Test Review 4

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Harlem Renaissance

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A period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished.

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Scopes Trial (1925)

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Tennessee legal case involving the teaching of evolution in public schools. Scopes, a biology teacher, was tried for teaching Darwinism in public school. Clarence Darrow was one of Scopes' attorneys, while William Jennings Bryan, a leading Christian fundamentalist, aided the state prosecutor. Scopes was convicted.

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18th Amendment

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Prohibition of alcohol in the United States.

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Marcus Garvey

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African American leader during the 1920s who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and advocated mass migration of African Americans back to Africa. Was deported to Jamaica in 1927.

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William G. Harding

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Republican President, elected in 1920, promised a 'return to normalcy'

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Sacco and Vanzetti Case

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Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian immigrants charged with murdering a guard and robbing a shoe factory in Braintree, Mass. The trial lasted from 1920-1927. Convicted on circumstantial evidence; many believed they had been framed for the crime because of their anarchist and pro-union activities.

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Limited the number of people from particular countries that wanted to immigrate; preference was given to people from western Europe.

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1920s Quota System

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Tin Pan Alley

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A famous area in New York City known for its music publishers and songwriters in the early 20th century.

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Henry Ford and the Assembly Line

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1863-1947. American businessman, founder of Ford Motor Company, father of modern assembly lines, and inventor credited with 161 patents.

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Teapot Dome Scandal

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Scandal during the Harding administration involving the granting of oil-drilling rights on government land in return for money.