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18th Amendment

Prohibition of the manufacturing, sale, or transportation of alcohol

19th Amendment

Women can vote

The “New Woman”

New fashion, they smoked, independent, activism

The Great Migration

6 million African Americans moved up north to escape southern racial violence, and jim crow

Immigration Act (1921)

Established the first numerical limits (quotas) on immigration

Immigration Act (1924)

Established permanent national-origin quotas, which reduced immigration

The “New” Klan (KKK)

Promoted white supremacy, Prohibition, and strong anti-Catholic, anti-Semitic, and anti-immigrant sentiment

W.E.B. DuBois

American sociologist, writer, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist. co-founded the NAACP, advocated for Black equality

The Harlem Renaissance

Flowering of African American culture, art, literature, music, and theater, primarily based in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City

“Youth Culture”

refers to the distinct beliefs, behaviors, and interests—often revolving around music, fashion, technology, and language—that characterize young people's experiences

“Flappers”

Young women who were against traditional Victorian gender norms

Tennessee v. Scopes

A state law forbidding the teaching of human evolution in public schools

“talkies” (and the film industry)

Movies with sound

The “wireless” (‘radio’)

New Tech, played music, played ads

Lindburgh flight

“Spirit of St. Louis” First solo, non-stop transatlantic flight, flew from New York to Paris

“Red Scare”

Periods of anti-communist, anti-socialist, and anti-anarchist

Youth Culture

was a part of popular culture, and where the younger generation has their own specific and cool culture/trends.

examples of Political Change

18th and 19th amendment

True/false: There was a rise of organized crime

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The Great Migration

African Americans migrating North and West to escape racism in the South. Resulted in the spread of African American culture across the U.S., like music and more. African American culture defines popular culture.

Republican Presidencies

Encouraged big business growth

New technologies (economic expansion)

Transformed American, and also helped define youth culture, also expanded/increased mass communication.

Examples of new technologies in the 1920s

Radio, motion pictures with sound (talkies), electric appliances, cars, medicine