The Jazz Age
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16 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Nativism | Hostility toward immigrants because immigrants are seen as a threat to order and stability in America |
| Mass Media | A form of communication, like the radio, that unified the nation. |
| New Morality | Movement that challenged traditional ideas of American society by valuing youth and personal freedom. |
| Fundamentalism | A movement in response to New Morality that believed that Bible is true and without error. |
| Prohibition | Illegal to consume alcohol |
| Flappers | Women from the 1920s that wore shorter skirs and revealed their gams |
| Great Migration | African Americans moved from the South to the North to build a better life |
| National Origins Act | Made immigration restriction a permanent policy |
| Teapot Dome Scandal | President Harding's Secretary of the Interior leased land containing U.S. Navy oil reserves to private interest groups for monetary bribes |
| Credit | Buying now and paying later |
| Supply-Side Economics | Belief that lower taxes will boost the economy because Americans will invest their money |
| Assembly line | Breaking down a large task into small individual tasks, which allowed Henry Ford to mass produce the car |
| Kellogg-Briand Pact | A victory for peace because 15 nations agreed to abandon war and negotiate peace |
| Klu Klux Klan | Targeted Catholics, Jews, and immigrants to attempt to "keep American American" |
| Welfare Capitalism | Gave Americans more money because companies provided medical insurance and stock benefits |
| Harlem Renaissance | Flowering of African American arts |
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