1920's A
Women experienced a rise in workload and responsibilities in response to these inventions.
What was the result of new household appliances?
A cultural shift of the 1920s, where African Americans began expressing a new attitude through art, music, and other forms of culture.
What was The Harlem Renaissance?
A small town in California that prospered due to the booming movie making industry in the 1920's.
What was Hollywood?
Prohibition was passed in the beginning of the 1920s with the _______ amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
What was the 18th Amendment?
There were three presidents that served during the 1920s and each of them were members of this political party
Republican
This movie was a catalyst for racial stereotyping and a rise in the recruitment for the KKK.
What was Birth of a Nation?
An important leader in the hugest black power movement prior to the Civil Rights movement, and the founder of UNIA.
Who was Marcus Garvey?
During the 1920s, Americans were able to gain a greater sense of national identity by sharing in the music, news, stories, and jokes they heard on this technological innovation.
What was the radio?
Another mode of transportation developed in the 1920's that rose in popularity.
What are planes?
This French term used to describe limited government involvement in business, which leads to monopolies forming
laissez-faire
A new form of payment that allowed American's to make larger purchases such as cars and refrigerators.
What was installment buying?
Stricter immigration laws, accepting women into their ranks, and anti-Catholicism.
A common trend seen across the nation during the Red Summer of 1919.
What were rumors or allegations of black men sexually assaulting white women?
This law led to a rise in organized crime and violence.
What was the Volstead Act?
This event was an example of how much influence and power could be obtained through bribery of government officials.
What was the Teapot Dome Scandal?
The 2 groups of people targeted by literacy tests and poll taxes in the voting process.
Who were African Americans and the poor?
As African Americans pursued work in the North, their population increased in urban areas by as much as 600% in a movement known by this name
What was the Great Migration?
With the rise in manufacturing of cars and the rapid change to accommodate them, cities around the nation began moving away from these traditional forms of transportation.
What were trains and trolleys?
The National Origins Act and Emergency Immigration Act were both developed under the influence of this ideology.
What is Nativism?
The influence of Birth of a Nation led to several consequences, including a rise of _______?
What is mob violence against black communities?
A Tennessee law passed in the 1920's banning the study of evolution.
What was The Butler Act?
A group of men who refused to live under Jim Crow and segregation laws.
Who were Black Veterans?
The primary concern for Republicans in the 1920s was to loosen regulations to help ____ ______?
What is big business?
Who was Warren G Harding?
The narrative that slavery was NOT the primary reason the southern states succeeded from the union. Believers in this theory also denounce the mistreatment of slaves, and promote southern heritage.
What is the Lost Cause Myth?