U.S. President at the beginning of the 1920s
Who is Warren G. Harding?
was the banning of the sale/manufacture of liquor
What was the 18th Amendment?
They opposed immigration, targeted racial and religious minorities.
What did nativists and the KKK oppose?
This musical style, rooted in African American traditions, became a national phenomenon in the 1920s and helped reshape American culture, influencing dance, youth culture, and racial integration in entertainment.
What is Jazz?
This buying method let consumers purchase goods like cars and appliances by paying small regular amounts over time, boosting 1920s mass consumption.
What are installment plans?
A Return to Normalcy
What did President Harding what to return to?
it led to a rise in organized crime
What did the 18th amendment lead to a rise in?
They limited immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe and banned many Asians.
What did the 1920s immigration quotas do?
Young women known for short skirts, bobbed hair, and bold behavior who challenged traditional gender norms and symbolized changing social attitudes in the 1920s.
Who were the Flappers?
During the late 1920s, many Americans bought stocks on margin and chased quick profits, inflating prices and contributing to the 1929 market crash.
What is stock market speculation?
World War 1
What war was the United States coming out of before the 1920s?
was women’s suffrage
What is the 19th Amendment?
the belief in improving the population by promoting "desirable" traits and restricting others (through sterilization and laws).
What was eugenics in the 1920s?
This 1925 courtroom showdown in Tennessee debated whether public schools could teach evolution, pitting modern science against traditional religious beliefs.
What is the Scopes Trial?
These state and local laws enforced racial segregation in the South after Reconstruction, creating separate facilities and denying Black Americans equal rights.
What are Jim Crow laws?
Communist
Who was the US afraid of during the 1920s?
a technique introduced by Henry Ford, to build objects more efficiently, quicker and cheaper
What was the assembly line?
This mass movement saw millions of African Americans leave the rural South for northern and midwestern cities seeking jobs and escaping Jim Crow.
What is the Great Migration?
This industrialist revolutionized mass production with the moving assembly line and lowered car prices, transforming American industry and daily life.
Who is Henry Ford?
This new household technology brought news, music, and advertising into millions of homes, helping create national culture and boost consumer demand.
What is the radio?
Infiltrating the US
What were communist said to be doing?
Albert Fall leased federal oil reserves to private companies for bribes. It mattered because it revealed government corruption and damaged public trust
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?
This cultural movement in the 1920s centered in a New York neighborhood and celebrated Black art, music, literature, and intellectual life.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
In 1927 he became an international hero by making the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight from New York to Paris.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
These 1919–1920 federal actions targeted suspected radicals and immigrants, leading to arrests, deportations, and concerns about civil liberties during the Red Scare.
What are the Palmer Raids?