APUSH Chapter 22 in YAWP Notes

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Warren Harding
29th president (1921-1923) known for his pro-business policies and the scandal-ridden administration, particularly the Teapot Dome scandal.
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Calvin Coolidge
30th president (1923-1929) known for conservative economic policies promoting limited government and business growth.
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Herbert Hoover
31st president (1929-1933) whose presidency was marked by the onset of the Great Depression.
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Bolshevik Revolution
The 1917 revolution in Russia that led to the establishment of a communist government under Lenin.
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Red Scare
A period of fear and suspicion of communism and radical political movements in the U.S.
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Criminal syndicalism
The use of violence or criminal methods to achieve political or economic goals.
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Closed shop
A business where only union members are hired.
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Open shop
A workplace where employees are not required to join a union.
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American Plan
A business policy promoting "open shops" and opposing unions.
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Nicola Sacco
An Italian immigrant and anarchist controversially convicted of murder in the 1920s.
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Bartolomeo Vanzetti
An Italian immigrant and anarchist controversially convicted and executed for murder in the 1920s.
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Ku Klux Klan
A white supremacist group that re-emerged in the 1920s, targeting minorities.
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Emergency Quota Act of 1921
A law that restricted immigration by establishing quotas based on national origins.
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Immigration Act of 1924
A law that further reduced immigration and excluded immigrants from Asia.
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Quota system
A system limiting immigration based on nationality.
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Volstead Act
A law passed in 1919 that enforced Prohibition, making alcohol illegal.
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Speakeasies
Secret bars that operated illegally during Prohibition.
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Racketeers
Criminals involved in illegal business activities related to organized crime.
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Al Capone
A notorious gangster in Chicago during the 1920s controlling the illegal alcohol trade.
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Bible Belt
A region in the Southern United States known for strong Protestant beliefs.
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John Scopes
A teacher tried in 1925 for teaching evolution, sparking the Scopes Trial.
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Clarence Darrow
A famous defense lawyer who represented John Scopes in the Scopes Trial.
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Fundamentalism
A conservative religious movement opposing the teaching of evolution.
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Mass-consumerism
A shift in the 1920s towards a consumer society.
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Conspicuous consumption
Purchasing goods to display wealth and social status.
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Scientific management
A method to improve industrial efficiency through scientific methods.
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Model T
A mass-produced automobile introduced by Henry Ford in 1908.
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Henry Ford
The founder of Ford Motor Company who revolutionized automobile production.
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Assembly line
A manufacturing process where each worker performs a specific task.
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Gasoline Age
A term referring to the growth of the automobile industry in the 1920s.
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Wright Brothers
Pioneers in aviation who successfully flew the first powered airplane.
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Birth of a Nation
A 1915 film portraying a racist view of American history.
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The Jazz Singer
A 1927 film that was the first full-length "talkie".
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Margaret Sanger
An activist who promoted birth control and women's reproductive rights.
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Alice Paul
A women's suffrage leader who campaigned for the 19th Amendment.
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Equal Rights Amendment
A proposed amendment seeking to ensure equal rights for women.
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Flappers
Young women in the 1920s who challenged traditional gender norms.
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Marcus Garvey
An activist promoting Black nationalism and Pan-Africanism.
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United Negro Improvement Association
An organization promoting Black pride and self-reliance founded by Marcus Garvey.
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Modernism
An intellectual movement breaking with traditional forms in art and literature.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
A prominent author known for works like The Great Gatsby.
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Ernest Hemingway
An influential writer whose works explored themes of disillusionment.
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Lost Generation
A group of American writers in the 1920s feeling disconnected from society.
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Gertrude Stein
A writer who coined the term "Lost Generation" for expatriate writers.
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T.S. Eliot
A poet reflecting disillusionment and fragmentation in his works.
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William Faulkner
A writer known for his novels about the South.
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Robert Frost
A celebrated poet known for depictions of rural New England life.
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Sherwood Anderson
A writer known for modernist works like Winesburg, Ohio.
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Langston Hughes
A key figure in the Harlem Renaissance celebrating Black culture.
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Harlem Renaissance
A cultural movement encouraging the celebration of Black culture in the 1920s.