Women in 1920s
What term refers to the right of women to vote?
Womens Suffrage
What city served as the center of the Harlem Renaissance, where a cultural explosion among intellectuals, artists, writers, musicians, and dancers took place during the 1920s-1930s?
Harlem, New York City
Who was the pioneering investigative journalist and civil rights activist known for her efforts to expose the brutal reality of lynching in the United States?
Ida B Wells
Founded in 1909 by activists like W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, and others, this organization focused on advocating for civil rights and equality for African Americans through legal and political strategies. Name this organization.
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
The burning cross became a symbol of the second KKK to intimidate who?
People who they thought would undermine Protestant Christianity and American ideals
A social and cultural shift that took place in the early 20th century, particularly during the 1920s. This movement marked a significant departure from traditional gender roles and societal expectations for women
New Womens Movement
A notorious American gangster and crime boss during the Prohibition era.
Al Capone
A historic African American cultural and business district in Los Angeles. Known now as South Central
Central Avenue
What concept became more acceptable in the 1920s, encouraging people to "Buy now, Pay later" and contributing to overspending?
what is Credit?
Who are individuals that adhere to a set of fundamental beliefs, often in response to challenges to traditional Christian teachings?
Fundamentalists
The term "flapper" referred to rebellious young women in the 1920s. What aspects of their behavior and appearance characterized the flapper lifestyle?
wearing make-up, short hair, short skirts, smoking, drinking, and engaging in reckless behavior
In 1928, what significant establishment opened, predominantly financed by black Angelenos, and housed black middle-/upper-class, celebrities, and musicians?
The Somerville/Dunbar Hotel
A prominent African American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, and co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Believed in the power of education and integration as a means to achieve social and political equality for African Americans. The first African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University
W.E.B Du Bois
Reduced work hours and increased wages that led to the shift to consumer culture created what kind of income
Disposable income
Creationists oppose which scientific theory?
Darwins Theory of Evolution
Flappers got their name from a dance craze where their limbs erratically "flapped." What was this dance called?
The Charleston
What discriminatory practice, introduced with the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in 1933, involved denying financial services based on neighborhood racial composition?
What is Redlining?
A Jamaican political leader, publisher, and journalist who was a proponent of the Black Nationalism and wanted African Americans to move back to Africa
This political and social movement advocates for the establishment of a separate and autonomous nation for people of African descent.
Black Nationalism
What do individuals who reject the theory of evolution and believe in the literal interpretation of the biblical account of creation identify as?
Creationists
The New Women Movement challenged traditional gender roles. What major historical event paved the way for the rise of this movement?
What is World War I?
The 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote, was a significant achievement of the New Women Movement. In what year was the amendment ratified?
What is 1920
Who was the prominent African American educator, author, and orator who believed in vocational and industrial education for African Americans?
Booker T Washington
Who were the African Americans living in Los Angeles during the 1920s?
Black Angelenos
A 1925 trial in which a high school teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school. Also known as the "monkey trial"
Scopes Trial