Roaring 20’s; Modernity V. Tradition

Book by Madison Grant that said races can be ranked according to their “value” (Promoting Eugenics)

Passing of the Great Race

Significantly limits the amount of immigrants allowed inside the U.S

Immigration Acts of 1924

Fear of Communism in the 20’s, caused by Union Strikes and Immigration

Red Scare

When Boston Police go on strike, broken by governor Calvin Coolidge

Boston Police Strike

Raids by the U.S. government against Unions to prevent a Communist Revolution

Palmer Raids

Italian Immigrants, convicted and executed for murder based on flimsy evidence

Sacco and Vanzetti

Worst Scandal in U.S History (at the time) involves selling U.S. lands for bribes

Tea Pot Dome

1896 U.S Supreme Court decision supporting the legality of Jim Crow laws that permitted or required separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites.

• “Separate but Equal”

Plessy V. Ferguson

Laws that restricted African Americans in the South including but limited to Segregation

Jim Crow Laws

Refers to the mass movement of African Americans from the South to the North during the 1920’s

• Detroit is a majority of African Americans because of its high job opportunities

Great Migration

Civil Rights Leader of the 20’s, led the “Back to Africa” Movement. Said Black is Beautiful

• Going back to your roots

Marcus Garvey

Civil Rights Leader of the 20’s. Started the NAACP

• Dubois (education freedom) v. Washington (born into slavery)

WEB Dubois

National Association for the Advancement of colored oriole. Most influential Civil Rights Group in the U.S

NAACP

Explosion of African American Art in the 1920’s

• Louis Armstrong very influential trumpet player

Harlem Renaissance

Modern Women of the 1920’s

• Would reveal their arms, legs, shoulders, necks, no moral character

Flappers

Founder of Ford motor company, first person to use the assembly line on a massive scale

• 18hrs go to 45 mins to make a car

Henry Ford

First man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Americans first celebrity

• Most famed court case in 20’s, baby dies because of kidnapping

Charles Lindbergh

Trial of a Tennessee Biology teacher convicted of teaching Evolution. The BIBLE went on trial

• Clarence Darrow, famous lawyer in America at the time

Scopes Trial

Illegal bars during prohibition

• Can only be broken if a prostitution ring, or gambling

Speak Easies

People who Sold illegal alcohol during prohibition. Al Capone is the main guy who is known to be this

Boot Legger

Greatest Baseball player of all time

• Radio changes all sports

Babe Ruth

Most Famous Football player of the 20’s, known as the “Galloping Ghost” and “Leather Helmet”

Red Grange

Heavyweight champ of the 20’s. Known to have hands of stone. He was 5’9, 160 pounds

Jack Dempsey

Most Famous Race Horse of the 1920’s, one of the first horses to win Triple Crown

Man 0’ War

Most famous Actor of the 1920’s

Charlie Chaplin

Most famous Actress of the 1920’s. It girl

Clara Bow

The idea that you can buy happiness. Common in the 1920’s

Materialism

Anti - Materialist authors of the 1920’s

Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, F. Scott Fitzgerald