Honours History 1920s

Automobile Industry

Automobile Industry

Caused economic growth and gave Americans knew found freedom

Assembly Lines

Increased efficiency by standardizing parts and assigning specific tasks to workers

Bull Market

A period in the 1920s characterized by rising stock prices but was considered high risk and unstable

The U.S. entered Isolationism

How WWI effected America

Communism

Dictatorship with the government controlling all aspects of life

Why were there more strikes after WWI?

Workers weren’t able to strike in WWI so they began striking after the war because prices had gone up, but wages stayed the same

Calvin Coolidge

Vice president who became president after Harding died and settled the Boston Police Strike

The Red Scare

Fear of Communism spreading to the U.S.

Sacco and Vanzetti

Italian immigrants found guilty because of their anarchist beliefs

Palmer Raids

Attempts by the Federal Government to find suspected communists in the U.S.

1920 Election Winner

Warren G. Harding (republican)

19th Amendment

Gave women the right to vote

What Warren G. Harding was known for

Being pro-business and wanting a “Return to Normalcy” after the war

Return to Normalcy

A thing people longed for because people wanted some kind of stability after the changes of war

Vice president when Harding died and was known for being honest + quiet

How Calvin Coolidge became president

Ohio Gang

Harding’s friends he appointed to important positions but were very greedy people who exploited citizens

Teapot Dome Scandal

A political scandal involving the illegal leasing of government oil fields. 1921, Albert Fall forgot the needs of the Navy and went to jail

Albert Fall

Person who was involved in the Teapot Dome scandal

1924 Election Winner

Calvin Coolidge (republican)

Allowed business people to regulate businesses + Appointed Supreme Court justices that ruled for business

Pro-business

Radio, newspapers, billboards, and magazines

Advertising of the ‘20s

Buying on Credit

Paying with installments after acquiring the object

Impact of the Radio

Had a big impact on advertising and was finally something that people could have in common

Jazz Singer

First “Talkie” Movie

Steam Boat Willie

First animated Disney Movie

Charles Lindbergh

1st man to fly solo across the Atlantic

Amelia Earhart

Famous female pilot

Jack Dempsey

Heavyweight boxing champ

Babe Ruth

Baseball player for the Red Sox then Yankees

Gertrude Ederle

First person to swim across the English Chanel - France to England

Flapper Girls

Fashion icons of the 20s

The Lost Generation

Authors that rejected American materialism and moved to Europe

Harlem Renaissance

Flourishing of African American writers, musicians, and artists

Luis Armstrong

Famous Jazz Musician

Duke Ellington

Famous band leader

Langston Hughes

Famous black writer

Marcus Garvey

Black leader - believed that blacks would be better off going back to Africa - Got deported to Jamaica but his ideas passed on

Great Migration

African Americans headed north for jobs and to escape discrimination in the south

NAACP

Helped protect African Americans

KKK

Intimidated Blacks, Catholics, Jews and other minorities and influenced politicians to support their views

Fundamentalism

Beliefs revolved a literal interpretation of the Bible and wanted America to be more religious

Scopes Trials

John T. Scopes was fined $100 for teaching evolution in Dayton, Tennessee

Result of Scopes Trial

Brought attention to the split in America between Fundamentalism and Progressives

William Jennings Bryan’s role in Scopes Trial

Prosecutor - tried to find Scopes guilty

Clarence Darrow’s role in Scopes Trial

Defense Attorney for John Scopes

Nativism

Anti-immigrant - had a preference for people born in America

Quota System

Limiting by nationality the number of immigrants who may enter the U.S. each year.

Immigration Law (1921)

Established a Quota System of 3% to limit immigrants from South and Eastern Europe

Nations Origins Act (1924)

Established a Quota System of 2% to completely limit immigrants from ASIA

Supporters of Prohibition

Business Leaders (Reduced accidents), Doctors (Reduced medical problems) and Women (Reduced domestic Abuse)

Volstead Act

Enforced prohibition

Kellogg-Briand Pact

Was a useless pact to outlaw war because there was no way to enforce it

Dawes Plan

• AMERICA Lends money and makes investments to GERMANY

• GERMANY pays reparations to BRITAIN and FRANCE

• BRITAIN and FRANCE repay WWI debts to AMERICA

(cycle repeats)

Urban Life

Enjoyed consumer products, valued science more than religion, modernism, formal education

Rural Life

Traditional, conservative, focused on physical ability not mental

Mexicans and Quota System

Quota System was NOT applied to them but they still faced discrimination

NAACP and Jewish Anti-Defamation League

Groups that opposed KKK

Al Capone

Chicago gang leader - Did crime like smuggle alcohal because of popular demand

Bootleggers

illegally transported alcohol to consumers

Speakeasies

illegally sold alcohol 

Jazz

A style that emerged from New Orleans that creatively combined African American blues and popular European music

Bessie Smith

Empress of the Blues

The Butler Act

A law in Tennessee that banned teaching evolution

Owned 80% of Automobiles

Americans

opposed freed blacks and Northern Allies away from voting polls + Undo Reconstruction

What the ORIGINAL Klan opposed

Opposed the legal dismantling of Jim Crow

What the NEW Klan opposed

Catholics, Jews, and Immigrants 

Groups the MIDDLE Klan opposed

Laissez-Faire

Policy allowing business to operate with little or no government interference

Why MOVIES were popular

They were inexpensive and an escape

Why SPORTS were popular

The economy was good, so people had the time and money to spend on them

Boston Police Strike

Workers wanted higher wages