Ch. 13
Analyze the international and domestic events, interests, and philosophies that prompted attacks on civil liberties, including the Palmer Raids, Marcus Garvey's "back to Africa" movement, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), and immigration quotas and the responses of organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the Anti-Defamation League to those attacks.
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Analyze the passage of the 19th Amendment and the changing role of women in society.
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Describe the Harlem Renaissance and new trends in literature, music, and art, with special attention to the work of writers (for example: Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes).
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Discuss the rise of mass production techniques, the growth of cities, the impact of new technologies, (for example: the automobile, electricity), and the resulting prosperity and the effect on the American landscape.
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Examine the passage of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution and the Volstead Act (Prohibition).
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Trace the growth and effects of radio and movies and their role in the worldwide diffusion of popular culture.
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What is the UNIA and who founded it?
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What kind of writings did the "lost generation" create?
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What was the NAACP? Who was its leader?
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Who was Sinclair Lewis?
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Who were the layers in the Scopes trial? Who was on which side?
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What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A celebration of African-American culture: in literature: and art
What was the "Great Migration"?
African Americans leaving the South and moving to Northern cities to find better jobs and ways of living
Where was the largest population increase during the 1920's in America?
Cities
Describe Urban and Rural.
Cities versus countryside. Urban attitude supported latest trends. Rural supported traditional ways of life. Rural supported prohibition. Urban did not support prohibition Conservatitve (rural) versus liberal (mban) was of thinking.
What did alcohol cause according to fundamentalists?
Crime, child abuse, urban slums, poor living, and social condition
What view of U.S. society did the lost generation have?
Critical (they judged a lot; like most of you)
What did F. Scott Fitzgerald say about the 1920's?
Described it as the Jazz Age.
What was the Scopes monkey trial?
Famous court case that forbid evolution being taught in schools
Who was Charles Lindberg?
Famous pilot and first person to complete a non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
In what ways did women express themselves in the 1920's?
Flappers, Smoking, Drinking, Parties. Cut their hair. Wore provocative clothing, embraced new fashions and urban attitudes.
What did the NAACP do in the 1920's?
Fought for laws for African-Americans, worked anti-lynching organizations, and published a paper. The Crisis to address social injustices suffered by African-American.
What did Ernest Hemingway write about?
He introduced a simple style of writing
What were some of the negatives associated with prohibition?
Increased crime rates
Describe the new style of music created by Gershwin.
Influenced by Louis Armstrong and Jazz. Blended concert music, traditional music, and jazz music.
How did fundamentalist view the bible?
Literal interpretation
Who were some of the famous jazz musicians of the 20's?
Louis Armstrong
Why were prohibition laws difficult to enforce?
People determined to break the laws, no money to enforce the laws, and police were corrupt taking bribes.
Which group would not have approved of prohibition?
Recent immigrants coming to the U.S. that were accustomed to drinking in their former countries.
How did people obtain liquor legally during prohibition?
Religious and/or medical reasons
What issue did the Scopes trial revolve around?
Science and Religion being taught in schools
What is a "double standard"? What did it refer to in the 1920's?
Strict moral and social standards that apply to one group of people but not another. In the 1920's it referred more to women than men.
What did Fundamentalists believe?
The Bible should be taken literally