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| an economic system based on private property and free enterprise - anywhere it existed |
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| people who believe there should be no government |
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| expelled from the US (aliens) |
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| not involved in world affairs |
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| total value of all goods and services produced |
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| amount of work each worker could do |
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| promise to pay small, regular amounts over a period of time |
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| care-free young women with short, "bobbed" hair, heavy makeup, and short skirts |
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| forms of communication such as newspaper, radio, that reach millions of people |
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| (writers) who choose to live in another country |
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| total ban on manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor throughout US |
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| the belief that native-born Americans are superior to foreigners |
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| an arrangement placing a limit on the number of immigrants from each country |
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| the scientific theory that humans evolved over vast period of time. |
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| a period when the us gov targeted commuinists + others with radical political iews. brought on by the bolshevik revolution and anarchists living in the US. americans was afraid that communism would take over |
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| president harding also gave jobs in gov. to many of his friends and political supporters |
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| became a symbol of the corruption in the harding administration and of gov. corruption and scandal in general. (Albert Fall (secretary of the interior) secretly leased oil reserves to two oil companies in california and wyoming and received 400k$ payment when this was uncovered, he went out to trip on west but suffered heart attack and died. |
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| limit the size of the nations' navies japan and great britain french italy USA |
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| outlawing war USA with 14 other nations |
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| parts moved on a convey or belt. workers attached the parts to cars moving past them at six feet per minute. |
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| steps to build better relations with workers. Insurance/safety/ buy stocks etc. |
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| affordable automobile built using the assembly line methods |
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| people danced to the beat of a new kind of music called JAzz. Jazz captured the spirit of the era so well that 1920's is Jazz age |
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this movement instilled an interest in african culture and pride in being african american
harlem was an african american section of nyc |
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| to provide the means of enforcing the ban (banning alcohol) |
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| making and selling illegal alcohol |
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| repeal of prohibition amendment. repeals the 18th amendment |
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Another cultural clash in the 1920s involved the role of religion in society. this conflict gained national attention in 1925. One of the most famous trials of the era. (the teaching of evolution banned in tenessee, etc)
scopes fined $100. john scopes deliberately broke the law against teaching evolution so that a trial could test its legality. tenessee supreme court |
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| custom-built single engine, single seat monoplane that was flown solo by Charles Lindbergh on May 20–21, 1927, on the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris |
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| this amendment established prohibition total ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor throughout the US |
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| amendment guaranteed women in all states the right to vote |
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| illegal bars and clubs, hidden from view, these clubs could be entered only by saying a secret password. |
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| attorney general, ordered the arrest of people suspected of being communists and anarchists. also staged raids on the HQ of various suspicious groups. |
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| journalist, he supported back-to-africa movement, urging african americans to establish their own country in africa. he founded UNIA universal negro improvement association to promote racial unity and pride |
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| senator of ohio, harding earned a reputation as a loyal republican. won presidency in november 1920. his presidency was filled with corruption. |
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| calvin coolidge, originally VP but became P. fired the ohio gang. etc, a friend to business, etc |
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| in 1922 fall secretly leased gobernement oil reserves in california and wyoming to the owners of two oil companies. he received 400K$. fall was convicted of bribery and sent to prison, becoming first cabinet officer ever to go to jail. |
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| pioneer in the manufacture of affordable automobiles with his model T, built using the assembly line methods. he announced that he would pay his workers the high wage of $5 per day. |
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| first person to fly alone across the atlantic ocean in spirit of st. louis |
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| ccrime boss al capone controlled organized crime and local politics in chicago. eventually capone was arrested and sent to prison (involved in bootleggin') |
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| democratic candidate for president in 1896, 1900, 1908, strong opponent of evolution. |
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| defended many radicals and labor union members, spoke for scopes in scopes trial. |
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| delcared his candidacy for the republican nomination provided food relief for europe, a symbol of the forward-looking middle class, won nomination for republican |
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governor of NY. son of immigrants and a man of the city ,. smith opposed prohibition and championed the poor and the working class. first roman catholic nomniee for president. hoover won election cus of anti-catholic feeling. poor smith, he had prejudice.
wets versus drys
protestant vs catholic |
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| they were italian immigrants (Robbed shoe factory) accused shoe factory robbery, killing a guard paymaster. tried and convicted 7/19 21, sentenced death. neither had criminal record but known anarchists. suspicious. |
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| calvin coolidge, why was he such a popular president? |
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| he had what americans wanted, friend to business, promoted economy, etc. friendly neighbor |
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| how did american's attitude toward latin america change in 1920s |
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| when dominican republic and nicaragua held elections in mid 1920s the US withdrew troops from thoes countries. mexico and us reached agreement (foreign-owned oil and mining) |
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hiring experts to study how goods could be produced more quickly
(etc, tried to lower costs and increase productivity) e,g, assembly line |
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| automobile affect other industries in US?? |
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| called for new roads and highways, needed gas stations and rest stops. tourism grew. steel, rubber, glass grew. oil industry refined gasoline for cars. farmers had to competete again now. railroad, coal mining went down, as trucks took business from railroads and electricity replaced coal as a power source. less cotton buying. textile factory shut down. |
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| the right to vote 19th amendment, women also ran for election to political offices. women worked outside of home, such as working in offices as clerks and typists. college educate,d etc, more women worked after marriage, flappers came out, |
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| why 18th amendment fail so much? |
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| cus people who didnt drink was curious and drinked etc, and continuing demand for alcohol led to widespread lawbreaking. |
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