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What was the Great Migration?
the mass movement of approximately six million Black people from the American South to Northern, Midwestern, and Western states between the 1910s and 1970s
Emergency Quota Act of 1921
The max number of people who can enter the US from each foreign country or to limit immigration.
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture.
The increased availability of ________________ led to more advertisements and helped create a consumer economy
consumer goods and mass media
What civil liberty was most challenged during the Scopes Trial?
freedom of speech and religion
What was the result of the Great Migration?
a major shift in the U.S. demographic landscape, the flourishing of a vibrant African American urban culture, and significant political and social changes, including a crucial role in the rise of the Civil Rights Movement
What did the quota system limit?
immigration
What type of music is rooted in African American music and iconic of the 1920's?
Jazz
What major impact did the automobile have on American Life?
It fueled economic growth by creating a massive industry, led to the rise of suburbs, and gave individuals unprecedented personal freedom and mobility
The Sacco and Vanzetti case reflected what?
intense anti-immigrant sentiment and political paranoia
Mitchel Palmer believed that he needed to protect the American people from?
political radicals, particularly communists and anarchists.
What immigrants were not allowed into the US?
Japanese
What are the characteristics of a flapper?
fashionable and loose clothing like short dresses and bobbed hair, a love for jazz music and dances
How did household appliances affect American society in the 1920's?
significantly reducing the time and labor required for household chores
What is a speakeasy?
hidden illegal bar
What even represented the fear of communism spreading to the U.S.?
Red Scare
The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920's opposed?
Racial and ethnic minorities
What did the nineteenth Amendment guarantee?
women the right to vote
How did radio help unify the nation?
creating a shared national experience through simultaneous broadcasts of news, sports, and entertainment.
What effect did prohibition have on American society?
It led to a rise in organized crime due to the illegal alcohol trade, a decline in government tax revenue, and significant job losses in industries tied to alcohol.
What theme is shared by both F. Scott Fitzgerald and Earnest Hemingway's works?
moral decay of the "Lost Generation" after World War I
What was the issue at the center of the scopes trial?
whether public schools could teach the theory of evolution
Which Harlem Renaissance figure wrote about the struggles of working-class African Americans?
Langston Hughes
What was the first "talkie" movie?
The Jazz Singer
what was the main goal of the National Origins Act of 1924?
preserve the perceived racial and ethnic homogeneity of the United States by restricting immigration and creating quotas that heavily favored immigrants from Northern and Western Europe