Chpt 32

President Harding was elected in 1920 on the campaign promise “A Return to Normalcy”. What was meant by this term?

Return to what life was like pre-WWI.

What Revolution took place in Russia in October 1917 which brought about communism in their country?

Bolshevik Revolution

Who was the main leader of this Revolution in Russia?

Vladimir Lenin

Which groups will be tied to communistic or “red scare” during the early 1920s?

Labor unions

When did the first “red scare” of the 20th Century took place?

1919 – 1928

What Attorney General (the “Fighting Quaker”) will lead many raids on communist during the early 1920s?

General Mitchell Palmer—known as Palmer Raids

What is a “closed” shop?

A shop which forced everyone to join the union

What is an “open” shop?

No union work place.

These two Italian immigrants will be convicted of murder in Massachusetts and later will be tied to the communistic movement.

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti

This group will be a rebirth in the 1920 with a brutal slogan “Kill the Kikes, Koons, and Katholics”?

KKK

What film will glorify the group in question #10 that will be screened in the White House during the Wilson administration?

D. W. Griffiths “Birth of a Nation”

What will the government do to help stem the tide of immigration from Eastern and Southern Europe?

Introduce Quota Act in 1921 and 1924

What immigrant group did the Immigration Act of 1924 slam the door completely against?

Japanese

What “noble experiment” began in 1919?

Prohibition

What Act will be tied to the “noble experiment”?

Volstead Act

How were the legislators of the time hypocritical?

Voted dry, but privately drinking wet

What was the name given to those who were creating illegal alcohol?

Bootlegger—Rum Runners

What was the name of the illegal bars which served alcohol during the 1920s?

Speakeasies

Where did most of the illegal alcohol come from during the 1920s?

Canada

What will be a horrible consequence of the “noble experiment”?

Organized Crime

Who will be the most infamous leaders from question #24?

“Scarface” Al Capone

What famous massacre will take place on February 14, 1929?

St. Valentine’s Day massacre when Capone ordered the killing of his rival’s leaders.

What did the Lindbergh Law do?

Made interstate abduction in certain circumstances a death-penalty offense.

Why was the Lindbergh Law passed?

Because Charles Lindbergh’s baby son was kidnapped and later found dead close to the house.

The teaching of ________ was said to be destroying faith in God and the Bible, while contributing to the moral breakdown of youth in the jazz age.

Darwinian evolution

What two groups will be said to have been trying to eliminate God from the US in the 1920s?

Bolsheviks and Darwinists

The ________ __________ ___________ trial will take place in Dayton, TN in 1925 arguing _____________ vs

____________? How did this case challenge the establishment?

Scopes Monkey Trial; Creationism vs Evolution; It challenged the origins of God and evolution.

This famous baseball player will earn more than the President of the United States in the 1920s?

Babe Ruth

What will fuel the 2nd Industrial Revolution during the 1920s?

Electricity

This man, more than any other American, will be responsible for putting America on rubber tires?

Henry Ford

What was the name of Ford’s first car?

Model T (“Tin Lizzie”)

What color did Ford cars come in?

Any color you wanted, as long as it was black.

This auto giant will be responsible for giving consumers more choices especially in colors?

General Motors

What wage will Henry Ford introduce producing a frenzy of workers trying to work for his company?

5 dollar work day

What industry will be affected greatly by the introduction of the automobile?

Railroads

What social by-products came about because of the introduction of the automobile?

Leisure hours increases, Fresher food, Women were further freed from men, consolidation of schools and churches, sprawling suburbs.

These two men are known for the miracle at Kitty Hawk?

Orville and Wilbur

This aviation giant was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.

Charles Lindbergh in the Spirit of St. Louis

Who will this aviation giant help develop his air force in the 1930s?

Hitler

These type of women had bobbed hair, higher hemlines, stocking rolled, and wore a lot more make up?

Flappers

What is Margaret Sanger best known for in the 1920s?

Tried to create the organized birth-control movement

Why did Margaret Sanger want this movement?

To stop the births of non-white children—Eugenicists.

This man is responsible for speaking more openly about sexual repression?

Sigmund Freud

This man was known as the “Poet Laureate of Harlem”?

Langston Hughes

What did the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) want to accomplish?

Promoted the resettlement of American blacks in their own “African homeland”

This movement was known as a great awakening of the spirit for African Americans?

Harlem Renaissance.

Who was the author of the book The Great Gatsby?

F. Scott Fitzgerald

This famous author will publish such books at The Sun Also Rises (1926) and A Farewell to Arms (1929)—later he will commit suicide?

Ernest Hemingway