Women who rejected traditional values and dress

1. Recession Convicted of murder with very little evidence Flew across Atlantic Ocean Women who rejected traditional values and dress Awakening of African American culture Harlem Renaissance Red Scare Biggest factor behind prosperity of the 1920s First car middle class Americans could afford Laissez-faire 18th Amendment Expanded use of automobile Banned sale of alcoholic drinks Model T Required down payment; charged interest; allowed people to acquire expensive goods Pitted older religious beliefs vs new scientific theories Scopes “Monkey Trial”

2. Warren G. Harding Nativism Introduced by Henry Ford; made production more efficient 2 million African Americans went North looking for better jobs Fear of Spread of Communism Great Migration Vacuum, refrigerator, toaster, improved motors Calvin Coolidge Eugenics Inventions of the 1920s Belief that human race can be improved through breeding Minimal government interference into business President whose laissez-faire approach may have led to the crash of 1929 Buying something hoping to sell it at a higher price later Buying on credit Speculation

3. Belief that humans compete for survival like animals in nature Social Darwinism 21st Amendment Poet in Harlem Renaissance; attacked racism President who believed in “rugged individualism” Tin Pan Alley Return to normalcy In New York City; mixed musical ideas of blues, jazz, and ragtime Langston Hughes A focus on peacetime production and prosperity at home Defended John Scopes for teaching evolution in biology class Marcus Garvey Clarence Darrow Economic downturn Sacco and Vanzetti Charles Lindbergh

4. Ended Prohibition of alcohol Author of 1920s; wrote Jazz Age and Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald Wanted to keep people from South and East Europe out of US “Lost Generation” Glenn Curtis Group of writers who rejected desire for material wealth Immigration Acts Designed an airplane that could take off and land on water Herbert Hoover Advocated women’s rights, suffrage, prison reform, prohibition Encouraged African Americans to set up their own shops Frances Willard President who called for a “return to normalcy” Dislike of foreigners Assembly line Flappers