Term
|
Definition
| Named after the Attorney General at the time, it led to the arrest and deportation of thousands of mostly immigrants accused as radicals between November of 1919 and January of 1920 |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| As governor of Massachusetts, he gained national recognition for calling in the state militia to end the Boston Police strike |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A fear, generated in large part by the government, that there was a danger of a communist revolution in the United States |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Secretary of Treasury for Harding, he believed in the "trickle down theory" and pushed the president to lower taxes for the wealthy |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Along with working for passage of the 19th Amendment, these people also worked for equal rights for women in all elements of American society |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A general strike here almost shut the city down, and turned many Americans against the organized labor movement in this country |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| After the series of strikes in 1919, he became a national labor leader |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Although it had a small membership world-wide, this groups dedication to destroy capitalist systems was used as another example of the dangers of communism |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The country's economy slumped during the postwar demobilization partly because the government no longer needed industry to make materials for this |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The Red Scare became so great that elected members of this legislature were expelled because they belonged to the Socialist Party |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Although convicted of murder and a payroll robbery, many felt they were tried, found guilty, and executed because they were radicals |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Some who were opposed to the Equal Rights Amendment thought that if it passed, laws protecting these for women would be overturned |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The Teapot Dome scandal involved Harding's Secretary of the Interior, Albert Fall, selling leases to these for profit |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The wealthy profited greatly from the passage of this because it gave them large tax deductions |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A good example of this was Calvin Coolidge's veto of a bill that would have boosted farm prices with the help of the government |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Even though he lost the election of 1928 to Hoover, his nomination by the Democrats showed they were becoming more tolerant and inclusive |
|
|
Term
| Jews, Catholics, and Immigrants |
|
Definition
| In the 1920's the Ku Klux Klan expanded their targets beyond African Americans to include these people as well |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Another unfortunate element of the Red Scare was the promotion of the belief that these people were overrunning the country |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Along with being biased against the "New Immigrants" from southern and eastern Europe, the Immigration Act of 1924 reduced immigration from here to almost nothing |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| This tribe worked diligently to defeat a bill that would have allowed non-Native Americans to lay claim to their land |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Although it did provide protection from American business, it did little to provide relief for the farmers as it was supposed to |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| When companies which usually produce the same or similar goods, combine |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The federal courts' upholding the use of these during the Harding Amdinistration, wherein a worker had to sign an agreement they would not join a union, caused a sharp decrease in union membership |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Many historians believe the revelation of so many of these during his administration is what caused Harding to die suddenly while in office |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Even though he was one of these, Alfred Smith's nomination as the Democratic candidate for president showed how progressive the party had become |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Unfortunately for African Americans and other minorities racial discrimination and violence spread to these areas of the country during the 1920's
|
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The Red Scare and increased immigration were two major factors in the rise in membership of this organization |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| This House of Representatives member from Missouri introduced an anti-lynching bill which was passed in the House, but was defeated in the Senate |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| After the burning of a 17-year-old African American in Waco, Texas, this editor of the NAACP's newsletter, The Crisis, pushed hard for government support of a federal anti-lynching law |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| This successful African American businessman was the leader of the Pan-African movement which worked to create independent African American nations |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Although not hurt by new restrictive immigration laws, these people faced many economic and discriminatory problems in their attempt to assimilate into American society |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| As a result primarily of their contributions during World War I, Congress, in 1924, finally awarded Native American this |
|
|
