Laws / Legal Actions
John T. Scopes was put on trial for what?
Teaching the theory of evolution
What was the movement of roughly 1 million African Americans from the rural south to industrial cities in the north called?
The Great Migration
This was the hottest nightclub in Harlem, originally opened by boxing champion Jack Johnson in 1920
The Cotton Club
Which technology helped spread the popularity of jazz music?
Radio
After WWI, most Americans wanted to avoid future wars by doing what?
"Returning to normalcy" - Isolationist policies
What was the scandal in which Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall leased federal oil lands to private oil companies known as?
Teapot Dome Scandal
Manufacturers turned to advertising to attract new customers. What impact did this have on teenagers' leisure time?
This group represented African Americans who were facing racial violence in America
NAACP
To which earlier music do Blues trace their roots?
Slave spirituals
What was the purpose of the Volstead Act?
Enforce prohibition
Why did many view Sacco and Vanzetti with suspicion?
They were Italian immigrants with anarchists political views
Why did race riots increase after the end of WWI?
White workers saw African Americans as economic competitors during the postwar recession.
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A period in which a creative, cultural explosion occurred where noteworthy works of art and literature were created
Who was involved in "The Crime of the Century"
Charles Lindbergh
How did Henry Ford's system for making cars increased efficiency?
The assembly line divided operations into simpler, individual tasks
What two principles were in constant friction in the U.S. government's pursuit of suspected communists, anarchists, and radicals like Charles Schenk?
Why did American leaders worry that ideas of communism might spread to the United States following WWI?
Economic struggles led Americans to view communism as fairer and more equitable than capitalism.
What role did nightclubs play in the Harlem Renaissance?
Nightclubs showcased African American talents, but didn't serve African American customers.
What accounted for the rapid spread of flapper fashion?
Mass media (advertisements) pushed women to conform to flapper fashions/trends
What contributed to the reemergence of the KKK in the 1920s?
Immigration and Nativist ideas/opinions
How were the tactics of the Ku Klux Klan and the NAACP different?
The Klan used violence; the NAACP used the law.
What effect did the auto industry of the 1920s have on American society?
People could live further from work, cheaper cars (credit), paved roads, gas tax, motels, roadside restaurants, billboards
Who had the idea of the "back-to-Africa" movement?
Marcus Garvey
Warren Harding's election of 1920
The Greenwood neighborhood in Tulsa, also known as Black Wall Street, was attacked during the Tulsa Race Massacre. What steps are being taken to learn more about this massacre?
Excavating possible grave sites, commemorating existing grave sites, including it in school curriculum