APUSH Chapter 30: American Life in the Roaring Twenties (American Pageant)

Criminal syndicalism laws

________: made it illegal to even suggest using violence to encourage societal improvements- there's a direct violation of 1st amendment rights in order to ‘ protect against Communists.

Ernest Hemingway

Lost Generation: group of writers, like ________ and F. Scott Fitzgerald, and painters who criticized different aspects of the decade, like materialism.

Volstead Act

18th Amendment: enacted the prohibition of alcohol, with the ________ to help enforce it- leads to bootleg alcohol sold in big cities and widespread corruption to bypass the law.

Flappers

________: young female dancers who wore short dresses and often smoked → shows how long women are no longer being modest of societys sake (promiscuousness is symbolic of their freedom)

1920

Radio is first used to announce the results of the Election of ________, when Warren Harding wins- united the nation by providing shared experiences and helped educate the American public by keeping them updated on the news.

Margaret Sanger

________ advocated for making birth control more accessible to allow women to explore options outside of motherhood seemed radical, but kickstarted the sexual /moral revolution of giving women greater control over their bodies, no longer limited by being the nation; s face of morality.

Negatives

________: people die from car accidents, gangs use cars to escape the police, pollution.

Racketeers

________: gangsters that made illegal profits through fraud, bootlegging, gambling, violence, etc.

American life

Cars are no longer just for the wealthy- revolutionizes ________ by allowing people to travel farther; seen as a badge of freedom that gives people more leisure time.

Materialism

________ and buying on credit leads to economic downfalls throughout the early 1920s, where hundreds of banks would close annually- all leads up to the greatest downturn during the Great Depression.

Modernism

________: concept was pioneered by an ethnically and regionally diverse group of writers and artists; ________ questioned social norms and traditional authorities (like the govt)- they looked for new moral codes and understanding about the world during this modernizing era.

Harlem Renaissance

________: name for the strong black community that developed during the Jazz Age migration, specifically in Harlem, NYC.

Palmer raids

________: lead by Attorney General Mitchell Palmer, arrested thousands and many immigrants who were suspected to be Communist were deported- increased nativism.

Jazz Age

________: as African Americans migrated North following WW1, they brought jazz music with them; unfortunately, many white bands stole their music and made most of the profits → overall, this is the first, original version of American music.

‘ Sovietism

Closed shops are called ________ in disguise → shows how conservative businessmen took advantage of the situation to further dismantle the power of labor unions.

Fundamentalism

________: belief that every word of the Bible should be considered literally true.

Red Scare (1919 -1920)

started after a small Communist party is started in the US following the Bolshevik Revolution (1917) in Russia, where the Communist Bolsheviks overthrow the govt

criminal syndicalism laws

made it illegal to even suggest using violence to encourage societal improvements -there's a direct violation of 1st amendment rights in order to ‘protect against Communists

American Plan

said all_businesses should be ‘open shop, meaning not all employees are in the labor union (as opposed to a closed shop, where ALL employees are in the union)

Immigrant Act of 1924

tried to limit the number of southern/eastern European immigrants, who were suspected of being Communist, to 2%

Racketeers

gangsters that made illegal profits through fraud, bootlegging, gambling, violence, etc

Fundamentalism

belief that every word of the Bible should be considered literally true

Scopes Monkey Trial (1925)

John Scopes, a teacher in one of the Bible Belt states, is Sued for teaching his students about evolution → prosecuted by religious Fundamentalist William Jennings Bryan (remember from Cross of Gold Speech?)

The Jazz Singer (1927)

first movie, or ‘talkie, that wasn't a silent film (but it had blackface)

Harlem Renaissance

name for the strong black community that developed during the Jazz Age migration, specifically in Harlem, NYC

Lost Generation

group of writers, like Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, and painters who criticized different aspects of the decade, like materialism