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Charles Lindbergh Popular hero who flew from New York to Paris Plane named, The Spirit of St. Louis
Samuel Insull Financial entrepreneur, started off as a hero then
turned villain Insull’s Commonwealth Edison Company, Chicago
Rapid Transit Company
“Uncle Warren” Presidential election of 1920, beat democrat James
M. Cox Genial, loyal, and mediocre (put World War I in the
past)
Albert Fall Secretary of the Interior, charged with taking
$300,000 in bribes First cabinet officer to serve a prison sentence
Calvin Coolidge Vice-president to Warren G. Harding (became
president after Harding died) Contrasted Harding’s personality of being outgoing Supported business and limited governement
Sheppard-Towner Act Sheppard-Towner Federal Maternity and Infancy Act First federally funded health-care legislation, lower
high rates of infant mortality by funding medical clinics, prenatal educational programs, and visiting nurse projects
McNary-Haugen Bills System of federal price supports for agricultural
products Wheat, corn, cotton, rice, and tobacco
Welfare Capitalism System of labor relations that stressed management’s
responsibility for employees’ wellbeing
Atkins v. Children’s Hospital (1923)
Voided a minimum wage for women workers in the District of Columbia
Fordney-McCumber Tariff of 1922
High tariffs to exclude foreign-made goods
Charles G. Dawes Chicago banker who negotiated the plan for the
Dawes Plan
Kellogg-Briand Pact Between American Secretary of State Frank Kellogg
and French foreign minister Aristide Briand Support a broader pact condemning militarism 15 nations supported the pact in Paris in 1928; 48 ltr Installment plan that allowed people to purchase cars,
“Buy Now, Pay Later” radios, refrigerators, and sewing machines Pay through monthly payments
“Autocamps”
The “It” Girl Clara Bow- Hollywood’s favorite flapper Movie “It” became a huge hit Introduced the flapper girl lifestyle
The “Talkies” Movies that had sound in them Though they were expensive they became very
popular and movies soon became only “talkies”
Louis Armstrong Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong Famous jazz trumpeter
Amos ‘n’ Andy Popular radio show, premiered on the NBC network
in 1928 Had two white actors playing stereotypical black
characters
National Origins Act of 1924
Sparked from an influx of immigrants Cut immigration quotas to 2 percent of each
nationality
Birth of a Nation Popular film glorifying the Reconstruction-era Ku
Klux Klan A group of southerners gathered on Stone Mountain
outside Atlanta to revive the racist organization
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Formed during the Red Scare to protect free speech rights and challenged the constitutionality of the law
John T. Scopes High school biology teacher, who taught the principle
of evolution to his class Faced a jail sentence, defended by Clarence Darrow William Jennings Bryan spoke for the prosecution
The “Noble Experiment”
Involved the power of the state to enforce social values
However speakeasies sprang up and illegal alcohol making also came about
21st Amendment On December 5, 1933 the 21st Amendment canceled
the 18th Amendment (Prohibition)
Langston Hughes Poet, leading exponent of the Harlem Renaissance Drew on the artistic forms of blues and jazz, in The
Weary Blues, collection of poems Considered most original black poet and most
representative African American writer of the time Born in Jamaica, urged blacks to return to Africa
Marcus Garvey Argued that people of black descent would never be treated justly by white countries
Alfred E. Smith Governor of New York, nominated by the
Democratic Party for the election of 1828 Reflected the ideas of the urban working classes and
of European Catholic immigrants
“Black Tuesday” More than 28 million shares traded hands In this day stock values plummeted
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Raised rates, European governments retaliated by
imposing their own trade restrictions
The Revenue Act of 1932
Increased taxes to balance the budgets and lower interest rates, choked both consumption and investment
Pump Priming Infusing funds into the major corporate enterprises Designed to increase production, creating new jobs
and spark consumer spending
Hoovervilles Shanty towns where people live in packing crates
“Bonus Army” Ragtag group of about 15,000 unemployed World
War I veterns, hitch hiked to Washington to demand immediate payment of their bonuses