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WWI and Roaring 20's
Study Guide For WWI and Roaring 20's Exam
Term | Definition |
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Roaring 20's | *Albert Fall- Albert Fall is first Cabinet official to be sent to prison |
Teapot Dome Scandal | Secretary of Interior Albert Fall was secretly bribed by oil executives to lease them government land in Teapot Dome, Wyoming . |
President Calvin Coolidge | stock market experienced a “bull market”, installment buying or buying on credit begins, economic boom |
Henry Ford | his use of the moving assembly line led to the mass production of automobiles, as the cost of Ford’s Model T decreased the number of Americans that owned a car greatly increased |
Harlem Renaissance | A large number of African American artists, musicians, and writers had begun to settle in Harlem in New York City in the 1920’s |
Georgia O’keeffe | famous painter from the 1920’s that painted many urban and Southwest U.S. scenes |
F. Scott Fitzgerald | 1920’s novelist, most famous work was the Great Gatsby which depicted the lives of the wealthy during the 1920’s |
John Steinbeck | 1920’s novelist, The Grapes of Wrath told the story of Oklahoma farmers during the Dust Bowl |
Jacob Lawrence | 1920’s painter, most famous paintings were of the Great Migration |
Langston Hughes | 1920’s poet, wrote about the Great Migration and discrimination towards African Americans |
Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong | famous 1920’s jazz musicians |
President Warren Harding | Harding was a good man but betrayed by members of his cabinet Ohio Gang - nickname of Harding’s corrupt cabinet Teapot Dome Scandal - Cabinet member Albert Fall was sent to federal prison for taking a bribe from oil execs |
Red Scare | fear of communism and anarchy during the 1920’s |
Installment Buying | buying a product on credit or putting a small percent down and making monthly payments |
Great Migration | millions of African Americans moved to northern cities in search of better jobs and opportunities |
Nativists | people who were against all immigration to the U.S. |
KKK | had a resurgence during the 1920’s; starting targeting immigrants, Catholics, Jews |
Harlem Renaissance | led to widespread recognition of African American artists, musicians and writers Jazz Musicians Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington Bessie Smith (blues/jazz singer) Painting Jacob Lawrence - painted scenes of Great Migration |