Government in the 1920s: Foreign Policy

Vocabulary flashcards based on key terms related to American government and foreign policy during the 1920s.

Isolationism

A foreign policy approach where a country avoids involvement in international conflicts and alliances.

Interventionism

A foreign policy approach that involves a country being active in international conflicts, often to promote national interests.

Kellogg-Briand Pact

An international treaty that aimed to prevent war by condemning it as a tool of national policy.

Dawes Plan

A plan to revive the German economy by restructuring its reparations payments after World War I.

Prohibition

A nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States.

Harlem Renaissance

A cultural movement in the 1920s emphasizing the intellectual and artistic achievements of African Americans.

Scopes Monkey Trial

A 1925 legal case in which a teacher was tried for violating a Tennessee law against teaching evolution in schools.

Consumer Revolution

A period in the 1920s characterized by an increase in consumer goods and services and the rise of consumer culture.

Mass Production

The process of manufacturing large quantities of goods efficiently using machinery, exemplified by Henry Ford’s assembly lines.

Great Migration

The movement of over 6 million African Americans from the rural South to urban areas in the North and West during the 20th century.

Red Scare

A period of intense fear of communism and radical political views in the United States after World War I.

Nativism

An ideology that favors the interests of established inhabitants over those of immigrants.

Bonus Army

A group of World War I veterans who marched to Washington, D.C. in 1932 to demand the immediate payment of their bonuses.

ND: New Deal

A series of programs and reforms introduced by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in response to the Great Depression.

Dust Bowl

A period during the 1930s when severe drought and poor agricultural practices led to massive dust storms in the Great Plains.

Rugged Individualism

Herbert Hoover's belief that individuals should be self-reliant and that the government should not provide direct aid to the needy.

Fireside Chats

A series of radio broadcasts made by Franklin D. Roosevelt to inform and reassure the American public during the Great Depression.

Black Cabinet

A group of African American public policy advisors to President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his administration.

Eleanor Roosevelt

The wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, she was an influential First Lady and advocate for civil rights.

Social Security Act

A 1935 law that established a system of old-age benefits and unemployment insurance in the United States.