anarchist- a person who believes in or tries to bring about anarchy (the political philosophy which considers the state undesirable, unnecessary and harmful, and instead promotes a stateless society). eugenics-the science of improving a human population by controlled breeding toincrease the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics. source-a place, person, or thing from which something comes or can beobtained aspect-a particular part or feature of something flapper-a fashionable young woman intent on enjoying herself and flouting conventional standards of behavior. a young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress. ethic-a set of moral principles, esp. ones relating to or affirming a specified group, field, or form of conduct evolution-the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth. creationism-the belief that the universe and living organisms originate from specific acts of divine creation, as in the biblical account, rather than by natural processes such as evolution. police powers- is the capacity of the federal government and the states to regulate behavior and enforce order within their territory for the betterment of the general welfare, morals, health, and safety of their inhabitants. speakeasy- an illicit liquor store or nightclub (during prohibition)(also called a blind pig or blind tiger) establishments came into prominence in the United States during the period known as Prohibition (1920–1933, longer in some states). During this time, the sale, manufacture, and transportation (bootlegging) of alcoholic beverages was illegal throughout the United States.
People and Terms Identify: Ku Klux Klan, Emergency Quota Act, Fundamentalism.
QUESTIONS
What were causes and effects of anti–immigrant prejudices. ( should have 4 of each)
Patriotism: Damage a sense of community and nationality. Environment: Increase the consumption of scarce resources; their move from low to high pollution economy increases pollution Welfare: Make heavy use of social welfare systems. Overpopulation: May overpopulate countries. Culture: Can swamp a native population and replace its culture with their own. Housing: Increase in housing costs: migrant families can reduce vacancies and cause rent increases. Fear of Communism: The Red scare was big in that era. Eugenics: People basically believed that the white man was in charge.
write down the specific events that led to a rise in nativism.
1920- Eugenics Movement April 15, 1920-The Sacco-Vanzetti Case 1921- The Emergency Quota Act
Place the following acts of Congress in the order in which they were passed.
National Origins Act - (3) 1924
Newlands Reclamation Act - (1) 1902
Emergency Quota Act - (2) 1921
As you read, complete the following sentences to help you summarize the lesson.
Many people believed the prohibition of alcohol would help reduce , , and.
The specifically granted the federal government, as well as the state governments, the power to enforce prohibition.
QUESTIONS
Why was there a rise in racism and nativism in the 1920s?
Of what did the clash of values in the 1920s and the changing status of women consist
Part 2 Cultural Innovations
Vocabulary Define:
emerge- move out of or away from something and come into view
diverse- showing a great deal of variety
mass media- refers collectively to all media technologies, including the internet, television, news paper, and radio which are used for mass communications, and to the organizations which control these technologies.
unify- make or become united, uniform, or whole
People and Terms Identify: Bohemian, Carl Sandburg, Eugene O’Neill, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald.
QUESTIONS
How did the explosion of art and literature reflect the disillusionment of 1920s artists?
What effects did sports, movies, radio, and music have on popular culture of the 1920s? Music in the 20's were known as The Jazz Age. Jazz was very popular. Bobby Jones influenced sports fans. Sports became increasingly popular in the 20's. Motion pictures were the most popular. Mass Media was very popular it did more than just entertain. They fostered a sense of shared national experience that helped unify the nation and spread the new ideas and attitudes of the time.
What were the main characteristics of art , literature , and popular culture?
As you read, compare the sports, movies, radio, or music of today with the discussion of those topics in the 1920s . Summarize your thoughts in a paragraph. Be sure to include ways that popular culture of the 1920s was similar to and different from popular culture today.
When you compare all the entertainment to the entertainment today. People had the same reactions to the as we do today about the radio and sports. People now days have so much more but lost a lot of stuff two like all the discussions they had in the 1920's.
How did the explosion of art and literature reflect the disillusionment of 1920s artists?
What effects did sports, movies, radio, and music have on popular culture of the 1920's?Music in the 20's were known as The Jazz Age. Jazz was very popular. Bobby Jones influenced sports fans. Sports became increasingly popular in the 20's. Motion pictures were the most popular. Mass Media was very popular it did more than just entertain. They fostered a sense of shared national experience that helped unify the nation and spread the new ideas and attitudes of the time.
Part 3 African American Culture
Sought: Being searched for; "the most sought-after item was the silver candelabrum"
Author: Generator, someone who originates or causes or initiates something; "he was the generator of several complaints"
Jazz: Wind, empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk is a musical tradition and style of music that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions.
Blues: A state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues"
Impact: Press or wedge together; pack together
People and Terms Identify: Great Migration, Harlem Renaissance, Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Cotton Club, Marcus Garvey.
QUESTIONS
How did the Harlem Renaissance lead to a rediscovery of African American cultural roots? Was a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s and 1930s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement", named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke.The Harlem Renaissance gave African Americans a sense of pride for their heritage that they did not have previously. It also gave them hope for the future.
