THE ROARING 20'S

RED SCARE

PALMER RAIDS

• Mitchell Palmer raided many privately owned places
• Arrested over four thousand people who were believed to be communist
• Did not have an official warrant

SACCO AND VENZETTI TRIALS

• Found guilty of first degree murder committed during a bank robbery
• Observers thought to be because of their political beliefs and family backgrounds

KU KLUX KLAN

• First kick founded in 1866
• Were anti catholic and anti communist
• Second KKK became known nation wide by the mid 1920's
• Murdered many African Americans, Catholics,

AUTOMOBILE

HENERY FORD

• Founded the ford motor company
• Helped establish the assembly line technique for mass production
• Became one of the richest and most well known people of the world

ASSEMBLY LINE

• A process in which parts are added in a sequential manner

RISE OF NEW INDUSTRIES

• More industries had to start because of the car
• Car parts had to be made in order for the workers to have a job
• Each part of the car had its own industry
• Ex: motor companies, rubber companies, glass companies

SCOPES MONKEY TRIAL

• High school teacher , John Scopes, accused of violation the butler act
• Found guilty, fined $100--> overturned on a technicality

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

• Argued for prosecution of john scopes
• Died 5days after the end of the case in his sleep

CLARENCE DARROW

• American lawyer
• Spoke for scopes in the scopes monkey trial

THE OUTCOME

• Many states changed their laws that eliminated the butler act
• This allowed students to be taught about evolution

PROHIBITION

THE 18TH ADMENDMENT

• Prohibited the making/selling, importing, and exporting of alcoholic beverages

FLAPPERS

• Snuck alcohol into speak-easies during the prohibition
• Strapped a flask to the inner thigh
• Known as promiscuous 😏

SPEAK-EASIES

• Establishment that sells alcoholic beverages illegally
• Some operated by people who participated in organized crime
• Usually under ground, not spoken about much
• Now known as retro bars

ORGANIZED CRIME

• Unlawful activity for profit as a whole city
• Ex American mobsters

THE 21ST ADMENDNENT

• Repealed the 18th amendment
• Took effect on December 5th 1933
• Allowed the state to determine alcohol laws for themsselves

HARLEM RENAISSANCE

LANGSTON HUGHeS

• One the the earliest innovators of the art form "jazz poetry"
• Best known leader of the Harlem rennisance

TIN PAN ALLEY

• Popular group of music publishers

GREAT MIGRATION

• The migration of African Americans to the north for jobs

JAZZ

• Type of music played
• The migration helped aid the "jazz scene" with new one leans jazzmen

HEROS OF THE 1920'S

BABE RUTH

• American professional baseball player
• home run streak to get spectators focus on the game, off of gambling

JACK DEMPSY

• Professional boxer
• Known for the "battle of the long count"
• Helped make boxing a profitable and popular enterprise

CHARLES LINDBERGH

• American aviator
• Flew nonstop from NY to Paris in the flight of St. Louis