AP US History Vocab 9

belief in the Biblical account of the origin of the universe and the origin of man

also called the Johnson Act, the 1921 bill limited immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe

the "new woman" of the 1920s, who wore short skirts and bobbed hair

1922 act that sharply increased tariffs on imported goods

black literary and artistic movement centered on Harlem that lasted from the 1920s into the early 1930s

purchasing plan hat emerged in the 1920s to facilitate consumption

term used to describe the image of the liberated, urbanized 1920s, with a flapper as the dominant symbol of that era

1927 film starring Al Jolson was the first movie with sound

on May 21, 1927, he completed the first transatlantic flight from New York to Paris in the Spirit of St. Louis

group of intellectuals who viewed America in the 1920s as bigoted, shallow, and consumed by the quest for the dollar

automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company using assembly line techniques

happens when a general unity of tastes and a commonality of cultural experience exist in a country

this very restrictive immigration legislation, passed in 1925, lowered immigration to 2% ofeach nationality

part of the Red Scare, these were measures to hunt out political radicals and immigrants who were potential threats to American security

the Eighteenth Amendment prohibiting the sale, manufacture, or transportation of liquor

a vigorous repression of radicals, political subversives, and undesirable immigrant groups

Italian immigrants accused of murdering two employees of a Massachusetts shoe company in 1920

in 1925, a Tennessee teacher was charged with teaching evolution in violation of state law

during the Prohibition era, these urban clubs illegally sold alcohol to patrons

took place during the presidency of Warren G Harding; Secretary of Interior took bribes

black organization of the early 1920s founded by Marcus Garvey

1922 conference in which the US, Japan, and major Euro powers agrees to build no more warships for 10 years