African American Culture
A Clash of Values
The Policies of Prosparity & A Growing Economy
Presidential Politics
and More
Enrichment
100
African Americans created an environment that stimulated artistic development, racial pride, a sense of community, and political orgaization. The result was a flowering of African American arts that became known as the
What is the Harlem Renaissance
100
The ratification of this Amendment began Prohibition
What is the 18th Amendment
100
Adopted by Henry Ford, which divided operations into simple tasks that unskilled workers could do and cut unnecessary motion to a minimum
What is the assembly line?
100
Harding felt more comfortable among his old poker-playing friends who he also gave many cabinet posts and other high-level jobs. The jobs that were given to Harding's friends and political allies
What is Ohio Gang
100
A dynamic black leader from Jamaica, he captured the imagination of millions of African Americans with his call for "Negro Nationalism," which glorified the black culture and traditions of the past
Who is Marcus Garvey
200
African Americans sought to escape the segregated society of the South, to find new economic opportunities, and to build better lives when they moved to areas in the north.
What is the Great Migration
200
This act made immigrant restriction a permanent policy
What is the National Origins Act
200
A large scale product manufacturing usually done by machinery, created more supply and reduced consumer costs
What is mass production
200
freedom from prosecution
What is immunity
200
Perhaps the wold's most celebrated woman pilot. By 1932 she was flying solo across the Atlantic
Who is Amelia Earhart
300
a style of music influenced by Dixieland music and ragtime, with its ragged rhythms and syncopated melodies, Louis Armstrong introduced an improvisative style called
What is Jazz
300
This Amendment ended the federally-mandated Prohibition
What is the 21st Amendment
300
radio, movies, newspapers, and magazines aimed at a broad audience; it did more than just entertain, they helped unify the nation and spread the new ideas and attitudes of the time.
What is Mass Media
300
this organization not only targeted African Americans' they also went after Catholics, Jews, immigrants and other groups that they considered to have "un-American" values.
What is the Klan or KKK
300
Affectionately called the "Tin Lizzie' or "Flivver", this was Ford's assebly-line product
What is the Model T
400
Bessie Smith sang of an unfulfilled lover, poverty, and oppression; the classic themes of
What is the Blues?
400
The Sacco and Vanzetti case created a furor, as newspapers around the country revealed that the two immigrants were people who opposed all forms of government
What are Anarchists
400
If taxes were lower, businesses and consumers would spend and invest their extra money, causing the economy to grow. As the economy grew, Americans would earn more money, and the government would actually collect more taxes at the lower rate than it would if it kept tax rates high.
What is supply side economics?
400
Harding ran on this campaign slogan the return to what kind of life after the war?
What is normalcy
400
He once said, "Four-fifths of all our troubles in this life would disappear if we would only sit down and keep still."
Who is Calvin Coolidge
500
On the legal front, they battled valiantly but often unsuccessfully against the segregation and discrimination against African Americans.
What is the NAACP
500
One of the most succesful and violent gangsters of the 1920's, had many police officers, judges, and other officials on his payroll.
What is Al Capone
500
Tired of being entangled in the baffling, mutually hostile, and dangerous politics of Europe, Americans favored
What is Isolationism?
500
The secretary of the interior, Albert B. Fall, secretly allowed private interests to lease lands containing U.S. Navy oil reserves at
Where is Teapot, Wyoming & Elk Hills, California?
500
The NAACP stands for what orgainzation?
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
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