front 1 Warren G. Harding | back 1 He was a president that appointed his friends into Office (cronyism) and one of them committed corruption. |
front 2 Teapot Dome Scandal | back 2 A US strategic reserve in Wyoming that only allowed the US navy to drill oil there. |
front 3 Calvin Coolidge | back 3 He was the president after Harding died that gave the US the economic theory of laissez-faire capitalism. He was a pro-business conservative who favored tax cuts and limited government spending |
front 4 laissez faire | back 4 A hands off approach to leadership |
front 5 isolationist | back 5 People that believed that the US should deal with our own problems and not worry about other countries' problems. |
front 6 Kellogg-Briand Pact | back 6 A treaty signed by powerful countries to agree to not make wars against each other (with some exceptions) |
front 7 assembly line | back 7 Conveyor system made by Henry Ford that let workers stay in place while the invention went along the conveyor. |
front 8 installment buying | back 8 Paying a certain amount of money per month instead of paying a lot only once |
front 9 flapper | back 9 A new style of fashion in the 1920s. - ex: women wore dresses that went right under the knees, lots of jewelry and fringe, bobbed hair - men had slick back hair, suspenders, baggy pants |
front 10 Prohibition | back 10 The ban of selling alcohol |
front 11 Al Capone | back 11 The most ruthless crime boss in the 1920s based in Chicago. He is the most famous crime boss because he went out in public and tried to be heard instead of being hidden (philanthropist because he donated money). |
front 12 NAACP | back 12 tried to protect the constitutional rights of African Americans (national association for the advancement of colored people). They put out a film reel for African american rights. |
front 13 Marcus Garvey | back 13 the founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (improved the lives of African Americans) and promoted the Back to Africa Movement. |
front 14 fundamentalism | back 14 They believed in a word-for-word interpretation of the Bible. |
front 15 Ku Klux Klan | back 15 A racist, terrorist, organization that wanted an all white america. |
front 16 jazz | back 16 a form of music that combined African rhythms, blues, and ragtime to produce a unique sound. |
front 17 mass media | back 17 communications that reach a large audience by radios, telephones, etc. |
front 18 popular culture | back 18 new songs, dances, fashions, and even slang expressions. |
front 19 Harlem Renaissance | back 19 a burst of African-American cultural activity that symbolized a rebirth of hope for African Americans. |
front 20 Lost Generation | back 20 Artists and writers that became lost and hopeless after the war because Progressiveness was ending. |
front 21 expatriate | back 21 people who choose to live in a country other than their own. |