history - 1920s immigration quiz

1. Why there was an economic boom in the 1920s

• There was an increase in buying new consumer goods (refrigerators, vacuums, radios)

1. Definition of consumerism, mass production, nativism, Great Migration, Harlem 

• Consumerism: increases purchase of new consumer goods

• Mass production: manufacturing of large quantities of standardized goods

• Nativism: political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants

• Great migration: relocation of African Americans from rural south to cities in the North. 

• Harlem: a majorly black populated city in New York.

1. Renaissance, prohibition

• Renaissance: a cultural movement that celebrated black traditions, arts, and ways of life. 

• Prohibition: the legal ban of alcohol

1. Women’s roles in the 1920s

• New employment opportunities, they played a big role in consumerism for households, they had new social freedoms, and were pretty rebellious. 

1. What mass culture participated in during the 1920s (under “Cultural Values”)

• Parties, drinking, dancing to jazz

1. Who was left out of mass culture and why?

• Africa americans

• Immigrants

• Fundamentalists (evangelical believers)

• Prohibitionists

• Because of the cultural clash between tradition and modern values, division in government/politics, and systematic prejudice.  

1. National Origins Act of 1924

• Immigration law that strongly restricted immigration into the US by using a quota system.

1. Impact of 1920s immigration

• Mexican immigrants became migrant laborers

• Deep discrimination

• Political policy promoted interests of native inhabitants

1. African American impact on the 1920s

• Black art and culture was wide-spread across the US. 

• Although white Americans liked the music, art, and culture they still hated the black population.

1. Fundamentalists and prohibitionists impact on the 1920s

• They were a counterforce to modernism, clashing with mass culture and they ended up having the opposite effect when youths rebelled and organized crime was at a high