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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A cultural movement embracing human empowerment and rejecting traditionalism as outdated.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.
