Roaring 20s

These flashcards cover key concepts and definitions related to the Roaring 20s, including major events, individuals, and societal changes.

Warren G. Harding

President who called for a return to normalcy following WWI.

Return to Normalcy

End to Progressive Reforms, lower taxes, and less government regulation.

Teapot Dome Scandal

A government scandal involving the leasing of a former U.S. Navy oil reserve to a private oil company in 1921.

Calvin Coolidge

President known for a rigid economy and for being soft-spoken, supporting big business.

Side Supply Economics

Economic theory suggesting that reducing tax rates stimulates economic growth.

Cooperative Individualism

President Hoover's policy promoting manufacturers and distributors to form their own organizations.

Effect of Cooperative Individualism

Decline of Labor Unions.

US Post War Plans

U.S. was owed over $10 billion in wartime debts; Americans favored isolationism.

Washington Conference

Agreed on naval disarmament to prevent an arms race.

Credit

Buy now and pay later; instalment plans.

Advertising in the 1920s

Shift from informational to persuasive advertising to enhance consumer lifestyles.

Consumer Society Limitations

Farmers, immigrants, Native Americans, and African Americans could not fully benefit.

Farm Crisis

Overproduction led farmers to earn significantly less than typical revenues.

Nativism

Favoring the interests of native-born people over immigrants.

Sacco and Vanzetti

Two men convicted of murder and robbery with questionable evidence in 1920.

Ku Klux Klan

Organization promoting hatred and discrimination against specific ethnic and religious groups.

National Origins Act

Restrictive immigration legislation passed in 1924, lowering immigration rates.

1920s Hero Worship

Society's admiration of accomplished individuals which created discourse.

New Morality

Came forth in the 1920s, emphasizing wealth and personal freedom.

Flappers

Young women in the 1920s who challenged traditional social norms.

Scopes Monkey Trial

1925 trial debating Darwin's evolution against Bible creationism.

John Scopes

Tennessee teacher who violated law by teaching evolution.

Prohibition

Period (1920-1933) when sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited.

18th Amendment

Prohibited manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages.

Volstead Act

Law passed to enforce the 18th Amendment against alcohol manufacturing.

21st Amendment

Amendment ending Prohibition, repealing the 18th Amendment.

Speakeasies

Secret bars where illegal alcohol was sold.

Al Capone

Chicago mob king known for controlling speakeasies and illegal operations.

Great Migration

Movement of over 300,000 African Americans to northern cities from 1914-1920.

Harlem Renaissance

A flourishing period of African-American achievements in art, music, and literature in the 1920s.

Cotton Club

Famous Harlem nightclub during the 1920s.

W. E. B. Du Bois

Civil rights leader who helped establish NAACP and fight for African American rights.

NAACP

Most powerful civil rights organization, aimed at securing rights for African Americans.

Marcus Garvey

African American leader advocating for the migration of African Americans back to Africa.