15 questions
First Red Scare
A period just after World War I in America marked by a widespread fear of Communism
The period in mid-1919 during which race riots & lynchings took place in more than 20 American cities
A series of roundups conducted in 1919-1920 in order to capture, arrest, & deport those with suspected ties to Communism
An immigration system that established the maximum number of people who could enter the United States from each foreign country
Red Summer
A period just after World War I in America marked by a widespread fear of Communism
The period in mid-1919 during which race riots & lynchings took place in more than 20 American cities
A series of roundups conducted in 1919-1920 in order to capture, arrest, & deport those with suspected ties to Communism
An immigration system that established the maximum number of people who could enter the United States from each foreign country
Palmer Raids
A period just after World War I in America marked by a widespread fear of Communism
The period in mid-1919 during which race riots & lynchings took place in more than 20 American cities
A series of roundups conducted in 1919-1920 in order to capture, arrest, & deport those with suspected ties to Communism
An immigration system that established the maximum number of people who could enter the United States from each foreign country
Quota System
A period just after World War I in America marked by a widespread fear of Communism
The period in mid-1919 during which race riots & lynchings took place in more than 20 American cities
A series of roundups conducted in 1919-1920 in order to capture, arrest, & deport those with suspected ties to Communism
An immigration system that established the maximum number of people who could enter the United States from each foreign country
Communism
An economic and political system based on a single-party government ruled by a dictatorship working to put an end to private property
The belief that all forms of governmental authority to be unnecessary & calls for a society based on voluntary cooperation
An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of goods
A system of government in which power rests in the people through periodic free elections
Wall Street Bombing
Controversial trial in which 2 Italian anarchists were sentenced to death for for armed robbery and murder
Blast outside the offices of J.P. Morgan which killed more than 30 people & wounded 100s more
The prosecution of a local science teacher for teaching evolution in a Tennessee public school
An intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater and politics
Sacco & Vanzetti Trial
Controversial trial in which 2 Italian anarchists were sentenced to death for for armed robbery and murder
Blast outside the offices of J.P. Morgan which killed more than 30 people & wounded 100s more
The prosecution of a local science teacher for teaching evolution in a Tennessee public school
An intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater and politics
Scopes Trial
Controversial trial in which 2 Italian anarchists were sentenced to death for for armed robbery and murder
Blast outside the offices of J.P. Morgan which killed more than 30 people & wounded 100s more
The prosecution of a local science teacher for teaching evolution in a Tennessee public school
An intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater and politics
Harlem Renaissance
Controversial trial in which 2 Italian anarchists were sentenced to death for for armed robbery and murder
Blast outside the offices of J.P. Morgan which killed more than 30 people & wounded 100s more
The prosecution of a local science teacher for teaching evolution in a Tennessee public school
An intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater and politics
Nativism
The policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants
The ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States
A belief based on the idea that the individual's loyalty and devotion to their country surpass other individual or group interests
State & local laws that governed the behavior of African Americans during the 100+ years that followed the Civil War
Tulsa Race Massacre
State & local laws that governed the behavior of African Americans during the 100+ years that followed the Civil War
Blast outside the offices of J.P. Morgan which killed more than 30 people & wounded 100s more
Riot in which mobs attacked African Americans, destroying 1000s of homes and businesses in Oklahoma
A series of roundups conducted in 1919-1920 in order to capture, arrest, & deport those with suspected ties to Communism
Prohibition
State & local laws that governed the behavior of African Americans during the 100+ years that followed the Civil War
The policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants
An intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater and politics
The ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States
Speakeasies
Illegal taverns that sold alcoholic beverages in defiance of Prohibition laws
Young women in the 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, & listened to jazz music
The name applied to US soldiers serving in Europe during World War I
State & local laws that governed the behavior of African Americans during the 100+ years that followed the Civil War
21st Amendment
Provision which allowed the federal government to levy an income tax
Provision which granted women the right to vote
Provision which limited presidents to two terms in office
Provision which repealed the 18th Amendment, legalizing the sale of alcohol in the United States
Flapper
Illegal taverns that sold alcoholic beverages in defiance of Prohibition laws
Young women in the 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, & listened to jazz music
The name applied to US soldiers serving in Europe during World War I
State & local laws that governed the behavior of African Americans during the 100+ years that followed the Civil War