Vocab
Return to Normalcy
Active Reading Strategies
Anti-Immigration
Racism
100
This was a method of production in which something is made by passing it from operation to operation until it is done.
What is an assembly line?
100
This was the president who promised the country a "Return to Normalcy"
Who is Harding?
100
"Why do earthquakes form?" is an example of this active reading strategy.
What is asking questions?
100
This revolution is when the tsar was removed from power and the socialists of the country took control.
What is the Russian Revolution?
100
He was the 1st black heavyweight champion of the world in boxing, and was despised by most white Americans.
Who is Jack Johnson?
200
This is the name for a fear of foreigners.
What is xenophobia?
200
Harding and Coolidge recommended policies that would encourage a friendly relationship between business and this.
What is government?
200
Looking at the title, any bold, underlined, or italicized words in a paragraph before reading is this active reading strategy.
What is using text features and visual cues?
200
This was the fear of Communism in the United States. Many people believed that the communists wanted to take over the country.
What is the Red Scare?
200
This movement was started by Marcus Garvey and called for African Americans to be proud of their heritage. The UNIA was created as a result.
What is black nationalism?
300
This trial was about a teacher who taught the theory of evolution in class and was sued by religous fundamentalists.
What is the Scopes-Monkey Trial?
300
This scandal was when government officials gave landgrants to companies on oil rich land in exchange for bribes.
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?
300
When reading about volcanoes, you picture a large mountain with lava flowing from the top of it in your head. This is an example of this active reading strategy.
What is making mental images?
300
A group of mine workers who were striking were gathered up and deported illegally by American citizens and it became known as this.
What is the Bisbee Deportation?
300
This group used the courts in order to fight for equality. It also wanted to eliminate hate between races and was joined by W.E.B. Dubois?
What is NAACP
400
This was a series of attempts to round up and deport foriegners who had extreme political opinions or were suspected of supported those against our government.
What is the Palmer raids?
400
President Harding placed these on goods coming in from other countries in order to protect the economy.
What are tariffs?
400
When reading about rivers, you think to yourself that you know that Pittsburgh has 3 rivers that run through the city. This is an example of this active reading strategy
What is activating prior knowledge?
400
This was a 16 year old immigrant who was deported for encouraging people to not sign up for the draft.
Who is Emma Goldman?
400
Many Hispanics moved to this part of the country to escape racism and to find jobs.
What is the Southwest/West?
500
This was the trial of 2 immigrants who were accused of murder. They were anarchists and many people believed the trial was not fair.
What is the Sacco and Vendzetti trial?
500
AFL meant this, and was also one of the 1st labor unions.
What is the American Federation of Labor?
500
When a person makes a conclusion based on what you read and what you already know this person is using this active reading strategy.
What is drawing inferences?
500
These were limits on immigration that were imposed to stop immigrants from coming to the U.S.
What are quotas?
500
The large immigration of African Americans to cities of the North in order to escape racism and find jobs was known as this.
What is the Great Migration?
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