Politics of the 20's
This American President claimed a "return to normalcy", but put friends in important cabinet positions and had many scandals. He died in office-of a heart attack the day before the Teapot Dome Scandal broke.
Who was Harding?
This is an efficient method of making products with many parts, giving individuals one task to perform on all of the products, make the process quicker and more efficient.
What is an assembly line?
The belief that one's native land needs to be protected against immigrants.
What is Nativism?
1920's art work that was expressionist, or weird and unusual-like Dhali's melting clocks, or" The Screamer"
What is surreal?
A form of music influenced by Dixieland & Ragtime music with syncopated rhythms& Improvised elements, that was born in New Orleans.
What is Jazz?
This is the ability to get an item with the agreement to make payments, as opposed to paying for this item and taking it home.
What is credit?
The group of white men that used threats & violence to intimidate African Americans and others that they deemed "un-American".
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
These writers called themselves this, because they wrote about being disillusioned after the war.
What is the "Lost Generation"?
A soulful style of music that evolved around African American sprituals, that sang about oppression, poverty and unfulfilled love.
What are the "blues"?
This invention allowed people to listed to the news, music, stories and some live events in the privacy of their homes.
What is Radio?
These 2 Italian immigrants were anarchist and were executed for a double murder and the evidence against them was questionable.
Who were Sacco & Vanzetti?
This form of media featured moving pictures on a large lighted screen, and had a piano player playing music that matched what was going on in each scene. There was no sound with these moving pictures.
What are Silent Films?
The artistic development of racial pride, political organization combined with a flowering of African American art.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This American President vetoed any bills that would help farmers sell their surpluses, thus not helping the farming crisis of the 1920's.
Who is Coolidge?
The young women that cut their hair short, shortened their skirts, smoked & drank in public, got jobs and lived independently, and wore makeup!
What are Flappers?
Bela Lugosi (dracula), Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson, Clara Bow, and Rudolph Valentino were in this group
Who are silent film stars?
The act of many African Americans moving from the south to northern cities for jobs.
What was the Great Migration?
The act of using mass media to sell products, usually making the consumer feel inadequate, left behind or not modern.
What is Mass advertising?
This was the sensational trial of the times, where a teacher was tried and found guilty of teaching evolution.
Who is John Scopes?
Mediums of mass communication (i.e. Radio, news papers, TV, etc)
What is Mass Media?
The Group that battled against lynching and improving the economic & political positions of Colored People
What is the NAACP?