7.8 1920s: Cultural and Political Controversies (APUSH)

flapper

Young women in the 1920s known for their unconventional behavior, short hair, and embrace of new fashions and attitudes.

Margaret Sanger

American birth control activist and founder of Planned Parenthood. She was a pioneer in the fight for women's reproductive rights and access to contraception.

American Birth Control League

American Birth Control League - Founded by Margaret Sanger in 1921, it advocated for reproductive rights and eventually became Planned Parenthood in 1942.

Harlem Renaissance

Cultural and artistic movement in the 1920s centered in Harlem, NYC, celebrating African American heritage through literature, music, and art.

New Negro

Term popularized during the Harlem Renaissance for a generation of African Americans embracing self-expression, racial pride, and cultural identity in the 1920s.

Black Nationalism

Black Nationalism is a political and social movement advocating for the separation and empowerment of Black people to create a self-sufficient community.

Marcus Garvey

Jamaican-born leader of the Pan-Africanism movement in the early 20th century. Advocated for Black economic independence and a return to Africa.

Langston Hughes

prominent poet and leader of the Harlem Renaissance, known for his powerful poems reflecting the African American experience.

Zora Neale Hurston

American author and key figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Best known for her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God"

1921 Emergency Quota Act

U.S. law limiting immigration based on nationality, setting quotas to reduce immigrants from specific countries.

National Origins Act of 1924

Immigration law limiting immigrants based on nationality and quota system. Restricted Southern and Eastern Europeans while favoring Western Europeans.

Ku Klux Klan

Secret hate group founded in the U.S. post-Civil War, promoting white supremacy through violence and intimidation.

Sacco and Vanzetti

FItalian immigrants executed in 1927 for a robbery-murder despite doubts about their guilt, sparking international outcry and debates on immigration and justice.

18^th Amendment

Prohibition Era law in the US (1920-1933) banning the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.

Scopes Monkey Trial

1925 court case in Tennessee where a teacher was charged for teaching evolution, highlighting the clash between science and religion in education.