Chapter 32
About this set
Created by:
LaurenBujaky on March 29, 2011
Log in to favorite or report as inappropriate.
Order by
40 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 A. Mitchell Palmer | Attorney General who rounded up many suspects who were thought to be un-American and socialistic; he helped to increase the Red Scare; he was nicknamed the "Fighting Quaker" until a bomb destroyed his home; he then had a nervous breakdown and became known as the "Quaking Fighter." |
| Alphonse Capone | United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during Prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947) |
| John Dewey | He was a philosopher who believed in "learning by doing" which formed the foundation of progressive education. He believed that the teachers' goal should be "education for life and that the workbench is just as important as the blackboard." |
| John T. Scopes | Agreed to challenge the law banning the teaching of evolution in public schools. Believed that it was denying his right to personal and religious freedom |
| William J. Bryan (in relation to Scopes trial) | former presidential candidate, ardent Presbyterian fundamentalist, joined prosecution -- took stand as expert on Bible (died of stroke 5 days later) |
| Clarence Darrow | Chicago trial lawyer, defended John Scopes in the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial |
| Red Scare of 1919 | Fear and panic by the Americans over communism that was spurred by Bolshevik Revolution in Russia 1919-1920 |
| Sacco-Vanzetti Trial | Convicted 1921 of murder of Mass. Jury and judge prejudiced because defendants were Italian, atheists, anarchist. Were found guilty because of red scare. |
| Emergency Quota Act | Immigration quota limited annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from country to 3% of the number of persons from that country living in the United States in 1910 [favorable to southern & eastern Europeans because 1910 #s were high] |
| Immigration Act 1924 | Cut quotas for foreigners from 3 % to 2% of the total number of immigrants in 1890; purpose was to freeze America's existing racial composition (which was largely Northern European; Southern Europeans angry) --prevented Japanese from immigrating, causing outrage in Japan |
| Volstead Act | passed by Congress which enforced the 18th Ammendment (prohibition) |
| Fundamentalism | old-time religionists believed teaching of evolution was destroying faith in God and Bible |
| Scopes Trial | A 1925 court case argued by Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan in which the issue of teaching evolution (John T. Scopes did) in public schools was debated; Scopes found guilty -- fundamentalists were ridiculed, but still strong |
| Modernists | Took a step away from fundamentalists and claimed that the Bible was a collection of moral stories rather than completely factual |
| Charles Lindbergh | United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean; did much to dramatize and popularize flying, gave strong boost to infant aviation industry |
| Margaret Sanger | Organized a birth-control movement which openly championed the use of contraceptives in the 1920's. |
| Sigmund Freud | Viennese physician argued that sexual repression was responsible for a variety of nervous and emotional ills; health demanded sexual gratification |
| H.L. Mencken | Young author; published the monthly American Mercury; assailed marriage, patriotism, democracy, prohibition, Rotarians, and the middle class Americans; dismissed the South and attacked the Puritans |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald | Wrote This Side of Paradise (1920) and The Great Gatsby (1925), |
| Ernest Hemingway | "The Sun Also Rises" (1926) (about American expatriates in Europe) and "A Farewell to Arms." (1929) |
| Andrew Mellon | Secretary of treasury 1921-33, beleived that the depression should run its course and that natural market forces would restore to full employment [see end of chapter] |
| Sinclair Lewis | Chief chronicler of Midwestern life. He was a master of satire and wrote "Main Street" (1920). "Babbit" (1922) which describes a materialistic middle-class American businessman. |
| Bruce Barton | founder of advertising, published "The Man Nobody Knows"- an idea that Jesus was the greatest adman of all time. |
| William Faulkner | 1926 wrote a bitter war novel called "Soldier's Pay". He also wrote many other powerful books about the lives of Southerners during the Civil War. |
| Henry Ford | Ford company owner famous for his Model T. He developed the assembly line, which quickened production in factories, provided organizational talent |
| Frederick W. Taylor | an engineer, an inventor, and a tennis player. He sought to eliminate wasted motion. Famous for scientific-management especially time-management studies. |
| Billy Sunday | A famous fundamentalist preacher in the 1920s. |
| Aimme S. McPherson | ... |
| Hiram Wesley Evans | A KKK leader after William J. Simmons that helped revive the KKK and make it about more than just hating African Americans |
| George H. Ruth | - a "home-run hero" who played for the Yankees - was more famous than the most famous statesman - part of the sports "industry" |
| Langston Hughes | This man was well known for making the Harlem Renaissance famous because of his poems. |
| 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. |
| flappers | Young women in the 1920s who challenged social traditions with their dress and behavior |
| The Jazz Singer | 1927 - The first movie with sound; this "talkie" was about the life of famous jazz singer; Al Jolson. |
| Harlem Renaissance | Period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished |
| UNIA | Universal Negro Improvement Association started by Marcus Garvey. |
| KDKA (radio) | First commercial broadcasting radio station |
| assembly line | Production method that breaks down a complex job into a series of smaller tasks; Henry Ford |
| mass-consumption | Caused by an increase in purchasing power, this allowed for customers to spend more money on goods. |
| 1920 census | ... |
First Time Here?
Welcome to Quizlet, a fun, free place to study. Try these flashcards, find others to study, or make your own.
Set Champions
Scatter Champion
31.0 secs by LaurenBujaky
Space Race Champion
330 points by LaurenBujaky