AP US History - Period 7 Part 1

Teapot Dome

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

conservationist

one who advocates the conservation of natural resources

First Wave Feminism

The feminist movement during the nineteenth and early twentieth century focused primarily on gaining women's suffrage.

Dust Bowl

A drought in the 1930s that turned the Great Planes very dry.

Prohibition

the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the US by the 18th amendment

Harlem Renaissance

A literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture throughout the 1920s.

1920s economic growth

Available credit, Europeans repaying WWI loans, lack of European production = reliance on US manufacturing, and new technology

Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)

First federal action against monopolies, it was signed into law by Harrison and was extensively used by Theodore Roosevelt for trust-busting. However, it was initially misused against labor unions

Modernism

A cultural movement embracing human empowerment and rejecting traditionalism as outdated. Rationality, industry, and technology were cornerstones of progress and human achievement.

Muckrakers

Journalists who attempted to find corruption or wrongdoing in industries and expose it to the public

18th Amendment

Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages

21st Amendment

Repeal of Prohibition

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.

Upton Sinclair

The Jungle - Discussed Food Safety

Bootlegger

Smugglers of illegal alcohol during the Prohibition era

National Reclamation Act (1902)

Provided for federal irrigation projects by using money from the sale of public lands

National Parks Act

Created Yosemite and Yellowstone National Parks.

Second Wave Feminism

Women's rights movement that revived in the 1960s with a different agenda than earlier women's suffrage movements; second-wave feminists demanded equal rights for women in employment and education, women's right to control their own bodies, and the end of patriarchal domination.

Booker T. Washington

African American progressive who demanded that African American better themselves individually to achieve equality.

Segregation

Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences

Al Capone

A mob king in Chicago who controlled a large network of speakeasies with enormous profits. His illegal activities convey the failure of prohibition in the twenties and the problems with gangs.

Mary White Ovington

Founder of the NAACP; Saw a problem with race relations and called for a national conference on the Negro Problem

Half a Man

1911 book that argued segregation took a psychological toll on Blacks in America

assembly line

a series of workers and machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively assembled.

Progressive Era immigration/migration

Migrants - African Americans migrating North

Immigration - Latin Americans (western farms)

Midwesterners (moving west due to Dust Bowl)

NAACP

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - established to abolish segregation and discrimination and to achieve political and civil rights

credit

An arrangement to receive cash, goods, or services now and pay for them in the future.

19th Amendment (1920)

Gave women the right to vote

Teddy Roosevelt

Twenty-sixth president of the United States; he focused his efforts on trust busting, environment conservation, and strong foreign policy.

16th Amendment

income tax

US Forest Service

A federal agency that manages public lands in national forests and grassland

Jazz

a mixture of blues and ragtime

Roosevelt Corollary

Roosevelt's 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States has the right to protect its economic interests in South And Central America by using military force

Great Migration

movement of over 300,000 African American from the rural south into Northern cities between 1914 and 1920 for jobs during WWI

preservationist

a supporter or advocate of the preservation of something, especially of historic buildings and artifacts.

Celebrities of the 1920s

Make sure you know a famous athlete, actor, musician etc... of the time period.

17th Amendment

Direct election of senators

Speakeasy

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

FDA (Food and Drug Administration)

an agency in charge of ensuring the safety of all foods sold except meat, poultry, and seafood

Dust Bowl Migrants

Headed west, route 66, to California. Known as Okies, Latin Americans and Midwesterners who found work as farmhands, but most searched everywhere for work.