AP US History 2 Chapter 31 Vocabulary Terms Flashcards
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| 8309576640 | Bolshevik Revolution | A revolution lead by Vladimir Lenin to overthrow the Russian government; this gave rise to communism and inflicted fear in Americans | 0 | |
| 8309576642 | Immigration Act of 1924 | Established quotas for immigration to the United States. | 1 | |
| 8309576643 | Eighteenth Amendment | Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages | 2 | |
| 8309576644 | racketeers | People who illegally obtained money by fraud, bootlegging, gambling, or threats of violence. | 3 | |
| 8309576645 | Fundamentalism | A Protestant Christian movement emphasizing the literal truth of the Bible and opposing religious modernism, which sought to reconcile religion and science | 4 | |
| 8309576647 | United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) | A black nationalist organization founded in 1914 by Marcus Garvey in order to promote resettlement of African Americans to their African homeland | 5 | |
| 8309576648 | "Lost Generation" | A creative circle of American artist and writers that found inspiration after WWI | 6 | |
| 8309576649 | Harlem Renaissance | A creative outpouring among African Americans writers, jazz musicians and social thinkers that celebrated the black culture and advocated for a New Negro in American social, political and intellectual life | 7 | |
| 8309576660 | flapper | Rebellious women known for dressing scandalously, listening to jazz music, and pushed the boundaries of gender norms during the 1920s | 8 | |
| 8309576661 | speakeasy | An illegal bar where alcohol could be purchased despite it being illegal after the passage of the 18th amendment. | 9 | |
| 8310434827 | Volstead Act | Implemented the 18th Amendment. It established alcohol as illegal at above .5% by volume. | 10 | |
| 8310462829 | Red Scare | Erupted in the early 1920's. The American public was scared that communism would come into the U.S. Left-winged supporters were suspected. This fear of communism helped businessmen who used it to stop labor strikes | 11 | |
| 8310471913 | Ku Klux Klan | In the 1920s, this group was very anti-foreign. It was against all groups which did not have an Anglo-Saxon, Protestant background. They were most prevalent in the Midwest and the South. | 12 | |
| 8310485089 | Emergency Quota Act 1921 | This law restricted immigration to 3% for each nationality that was in the United States in 1910 | 13 |