Consumerism Content
Consumerism (Explain in your own words)
Anything relating to the words is a social and economic order in which the goals of many individuals include the acquisition of goods and services beyond those that are necessary for survival or for traditional displays of status.
The Study of how to arrange reproduction within a human population to increase the occurrence of heritable characteristics regarded as desirable.
What is Eugenics?
Popular movie star and heart throb of the 1920's
Rudolph Valentino
The court case that involved a Tennessee teacher that taught "evolution" violating the states Butler Act.
What is The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes?
A symbol of women's expanding public role in America.
Flappers
Average Cost of a radio
$150. Now that would equate to $2,659.65
The study of the nature of God and religious belief
What is Theology?
Coined the term, "Double Conscience"
W.E.B DuBois, an American sociologist known for his philosophy on Race.
In this case, the Supreme Court upheld the Constitutionality of forced sterilization laws authorizing doctors to sterilize insane and "feeble-minded"
Buck v. Bell (1927)
the flourishing of African-American literature and art in the 1920's, born in Harlem, New York, and spread mostly in urban centers across America. Prominent figures: Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, W.E.B. DuBois
The Harlem Renaissance
In your own words, how did consumerism come to America?
Anything relating to WWI companies now focusing on consumer products and causing a boom in mass production. Bonus points for mentioning growing practice of credit cards.
Name 3 inventions/discoveries in 1920
The Traffic Light
Vacuum Cleaner
The Band-aid
Penicillin
The Instant Camera
Vitamin D, E, and K
Radio
Athlete who shattered records. One of their famous quotes were, "Never let the fear of striking out get in your way".
Babe Ruth
US Supreme Court ruled that trademarks, trade names, and nicknames for those marks that are in common use receive protection under the common law. (Hint: Involves a famous soda)
The Coca-Cola Co. v. The Koke Co, of America
Age of music pioneered by African American musicians, from New Orleans, LA., who combined western harmonies with African rhythms
Jazz Age
Average percent of Americans who owned/bought a car during the 1920's
Around 60%
Received the Noble Peace Prize in Physics in 1921
Albert Einstein for his works in theoretical physics
A mob king in Chicago who controlled a large network of speakeasies with enormous profits.
Who is Al Capone
A case in which the Court found that the Espionage Act did not violate the First Amendment if the speech incited resistance to war.
Abrams v. United States
Resurrected movement of nativist Americans in the 1920s who targeted African-Americans, but Jews, Catholics, Radicals, and Immigrants.
Ku Klux Klan
An American short-animated film produced in black and white involving a boat in 1929
Disney's Steamboat Willie, the first appearance of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse and first cartoon to have synchronous sound.
Explain in your own words how Eugenics shape American and international views on race and nationalism
Nice explanation!
First person alone to fly across the Atlantic. (Bonus points for the name of their plane)
Charles Lindbergh
A case in which the Court held that the First Amendment right to free speech is applicable against the states via the Fourteenth Amendment, but speech advocating the violent overthrow of government is not protected.
Gitlow v. New York
In your own words, Why did the 1920s see the emergence of the "consumer society"?
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