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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.
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