AP US History Chapter 22 Flashcards

8775070548	A. Philip Randolph	Led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in response to AFL exclusion. Won significant gains for members, and joined in AA Civil Rights movements.	0
8775070549	Alain Locke	One of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance, published The New Negro in 1925.	1
8775070550	Alfred Smith	Irish Tammanyite who had been governor in New York. Never managed to unite his party under his nomination due to his Catholic religion.	2
8775070551	"American Plan"	Not to be confused with the American System, this was the idea that Unionism was subversive, and that no worker could be forced to join a union.	3
8775070552	Automobile	expands American horizons, allowing women to escape farm isolation, city dwellers to escape congestion, weekend drives, move to suburbs, vacations	4
8775070553	Duke Ellington	Born in Chicago middle class. moved to Harlem in 1923 and began playing at the cotton club. Composer, pianist and band leader. Most influential figures in jazz.	5
8775070554	H. L. Mencken	Baltimore journalist "debunker," who wrote the Smart Set and American Mercury magazines, ridiculing politics, arts, religion, democracy, etc.	6
8775070555	Harlem Renaissance	A period where New York's black population created a new generation of arts and intellectuals, developing a new African American culture.	7
8775070556	Herbert Hoover	Secretary of Commerce under Coolidge. Believed in "Associationalism," in which businessmen work together to promote stability and efficiency.	8
8775070557	Issei	Term for Japanese immigrants. Managed to become successful in small business and as truck farmers.	9
8775070558	Jelly Roll Morton	African American pianist, composer, arranger, and band leader from New Orleans; Bridged that gap between the piano styles of ragtime and jazz; Was the first important jazz composer	10
8775070559	Ku Klux Klan	Had its rebirth in 1915, when nativist passions resurfaced. Functioned on the basis of defending "traditional values."	11
8775070560	Langston Hughes	African American poet who captured the spirit of the Harlem Renaissance. "I am Negro - and beautiful".	12
8775070561	Lost Generation	The people that lived though WWI, and became lost in the materialistic world they saw as meaningless. Led lives of personal fulfillment.	13
8775070562	Margaret Sanger	Began the birth control movement, believed that large families were among the causes of poverty and distress in poor communities. Then convinced middle class.	14
8775070563	National Origins Act of 1924	Banned immigration from Asia, and limited European immigration from 3 to 2 percent of the 1890 census, in which there were much fewer immigrants.	15
8775070564	Nisei	Term given to children of Japanese immigrants born in America.	16
8775070565	Parity	The complicated formula to raise prices to help farmers at least meet production costs, despite fluctuation markets. Federal purchase of crops.	17
8775070566	Scopes "Monkey Trial"	A court trial in Tennessee involving the evolution-creationism controversy. Bryans tricked into admitting that the Bible could be open to interpretation.	18
8775070567	Sinclair Lewis	American novelist who attacked aspects of modern society, including Main Street (1922) and Babbitt (1922). Received the Noble Prize in literature.	19
8775070568	Teapot Dome	Scandal in which Albert Fall of Harding's cabinet gave private leases to oil fields to wealthy men. Convicted a bribery and a year of jail.	20
8775070569	The Jazz Singer	First movie with sound ("talkie") featuring Al jolson. Premiered in 1927.	21
8775070570	Welfare Capitalism	An approach to workers relations where employers gave more benefits to workers to prevent strikes and labor unrest.	22