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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 a. mitchell palmer | attorney general who led anti-communist raids between 1918 and 1921 |
| j. edgar hoover | headed the FBI, collected files on labor leadesr and other "radical agitators", and did other work to promote the Red Scare hysteria, along with Palmer |
| red scare | post-WWI public hysteria over Bolshevik influence in the United States directed against labor activism, radical, dissenters, and some ethnic groups |
| return to normalcy | what americans yearned for after having to deal with war and post-war hysteria and other exhausting issues, as said by Harding |
| election of 1920 | consisted of Republican Warren G. Harding (winner) and Democrat James Cox. It was the "final twitch of America's war mind" |
| calvin coolidge | Harding's running mate who became President when Harding died |
| warren g. harding | an Old Guard conservative who won the Election of 1920 on the republican ticket |
| emma goldman | u.s. anarchist born in russia who opposed the draft. one of 249 alien radicals deported in 1919 by palmer and hoover. |
| nativism | favoring the interests and cluture of native born inhabitants over those of immigrants |
| national origins act of 1924 | an act that restricted immigration on the basis of natural origins |
| emergency quota act of 1921 | restricted immigration and established quotas for nationalities |
| ku klux klan | a group of white native-born protestants across the nation (both mena nd women) who were perhaps the most vigilante that terrorized black people as well as other non-white races (hispanics, jews, japanese, etc.) and were violent and twisted people |
| volstead act | the 1920 law defining the liquor forbidden under the 18th amendment and established the prohibition bureau to enforce it |
| prohibition | an era that restricted the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol in the United States as enacted by the 18th amendment |
| william jennings bryan | the most prominent anti-evolution politician of that time who feared that darwinism promoted politician/ economical conservatism |
| american civil liberties union | the organization that was involved in the peak of anti-evolution controversy in the u.s. |
| john scopes | a tennessee high school teacher who tested the anti-evolution law and was arrested for doing so |
| scopes' monkey trial | a trial that captured nationwide public interest, which convicted scopes of teaching evolution by darrow |
| clarence darrow | a famous chicago lawyer and prominent atheist who volunteered to defend john scopes in his trial |
| culture wars | conflict that roared through the nation as a result of great social changes occurring in the united states, such as new roles for women, increasing ethnical/racial diversity, rapid urbanization, immigration, and the "new morality" |
| supreme court ruling of 1922 | stated that japanese in america, because they were non-whites, could never become naturalized citizens |
| suburbs | towns in close proximity to cities that grew rapidly in the 1920's |
| great migration | the mass movement of african-americans from the rural south to the urban north, spurred especially by new job opportunities during WWI and the 1920's |
| universal negro improvement association | an organization which sought to appeal to Blacks who had moved during the Great Migration, that rejected the NAACP's goal of integration and attracted .5 million members |
| marcus garvey | jamaican immigrant to New York who founded the UNIA and encouraged its 1/2 million members to build a "free, redeemed, mighty nation". led the Back-to-Black movement |
| harlem renaissance | a new african-american cultural awareness that flourished in literature, art, and music in the 1920's |
| langston hughes | an african american poet who wrote throughout the harlem renaissance |
| barrios | hispanic migrant communities of the 1920's complete with businesses, churches, and cultural organizations |
| league of united latin american citizens | helped to advance civil rights for all Americans. Founded with the help of La Orden de Hijos de America, a Hispanic anti-discrimination league |
| white tower | first fast food franchise chain |
| mass culture | America's shift to urbanization, the development of the car, and new systems of distributing, marketing, and communications to produce standardized experiences and interests |
| cecil b. demille | a filmmaker of the 1920's. created such works as the ten commandments and king of kings. |
| louis armstrong | legendary trumpet player deriving from the jazz age |
| jazz age | the 1920's, so called for the popular music of the day as a symbol of the many changes taking place in mass culture |
| charles lindbergh | a celebrity of the 1920's, but more importantly the first pilot to fly solo across the atlantic in 1927 |
| spirit of st. louis | lindbergh's plane that he flew across the atlantic |
| clara bow | a 1920's actress known as the "it girl" who was one of the first to flaunt her sexuality on screen |
| rudolph valentino | a 1920's actor who, along with clara bow, displayed promiscuity (sexuality) to audiences |
| flapper | a frivolous young woman with short hair and a skimpy skirt who danced, smoked, and drank in oblivious self-absorption- an obsession in the '20s |
| lost generation | a term that described the disillusionment of many people about the mass culture changes of the '20s |
| gertrude stein | coined the term "lost generation". an american writer during this time. |
| f. scott fitzgerald | an american author of the jazz age. he coined the term "jazz age". he is part of the "lost generation". wrote many books including the great gatsby. |
| ernest hemingway | wounded WWI red cross volunteer and author of 1929's A Farewell to Arms. He rejected realism |
| sinclair lewis | author of 1932's Babbitt in which he ridiculed middle class society and its narrow business culture |
| alice paul | wrote the equal rights amendment which stated that one could not be denied equal rights under the law based on gender |
| mary pickford | known as america's sweetheart |
| ida wells-barnett | started anti-lynching campaign |
| w.e.b. dubois | founded NAACP, wanted immediate social and political equality for blacks |
| booker t. washington | believed that blacks needed to prove economic independence before receiving equal rights; founded Tuskegee Institute |
| sacco and vanzetti | two radical foreigners who were accused and convicted of robbery and murder simply beacuse they represented everything america hated at the time. the two men were found guilty because of their political beliefs. |
| margaret sanger | spoke for women and led the movement of women using birth control |
| paul robeson | critic of American capitalism |
| mary mcleod bethune | strove for improvement in educational and social service facilities for african americans. founded bethune-cookman college |
| countee cullen | african american poet. wrote saturday's child |
| t.s. eliot | author of The Waste Land, which said that society has no humanity |
| willa cather | author of My Antonia about immigrant farmers |
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