unit 6 Key Events and Figures of the Jazz Age

Isolationism

Policy of avoiding international political entanglements.

Teapot Dome Scandal

Corruption involving oil reserves in the 1920s.

Fundamentalist

Believer in strict adherence to religious texts.

Harlem Renaissance

Cultural movement celebrating African American art and literature.

Marcus Garvey

Leader promoting Black nationalism and Pan-Africanism.

The Lost Generation

Group of American writers disillusioned after World War I.

Republican Politics

Political strategies favoring conservative economic policies.

Red Scare

Fear of communism and radical leftism in America.

Herbert Hoover

31st U.S. President during the Great Depression.

Buying on Margin

Purchasing stocks with borrowed money.

Charles Lindbergh

First solo nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927.

18th Amendment

Prohibition of alcohol in the United States.

21st Amendment

Repeal of Prohibition, ending the 18th Amendment.

Sacco-Vanzetti

Famous trial highlighting anti-immigrant sentiment in 1920s.

Fordney-McCumber Act

Tariff act raising import duties in 1922.