Friday, February 11, 2011

Topic 7 Concept Guide

The Scopes Trail
       -trail for teacher teachign evolution rather than religion
Prohibition
       -no alcohol could be manufactured or sold
Flappers
       -a women who shows skin and who is not acting like a housewife
Economic Issues
       -not many people had jobs and they did not have money
Dust Bowl
       -clouds od dust and sand, drought, overfarm and mechains caused it
Agricultural Issues
       -farms were not useful
Immigration Policies
       -a certain amount of people could come to the US
Nativism
      -native borns thought they were better
Significant Literary Work
      -changed social and economic life styles
The Great Migration
     -African Americans moved from the south to the north
Harlem Renaissance
     -African American culture flourished in the north
Sacco and Vanzetti
     -italian anarchist immigrants
Labor Issues
     -there were nto many jobs for people
The Red Scare
     -people were scared of foreign countries
Schneck vs. The United States
     -Espionage and Sedition Act were declared