Roaring Twenties: unit 9.1 Flashcards
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| 685867719 | Amelia Earhart | 1st female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean (risky) | |
| 685867720 | Anarchists | Opposed organized government & were blamed for unrest in the country. | |
| 685867721 | Babe Ruth | He hit 60 Home Runs & the Red Sox traded him to the Yankees. | |
| 685867722 | Bear market | A period of dropping stock prices. | |
| 685867723 | Bootlegger | A person who smuggled illegal liquor into the US. | |
| 685867724 | Bull market | A period of rising stock prices. | |
| 685867725 | Changes in the Workplace in the 1920's: | Increase in white-collar jobs Increase in wages Increase in labor strikes Increase in women working | |
| 685867726 | Charles Lindbergh | He flew solo across the Atlantic Ocean. | |
| 685867727 | Emergency Quota Act 1921 | A law passed to preserve the white Protestant nature of the American population. Limited the # of immigrants to 3% of the number of persons from the country who were living in the US according to the 1910 Census. Virtually halted immigration from Asia. | |
| 685867728 | Fads | Popular things to do. For example: Flagpole sitting & dance marathons | |
| 685867729 | Flapper | A person who bobbed her hair and wore short skirts. | |
| 685867730 | Gertrude Ederle | 1st woman to swim & cross the English Channel (Risky Feat) | |
| 685867731 | Gross domestic product | Total value of all goods & services produced in one year. | |
| 685867732 | Harlem Renaissance | Celebrated black pride and called for equal civil rights for black Americans. | |
| 685867733 | Harlem Renaissance musicians | Louis Armstrong Bessie Smith Duke Ellington | |
| 685867734 | Installment buying | People bought goods they wanted but could not afford through using this type of purchasing. | |
| 685867735 | Kellogg-Briand Pact | 1928 - US joined 61 other nations to outlaw way. It was NOT effective because there was no way to enforce it. | |
| 685867736 | Louis Armstrong | A famous jazz trumpet player | |
| 685867737 | On margin | This allowed people to buy stock with a down payment & pay off their broker when they sold the stock. | |
| 685867738 | Organized crime | This led to violent gang warfare during Prohibition. | |
| 685867739 | Politics: Presidents Warren Harding & Calvin Coolidge had what focus? | Pro-business | |
| 685867740 | President Warren Harding's Administration | Scandals - Teapot Dome Dishonest officials took bribes | |
| 685867741 | Primary source | First-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation. | |
| 685867742 | Red Scare | Attorney General Palmer led raids, without proof, to "find" communists, arrest, deport and kill them. | |
| 685867743 | Scopes Trial | Teacher convicted of teaching Darwin's theory of Evolution. | |
| 685867744 | Speakeasies | People met in these places to drink illegal liquor during Prohibition. | |
| 685867745 | Standard of living | Measure of how many goods, services & leisure time people have. | |
| 685867746 | The 21st Amendment | Repealed the 18th amendment that was prohibition. | |
| 685867747 | The following helped change lives in America in the 1920: | - movies - Automobiles - radios | |
| 685867748 | The growing automobile industry resulted in: | Cheaper cars, increased number of gas stations and related industries, vacations, tourism | |
| 685867749 | The US refused to recognize Lenin's new Soviet Union because: | We disagreed with communism's view of gov't control over its citizens. | |
| 685867750 | These things happened because of a strong fear of foreigners in America. | - The Red Scare - Sacco & Vanzetti Trial - Ku Klux Klan | |
| 685867751 | US Foreign Affairs policy in the 1920's | Limited participation in world affairs except in Latin America where our economic interests were threatened. | |
| 685867752 | What did Economists worry about in the 1928 & 1929? | Stock prices were higher than the value of their companies. | |
| 685867753 | What groups did not have setbacks during the 1920's? | Business leaders | |
| 685867754 | What groups had setbacks during the 1920's? | Farmers Workers Foreigners | |
| 685867755 | What reasons were given to repeal the 18th Amendment (thus pass the 21st Amendment)? | - The rise in organized crime - The widespread disrespect for the law - Deaths due to homemade liquor | |
| 685867756 | What triggered the Black Migration? | Jobs were available in the northern industries | |
| 685867757 | What was special about the presidential election in 1920? | The 1st election in which women could vote | |
| 685867758 | With fewer business regulations: | - Tariffs were raised - Taxes were lowered - American businesses grew. |