THE ROARING 20'S

RED SCARE

• A panic throughout the U.S.
• Started in 1919, when Russia became communist.

PALMER RAIDS

• J. Edgar Hoover and Palmer raided private/public places.
• They tried to remove all foreign radicals (communists, socialists and anarchists)
• They failed to prove any kind of conspirancy,

SACCO AND VANSETTI

• Sacco and Vansetti were charged with the murder of two people.
• Even though the evidence was on their side they were still sentenced to death

KU KLUX KLAN

• An all white nativist group.
• Hated all foreigners especially African Americans.

AUTO INDUSTRY

• During the Coolidge Era the auto industry sprouted.
• It made life easier with more jobs, and efficient transportation.
• People were now opening car shops
• People could live further away from their workplace

HENRY FORD

• The creator of Ford automobiles
• Created an airplane as we'll.
• Created the assembly line

ASSEMBLY LINE

• Created by Henry Ford
• Made putting together cars a lot quicker and easier
• Everybody was assigned to one part opposed to a whole car
• After a while people got really good at their position and sped up the process

PROHIBITION

• Against alcohol
• Started by the Anti-Saloon League

18TH AMENDMENT

• Made drinking purchasing making and selling alcohol illegal
• Established to stop crime

21ST AMENDMENT

• Removed the 18th amendment
• Only amendment to be state ratified

ORGANIZED CRIME

• With the loss of alcohol organized crime was picked up
• Al Capone was a gangster and a bootlegger.
• He got his mob to kill the other competition
• Was put in jail for not paying taxes

SCOPES TRIAL

• Law against teaching evolution in schools in Tennessee.
• American Civil Liberties Union promised to defend teachers who did
• John T. Scopes challenged the law

C. DARROW

• John T. Scopes attorney
• Most popular lawyer of his time

W.J. BRYAN

• Special prosecutor
• Presidential nominee

DECISION

• John Scopes lost and was fined $100
• Over turned on a technicality that the Bible can be interpreted in different ways

HARLEM RENAISSANCE

• A movement that featured music, art, literature, politics, ideas, influenced by African Americans
• Marcus Garvey thought all African Americans should go back to Africa

JAZZ

• The most influential music of this time
• Started most modern music
• Created in New Orleans

L. HUGHES

• Leader in the Harlem Renaissance
• Created jazz poetry

TIN PAN ALLEY

• Best recording studio in New York
• Place where the most popular artists met up to make music

POPULAR

• People started listening to the radio
• Read newspaper more
• Kids went to school
• Important for kids to have fun

LINdBERGH

• Pilot
• First nonstop transatlantic flight
• New York to paris

BABE RUTH

• "The Great Bambino"
• Famous baseball player
• New York Yankee

J. DEMPSEY

• American boxing champion
• "The Manassa Mauler"