WWI
the fear of losing money due to potential unpaid loans and the fear of the global threat to democracy lead to
What is the 19th Ammendment?
the ban of alcohol
What is Prohibition
severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939
What was the Great Depression?
instated Sedition and Espionage acts, redefining the freedom of speech
Who was President Woodrow Wilson?
central figure of the Committee of Public Information
Who was George Creel?
the act of mobbing African Americans and beating them to death
What is lynching?
music genre originating in the African American Community in New Orleans
What is jazz?
a significant wide spread decline in economic activity
What is an economic recession?
revoked prohibition with signing the Cullen-Harrison Act in March of 1933
Who was President Franklin D. Roosevelt?
concept of communism (oftentimes represented by the color red) taking over democracy (oftentimes represented by the color blue) meaning anybody forgein to the US was suspect of being secretly plotting communists
What was the Red Scare?
during the summer, numerous cities across the country brutally attacked and killed hundreds of African Americans and other ethnically diverse people groups
What was the Red Summer of 1919?
disillusion cohort coming of age during WWl embodying modernist themes
What was the Lost Generation and modernism?
an economic system that combines a free market economy with government sponsored social welfare programs
What is welfare capitalism?
singed the final Civil Rights Act of 1964
Who was President Lyndon B. Johnson?
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
this act prohibited the discrimination of race, religion or gender in public spaces and employment opportunities
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
caused by mass production, higher incomes, and the rise of installment buying turning luxury items into a necessity
a severe economic turndown for farmers characterized by plummeting crop prices, high debt and massive overproduction from WWI
What was the agricultural depression?
in office during the Reconstruction after the Civil War: often criticized for being too liniant towards the South
Who was President Ulysses S. Grant?
numerous nations agreed to cease war as the solution for settling disputes; all disputes were to be settled peaceably
What was the Kellogg-Briand Pact/ Interwar Neutrality?
the white supremacist group recognizable by their long white robes and white hoods or pointed hats
What is the Klu Klux Klan?
Warren G. Harding's 1920 campaign slogan
collective work stoppage by employees to protest against work conditions
What were labor strikes?
helped create the Committee of Public Information