National Events
This was the economic policy followed by Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge. Both believed that the government should not interfere with the economy.
What is laissez-faire economics?
This type of purchasing led to a rapid rise in consumer spending. It allowed people to get appliances they wanted, and then pay over time.
This was the movement, named after a neighborhood in New York, that led to a flourishing of African American literature, song, and culture in general.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
The United States' foreign policy was this during the 1920s.
What is isolationism?
This phenomena swept the United States after the first World War. After a string of terror attacks that targeted the most prominent people in society, this fear led to anti-Communist and anti-immigrant beliefs, culminating in a series of raid in January 1920.
What is the Red Scare?
This product fundamentally changed life in America. When Henry Ford used the assembly line to build it, a rise in jobs and a new mode of transportation soon followed.
What is the automobile?
This group of writers discussed their concerns about 1920s culture, most notably attacking the value placed on goods and products (materialism). It included F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, and Ernest Hemingway.
Who are the Lost Generation Writers?
These are the two nicknames for the 1920s
What is the Jazz Age and Roaring 20s?
This act, which held Nativist ideals, was designed to limit immigration from other countries into the United States in order to halt the spread of Communism in America.
What is the Emergency Quota Act?
Appliances such as the washing machine and gas stove led to less time being spent on chores and more of this.
What is leisure time?
This group of young women eschewed traditional ideas of what a woman was in favor of partying, drinking, and smoking while listening to modern music and trying modern fashion trends.
What are flappers?
This trial focused on two Italian immigrants accused of robbery and murder. Both were found guilty and executed, but many believed the trial was rigged because of their background as immigrants and suspected Communists.
What is the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti?
This trial, involving a schoolteacher in Tennessee, pitted those that believed in evolution versus Christian fundamentalists. William Jennings Bryan prosecuted the teacher for teaching evolution in the classroom.
What is the Scopes Trial (Scopes Monkey Trial)?
Because of so many new products were introduced on the market via mass production, it led to the rise of this, which was a way for companies to show off their products to consumers.
What are advertisements?
This style of music was the defining sound of the 1920s, known for its loud style and influential artists such as Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong.
What is jazz?
This event saw the Attorney General of the United States launch a series of attacks on immigrant groups that were accused of being Communists, which resulted in many deportations of innocent civilians.
What were the Palmer Raids?
(3 words) This scandal saw the Warren Harding-appointed Secretary of the Interior, Albert Fall, lease oil-rich government land to private companies in exchange for money.
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?
This device broadcast American culture into the homes of millions of Americans, playing music, sports, and talk shows. It helped proliferate mass culture and connect those that previously did not have access to entertainment options.
What is the radio?
This style of entertainment was extremely popular during the 1920s, with hits such as Jazz Singer and Our Dancing Daughters highlighting trends of the day. It helped to spread mass culture and allowed people to forget about their real-life ills for at least 90 minutes.
What are movies/motion pictures?
What are gangs/the Mob/the Mafia?