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New Woman
dissatisfaction with the of domesticity, began to celebrate female virtue and support social and political responsibility of women, confidence to break ideals and compete with men, clubs, colleges, divorce, bicycling
Warren G. Harding
Pres. 1921-1923, laissez-faire, little regard for gov't or presidency. "return to normalcy" after Wilson + his progressive ideals. Office became corrupt: allowed drinking in prohibition, had an affair, surrounded himself w/ cronies (used office for private gain). Ex) Sec. of Interior leased gov't land w/ oil for $500,000 and took money himself. Died after 3 years in office, VP: Coolidge took over
Calvin Coolidge
(1923-1925) and (1925-1929), taciturn; small gov't conservative; laissez faire ideology; in favor of immigration restriction (Immigration Act); reduced the tax burden; the Bonus Bill was passed over his veto; Revenue Act of 1924; Kellogg-Briand Pact
The Equal Rights Amendment
A constitutional amendment originally introduced in Congress in 1923 and passed by Congress in 1972, stating that "equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." Despite public support, the amendment failed to acquire the necessary support from three-fourths of the state legislatures.
Al Smith
Governor of New York four times, and was the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate in 1928. He was the first Roman Catholic and Irish-American to run for President as a major party nominee. He lost the election to Herbert Hoover.
Consumerism
A preoccupation with the purchasing of material goods.
Popular Culture
cultural traits such as dress, diet, and music that identify and are part of today's changeable, urban-based, media-influenced, western societies
Mary Pickford
(1892 - 1979) A Canadian movie star who went to Hollywood in the 1920s and became known as "America's sweetheart."
Jazz
A style of dance music popular in the 1920s. A style of music characterized by the use of improvisation.
Babe Ruth
"Home Run King" in baseball, provided an idol for young people and a figurehead for America
Flapper
Young women of the 1920s that behaved and dressed in a radical fashion
Women in the workplace
Although still barred from many professions, women make the workplace more diverse more diverse in the late 19th century. Nursing and teaching became female dominated jobs and women made strides in the fields of science and medicine. Although somewhat slight, this progress would contribute to career equality that was later established.
The Great Migration
Movement of African Americans from the South to the North for jobs.
The Harlem Renaissance
A period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished
"New Negro" Movement
1920s US; encouraged African Americans to become politically and racially conscious; lead to Harlem Renaissance
Marcus Garvey
African American leader during the 1920s who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and advocated mass migration of African Americans back to Africa. Was deported to Jamaica in 1927.
The National Origins Act
Act which restricted immigration from any one nation to two percent of the number of people already in the U.S. of that national origin in 1890. Severely restricted immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe, and excluded Asians entirely
Christian Fundamentalism
Believe that the statements in the Bible are word for word factually true. The Scopes trial showed the strength of.
2nd Klu Klux Klan (KKK)
Atlanta, Georgia. Starting in 1921, it adopted a modern business system of recruiting (which paid most of the initiation fee and costume charges as commissions to the organizers) and grew rapidly nationwide at a time of prosperity
Teapot Dome Scandal
A government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921
Charles Lindbergh's flight, 1927
an American pilot famous for the first solo, non-stop flight across the Atlantic, from Roosevelt Field, Long Island to Paris in 1927 in the Spirit of St. Louis. In the ensuing deluge of fame, Lindbergh became the world's best-known aviator
Birth of a Nation
1915, first full length classic. glorified the KKK of Reconstruction days and defamed both blacks and Northern carpetbaggers
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian immigrants charged with murdering a guard and robbing a shoe factory in Braintree, Massachusetts. The trial lasted from 1920-1927. Convicted on circumstantial evidence; many believed they had been framed for the crime because of their anarchist and pro-union activities.
Emergency Immigration Act of 1921
This law restricted immigration to 3% of each nationality that was in the United States in 1910.
Ford Model T
nicknamed the Tin Lizzie, most popular car in the twenties, The first legitimate car that was common among Americans (assembly line production, because there was so much demand for it)
National Origins Act
Very restrictive immigration legislation passed in 1924, which lowered immigration to 2 percent of each nationality as found in the 1890 census. This lowered immigration dramatically and, quite intentionally, almost eliminated immigration from Eastern and Southern Europe.
