Harding
What year was Warren Harding elected president?
1920
What year was Calvin Coolidge elected?
1924
What were Jim Crow laws?
A series of racist laws that discriminated against African Americans and kept them from participating in Southern society
Where did immigrants in the 1920s come from?
Eastern and Southern Europe
Why were cars important to 1920s America?
Helped Americans get around easier and gave them greater access to resources
What did the Fordeny-McCumber Tariff do?
Raised tariffs by 60%, protected American businesses, hurt England and Frances economic recovery(Any one of the three counts)
Calvin Coolidge increased taxes.
True or False
False
What was the name of the movement of African Americans from the South to the North during the 1920s?
Great Migration
What was the quota system?
A system that limited the number of immigrants from specific countries
How does an assembly line work?
Each worker has a specific job, that was small and repetitive, this allowed products to be cheaper
What was the name of Harding's friends whom he made members of his cabinet?
The Ohio Gang
Under Coolidge what happened to tariffs?
They stayed high or went up
What did the NAACP do? name 1
The NAACP is an organization that ia dedicated to fighting against discrimination towards African Americans
It was the leading organization pushing for anti-lynching legislation
Who were members of the KKK?
White, Native born, Protestants
What is an installment plan?
It enabled people to pay for goods over an extended period of time, without having to put a lot money down at the initial purchase
What was the Teapot Dome Scandal?
The Secretary of the Interior was caught selling of Navy Oil Reserves to private companies
Did Calvin Coolidge run for re-election?
Yes or No
No
Name two out of three of Marcus Garvey's talking points.
African Americans should leave the United States and create a society in Africa
black pride
economic independence
Who were Sacco and Vanzetti?
Two Italian American immigrants who were charged and executed with the murder of a guard and factory paymaster
Which two organizations pushed for Prohibition?
Anti-Saloon League, Women's Christian Temperance Movement
Why is Albert B. Fall important?
He was the Secretary of the Interior who perpetrated the Teapot Dome Scandal
Who in President Coolidge's family sadly died during his presidential campaign?
His son
Name two important Harlem Renaissance musicians, artists, or writers.
Louis Armstrong, Langston hughes, Duke Ellington, Paul Robeson,
What was the contradiction during the 1920s in terms of immigration?
The contradiction was that although Americans were xenophobic/nativist our economy was becoming more and more connected to the world
Name the three cities with the highest population in the United States.
NYC, Chicago, Philly