History Final

An economic system based on private ownership of capital

a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership

people who oppose all forms of government

A brief wave of fear over the possible influence of Socialists/Bolsheviks in American life.

U.S. attorney general who rounded up thousands of alleged Bolsheviks in the red scare of 1919-1920

Congressional support to raid houses of radicals believed to have connections to communism

Harding's campaign slogan, wanting to go back to how things were before the war

the enforcement or advocacy of strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom.

A political ideology based on skepticism or opposition toward almost all government activities.

People who take extreme political positions

It defends and preserves the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.

favoring the interests of native-born people over foreign-born people

the science of improving a human population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics

Smugglers of illegal alcohol during the Prohibition era

Secret bars where alcohol could be purchased illegally

Harding, Coolidge, Hoover

This established the maximum number of immigrants who were allowed into the United States from each foreign country.

a secret society of white Southerners in the United States

a highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school

Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch, denomination, or sect).

A period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished

Prohibition of alcohol

Austrian neurologist known for his work on the unconscious mind. Father of psychoanalysis.

Americans who became disillusioned with society after World War I

Art style of the 1920s and 1930s based on modern materials and repetitive geometric patterns.

traditionalists wanted a simple life while modernists wanted more excitement

American hero who was the first to fly solo from New York to Paris

African American leader durin 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.

This man was well known for making the Harlem Renaissance famous because of his poems.

African American writer and folklore scholar who played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance

A government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921

Greenwood Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma with a population of about 10,000 became an epicenter of African American businesses and culture

1921; started b/c a black shoe shiner was accused of assaulting a young, white, female elevator worker; lynching was rumors and white and black assembled to protect/defend their respective people; America's wealthiest black neighborhood "Black Wall Street" ended up being burned to the ground

This Act limited immigration of a nationality to the two per cent of that nationality living in the US as of the 1890 census

A well-known case in which two Italian-American anarchists were found guilty and executed for a crime in which there was very little evidence linking them to the particular crime.

United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during Prohibition until arrested for tax evasion

Physicist born in Germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity.

Tennessee biology teacher, indicted for teaching evolution - "Monkey Trial" case

1863-1947. American businessman, founder of Ford Motor Company, father of modern assembly lines, and inventor credited with 161 patents.

A long line of workers and equipment where one worker or group of workers does one job.

an economic and political system that combines a mostly market-based economy with extensive social welfare programs

Became president when Harding died of pneumonia. He was known for practicing a rigid economy in money and words, and acquired the name "Silent Cal" for being so soft-spoken. He was a true republican and industrialist. Believed in the government supporting big business.

29th president of the US; Republican; "Return to Normalcy" (life as it had been before WWI-peace, isolation); presidency was marred by scandal

Republican candidate who assumed the presidency in March 1929 promising the American people prosperity and attempted to first deal with the Depression by trying to restore public faith in the community.

African American blues singer who played and important role in the Harlem Reniassance.

trumpet player who influenced the development of jazz

United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader

Silent film Hollywood "it girl", flapper, sex symbol

Popular movie star and heart throb of the 1920's

popular silent film star