominant culture.
assimilation
Harlem Renaissance writers such as Langston Hughes frequently emphasized this within the African American community
racial pride
The World War I armistice went into effect on November 11 of this year
1918
Appliances such as electric dishwashers affected household life primarily by doing what?
Reducing the time spent on household chores
What were flappers?
Answers may vary
The Red Scare of the 1920s and McCarthyism of the 1950s were both reactions to fear of the spread of this ideology.
communism
African American musicians helped create this distinctly American musical form that later became popular around the world.
jazz
Wilson’s Fourteen Points were designed primarily to accomplish this after World War I.
Create conditions that would prevent future global conflicts