Chapter 4 Vocabulary
Chris Ascencio P.6
Red Scare
The fear of communist in the US that led people to unrightfully accuse others of being a communist.
Palmer Raids
Because of the communist fear of uprising the US government making mass arrest and deporting anyone that disagreed with the government.
Nativism
The mentality that native born people are better and immigrants need to be limited.
Eugenics
The false science of the improvement of hereditary traits
Ku Klux Klan
Movement to restrict immigration, also to spread terror among african americans
Fundamentalism
Promoted the authority of the bible and defended the protestant faith.
Prohibition
Act of forbidding any alcohol in the US during the 20's
Speakeasy
Secret locations where illegal alcohol was sold in the 20's
Cubism
Created by Pablo Picasso. Objects are broken up, analyzed, and reassembled in abstract form.
Flappers
rebels in their time, wore short dresses, makeup, smoked,partied, and were rebellious.
Surrealism
An art movement that sought to link the world of dream with real life, inspired by freuds ideas.
Art Deco
Innovative design style. Sleek forms conveyed elegance.
Les Fauves
Focused more on colors
Model T
The first car that was affordable to the average man, thanks to the assembly line made by Ford
Harlem Renaissance
Consisted of African American art, jazz and blues
Back to africa movement
Led by Marcus Garvey which proposed a plan for black americans to return to start a new country
NAACP
Organization that fought against discrimination that was usually unsuccessful
Jazz
Improvisational music produced in the 1920's
Installment Plans
Making a purchase then later completes it by paying a series of regular installments
18th Amendment
Banned alcohol
19th Amendment
Granted women's suffrage
21st Amendment
Repealed the 18th amendment
National origins act
limited immigration to 2% of the total number of people in any ethic group already living in the US
Volstead act
enacted to carry out the intent of the eighteenth amendment which established prohibition in the US
Sacco & Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian-born US anarchists who were convicted of murdering a guard and a paymaster during the armed robbery of the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company.
Scopes Trial
The Scopes Trial was an American legal case in 1925 in which a substitute high school teacher John Scopes was accused of teaching human evolution in any state-funded school
Al Capone
Al Capone was an American gangster who attained fame during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit.
Warren Harding
was the 29th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1921 until his death on August 2, 1923
Calvin Coolidge
As America's 30th President he demonstrated his determination to preserve the old moral and economic precepts of frugality amid the material prosperity
Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey was a proponent of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, inspiring the Nation of Islam and the Rastafarian movement
Zora Neale Hurston
was an American folklorist, anthropologist, and author. She wrote four novels and more than 50 published short stories, plays, and essays
Langston Hughes
was an American poet and playwright. He was one of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry.
Louis Armstrong
was an American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer who was one of the most influential figures in jazz music.