Dual Credit U.S History- Vocab 24

Black Tuesday

October 29, 1929; date of the worst stock-market crash in American history and beginning of the Great Depression.

Bootlegging

the making and selling of illegal alcohol

William Jennings Bryan

United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925)

Buying on Margin

the purchasing of stocks by paying only a small percentage of the price and borrowing the rest

Calvin Coolidge

Became president when Harding died of pneumonia.

-He was known for practicing a rigid economy in money and words

-acquired the name "Silent Cal" for being so soft-spoken.

-He was a true republican and industrialist. Believed in the government supporting big business.

Clarence Darrow

Defended John Scopes during the Scopes Trial. He argued that evolution should be taught in schools.

Dawes Plan

A plan to revive the German economy, the United States loans Germany money which then can pay reparations to England and France, who can then pay back their loans from the U.S. This circular flow of money was a success.

18th Amendment

Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages

Emergency Quota Act

A government legislation that limited the number of immigrants from Europe which was set at 3% of the nationality currently in the U.S.

Equal Rights Amendment

a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlawing discrimination based on sex

Flapper

carefree young women with short, "bobbed" hair, heavy makeup, and short skirts. The flapper symbolized the new "liberated" woman of the 1920s.

Henry Ford

1863-1947. American businessman, founder of Ford Motor Company, father of modern assembly lines, and inventor credited with 161 patents.

Marcus Garvey

African American leader durin the 1920s who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and advocated mass migration of African Americans back to Africa. Was deported to Jamaica in 1927.

Warren G Harding

president who called for a return to normalcy following WWI

Harlem Renaissance

A period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished

Langston Hughes

African American poet who described the rich culture of african American life using rhythms influenced by jazz music.

He wrote of African American hope and defiance, as well as the culture of Harlem and also had a major impact on the Harlem Renaissance.

Kellogg-Briand Pact

Agreement signed in 1928 in which nations agreed not to pose the threat of war against one another

Charles Lindbergh

United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974)

Lost Generation

Group of writers in 1920s who shared the belief that they were lost in a greedy, materialistic world that lacked moral values and often choose to flee to Europe

Sacco & Vanzetti

In 1920 these two men were convicted of murder and robbery. They were found guilty and died in the electric chair unfairly

Scientific Management

the application of scientific principles to increase efficiency in the workplace

Scopes Trial

1925 court case in which Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan debated the issue of teaching evolution in public schools

Speakeasy

A place where alcoholic drinks were sold and consumed illegally during prohibition

Teapot Dome Scandal

A government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921