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Kellogg-Briand Pact

1. Idealist agreement in which the United States and other countries agreed to "outlaw" war

Consumerism

A culture that promotes spending money and buying products; this culture was popular in the 1920s

Dawes Plan

American banks sent loans into Europe to help the Allied Powers repay debts and increase trade with the United States

Sacco-Vanzetti Trial

Event in which Italian immigrants were convicted and executed for robbery and murder, though many people felt the verdict was a result of nativism

Marcus Garvey

He promoted black nationalism, racial separation and independence, and the idea that blacks should go "back to Africa"

Henry Ford

His creation of the moving assembly line made mass production of affordable cars possible

Ku Klux Klan

Organization that was "re- founded" to oppose groups it felt were threats to traditional American values, including blacks, immigrants, Catholics, Jews, and communists

Harlem Renaissance

The surge of black culture centered around literature, music, art, and racial pride that occurred in the 1920s

Mass Media

Widespread advertising methods that had promoted World War I now promoted consumerism

The "Flapper"

popular image of a woman who smoked, drank, and wore makeup and revealing clothing

Isolationism

the idea that the country would be safest and prosperous by staying out of world affairs