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Sacco and Vanzetti

Italian radicals who were accused of murder during a robbery and executed, symbolizing the Red Scare.

Eugenics

A false science that promoted the idea of improving hereditary traits and controlling human reproduction.

Ku Klux Klan

A nativist movement in the 1920s targeting African Americans, Jews, Catholics, radicals, and immigrants.

Emergency Quota Act

A law that established a 3% entry limit on the number of immigrants from each country.

National Origins Act of 1924

Legislation restricting immigrants from any one nation to 2% of the number already residing in the U.S., with restrictions on Southern, Eastern, and Central European immigrants.

Fundamentalism

religious movement = rejected Darwin’s theory of evolution

Butler Act

A Tennessee law prohibiting the teaching of evolution in public schools.

Scopes Trial

A legal case concerning the teaching of evolution, highlighting the conflict between science and religion.

Prohibition

The period (1919-1933) during which the distribution, sale, and consumption of alcohol were illegal in the U.S.

Volstead Act

Law passed to enforce the 18th Amendment, which initiated Prohibition.

Babe Ruth

An iconic American baseball player known for his home runs and charismatic personality.

Great Migration

The movement of African Americans from the rural South to urban areas in the North, seeking jobs and escaping racism.

Harlem Renaissance

A cultural movement in the 1920s marked by a flourishing of African American literature and arts.

Claude McKay

The first important writer of the Harlem Renaissance, known for his defiance against racism.

Langston Hughes

A leading voice of the African American experience, known for his poetry and essays.

Louis Armstrong

A pioneering jazz musician recognized as the first great cornet and trumpet soloist.

Jazz

A music genre developed by African American musicians, characterized by improvisation and rhythmic complexity.

Duke Ellington

A renowned composer and bandleader who made significant contributions to jazz music.

Cotton Club

A famous Harlem nightclub where many influential jazz musicians, including Duke Ellington, performed.

Bessie Smith

A famous blues singer, known for her soulful style rooted in African American spirituals.

Blues

A musical genre characterized by expressive melodies, evolved from African American spirituals.

Harding’s Cabinet Appointments

The scandal involving President Harding appointing friends, leading to bribery and corruption.

Teapot Dome Scandal

A scandal during Harding's presidency involving bribery for oil drilling rights on government land.

Coolidge’s Philosophy of Government

An approach promoting economic prosperity through business leadership with minimal government intervention.

Mass Production

Manufacturing identical products using division of labor into repetitive tasks.

Assembly Line

A production process in which items are assembled in a sequential manner for efficiency.

Model T

One of the first affordable cars produced by Henry Ford, revolutionizing the auto industry.

The Mellon Program

A fiscal policy aimed at limiting federal budget expenditures.

Herbert Hoover/Cooperative Individualism

The belief in individual success achieved through partnerships and cooperation.

Fordney-McCumber Act

Legislation that raised tariffs to protect American industries.

Isolationism

A foreign policy aimed at keeping the U.S. out of international conflicts to protect its wealth.

Kellogg-Briand Pact

A 1928 treaty among countries seeking to promote peace and prevent war.