Why was there an increase in African American political activism? By moving north, African Americans sought to escape the segregated society of the South, to find economic opportunities, and to build better lives. After World War I, black popula- tions swelled in large northern cities.
List 3 writers mentioned in this section Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston
List 6 persons involved in Jazz,Blues,and theTheater mentioned in this section Ma Rainey, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith, Florence Mills, Paul Robeson.
As you read**, write down three details about African American politics in the 1920s. Racial pride that sparked the artistic achievements of the Harlem Renaissance, effecting politics also. African American men of the Fifteenth Regiment symbolized these aspirations that started the movement. The Great Migration had a significant impact on the political power of African Americans in the North. As their numbers grew in certain city neighborhoods, African Americans became a powerful voting bloc that could sometimes sway the outcome of elections.
A Clash of Values
Vocabulary Define:
anarchist- a person who believes in or tries to bring about anarchy (the political philosophy which considers the state undesirable, unnecessary and harmful, and instead promotes a stateless society).
eugenics- the science of improving a human population by controlled breeding toincrease the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics.
source- a place, person, or thing from which something comes or can beobtained
aspect- a particular part or feature of something
flapper- a fashionable young woman intent on enjoying herself and flouting conventional standards of behavior. a young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress.
ethic- a set of moral principles, esp. ones relating to or affirming a specified group, field, or form of conduct
evolution- the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.
creationism- the belief that the universe and living organisms originate from specific acts of divine creation, as in the biblical account, rather than by natural processes such as evolution.
police powers- is the capacity of the federal government and the states to regulate behavior and enforce order within their territory for the betterment of the general welfare, morals, health, and safety of their inhabitants.
speakeasy- an illicit liquor store or nightclub (during prohibition)(also called a blind pig or blind tiger) establishments came into prominence in the United States during the period known as Prohibition (1920–1933, longer in some states). During this time, the sale, manufacture, and transportation (bootlegging) of alcoholic beverages was illegal throughout the United States.
People and Terms Identify: Ku Klux Klan, Emergency Quota Act, Fundamentalism.
QUESTIONS
- What were causes and effects of anti–immigrant prejudices. ( should have 4 of each)
Patriotism: Damage a sense of community and nationality.Environment: Increase the consumption of scarce resources; their move from low to high pollution economy increases pollution
Welfare: Make heavy use of social welfare systems.
Overpopulation: May overpopulate countries.
Culture: Can swamp a native population and replace its culture with their own.
Housing: Increase in housing costs: migrant families can reduce vacancies and cause rent increases.
Fear of Communism: The Red scare was big in that era.
Eugenics: People basically believed that the white man was in charge.
- write down the specific events that led to a rise in nativism.
1920- Eugenics MovementApril 15, 1920- The Sacco-Vanzetti Case
1921- The Emergency Quota Act
As you read, complete the following sentences to help you summarize the lesson.
- Many people believed the prohibition of alcohol would help reduce , , and.
- The specifically granted the federal government, as well as the state governments, the power to enforce prohibition.
QUESTIONSPart 2
Cultural Innovations
Vocabulary Define:
emerge- move out of or away from something and come into view
diverse- showing a great deal of variety
mass media- refers collectively to all media technologies, including the internet, television, news paper, and radio which are used for mass communications, and to the organizations which control these technologies.
unify- make or become united, uniform, or whole
People and Terms Identify: Bohemian, Carl Sandburg, Eugene O’Neill, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald.
QUESTIONS
- How did the explosion of art and literature reflect the disillusionment of 1920s artists?
- What effects did sports, movies, radio, and music have on popular culture of the 1920s? Music in the 20's were known as The Jazz Age. Jazz was very popular. Bobby Jones influenced sports fans. Sports became increasingly popular in the 20's. Motion pictures were the most popular. Mass Media was very popular it did more than just entertain. They fostered a sense of shared national experience that helped unify the nation and spread the new ideas and attitudes of the time.
- What were the main characteristics of art , literature , and popular culture?
- As you read, compare the sports, movies, radio, or music of today with the discussion of those topics in the 1920s . Summarize your thoughts in a paragraph. Be sure to include ways that popular culture of the 1920s was similar to and different from popular culture today.
When you compare all the entertainment to the entertainment today. People had the same reactions to the as we do today about the radio and sports. People now days have so much more but lost a lot of stuff two like all the discussions they had in the 1920's.Part 3
African American Culture
Sought: Being searched for; "the most sought-after item was the silver candelabrum"
Author: Generator, someone who originates or causes or initiates something; "he was the generator of several complaints"
Jazz: Wind, empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk is a musical tradition and style of music that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions.
Blues: A state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues"
Impact: Press or wedge together; pack together
People and Terms Identify: Great Migration, Harlem Renaissance, Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Cotton Club, Marcus Garvey.
QUESTIONS