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bloom/ revival of African American art, music, literature, and poetry in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood
The Harlem Renaissance
This was enacted to carry out the intent of the 18th Amendment which established prohibition in the United States
The Volstead Act
Flappers / Jazz Babies
young women known for their energetic freedom, embracing a lifestyle viewed by many at the time as outrageous and immoral. They are considered the first generation of independent women.
was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus
The Spanish Flu
routes of human movement from one area/ country to another.
Immigration Patterns
This spurred due to expanded access to cars, that became a place for young people to be alone together and nicknamed "portable bedrooms"
Religious Revivalism ( A rise in Christian and Catholic moral teachings )
set a legal precedent that states may sterilize inmates of public institutions. The court argued that imbecility, epilepsy, and feeblemindedness are hereditary, and that inmates should be prevented from passing these defects to the next generation
Buck v. Bell
a United States Senator from New Mexico and the Secretary of the Interior under President Warren G. Harding, infamous for his involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal.
Albert Fall
when the stock market plummeted and the U.S. plunged into the Great Depression.
Black Tuesday
To revoke or withdraw, rescind or annul by authoritative act
Repeal
the social class of wage-earners, those members of a society whose only possession of significant economic value is their labour power.
Proletariat
a court case that is studied because it has historical and legal significance, often concerning rights and liberties
Landmark Case
an American lawyer and politician who served as the 30th president of the United States. He delivered the 'Return to Normalcy' that the previous president promised.
Calvin Coolidge
the belief in freedom, equality, democracy and human rights, is historically associated with constitutionally limiting the power of the monarch/government
Liberalism
promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism or other leftist ideologies by a society or state. It is often characterized as political propaganda.
The Red Scare
a man-made resource of production. Machinery, buildings, railways and communication are included in capital.
Capital
A trial about the question of whether or not John T. Scopes had taught evolution, which he admittedly had. He was convicted and fined $100.
The Scopes "Monkey" Trial
An Italian-American gangster who became Chicago's crime king, running gambling, prostitution, and bootlegging rackets and expanding his territories by gunning down rivals.
Al Capone
the practice of improving the human species by selectively mating people with specific desirable hereditary traits
Eugenics
were a series of raids by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists after the bombing of US Attorney General Mitchell Palmer’s home
Palmer Raids
top social class, equivalent to the upper class. They are traditionally contrasted with the proletariat.
Bourgeoisie
Amendment declared the production, transport and sale of intoxicating liquors illegal
18th Amendment
The 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party who wanted a Return to Normalcy but never delivered it. He died of a brain hemorrhage.
Warren G Harding
form of government in which one person or a small group possesses absolute power without constitutional limitations.
Dictatorship
was an bribery scandal involving the administration of US President Warren G. Harding. It also involved a public land reserve thought to contain as much as 200 million barrels of oil.
Teapot Dome