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What did the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 limit?
What did the National Origins Act of 1924 do?
What is Prohibition?
Doing something forbidden by law.
What did the Eighteenth Amendment outlaw?
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What are speakeasies?
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What were gangsters in relation to bootleggers?
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What did the Twenty-first Amendment accomplish?
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Who led the ACLU defense team in the Scopes trial?
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What does the Great Migration refer to?
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What did the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 grant?
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What was 'The Jazz Singer' known for?
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Study Notes
Immigration Acts
- The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 limited the total number of immigrants allowed into the United States.
- The National Origins Act of 1924 completely banned immigration from East Asia.
Prohibition Era
- Prohibition refers to activities that are forbidden by law, notably the ban on alcoholic beverages.
- The Eighteenth Amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol.
- Speakeasies were illegal bars that emerged during Prohibition.
- Bootleggers engaged in the production and smuggling of alcohol.
- Gangsters were criminals who opposed bootlegging efforts.
- The Twenty-first Amendment formally ended Prohibition.
Cultural Movements
- Fundamentalism involved a strict interpretation of the Bible.
- The Scopes Trial featured Clarence Darrow as the ACLU defense lead, against William Jennings Bryan who assisted the prosecution.
Migration and Racial Issues
- The Great Migration saw a significant movement of African Americans from the South to northern factories in search of jobs.
- The Ku Klux Klan was a racist organization that targeted African Americans.
- NAACP newspaper ads highlighted the high rates of lynching occurring in the South.
Civil Rights Advocates
- Marcus Garvey promoted pride in African heritage among black communities globally.
- LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) aimed to eliminate segregation and voting restrictions.
Native American Rights
- The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 granted U.S. citizenship to all Native Americans.
Communication and Entertainment
- Radio broadcasting through networks like NBC and CBS allowed Americans to listen to the same content simultaneously.
- National advertising became popular as businesses could reach millions of listeners through radio.
- The rise of talkies, or motion pictures with sound, transformed the film industry, with "The Jazz Singer" being the first talkie.
Film and Sports
- Mary Pickford was known as "America's Sweetheart" in the film industry.
- George Herman "Babe" Ruth became famous for breaking home run records.
- The Negro Leagues included legendary players like Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson.
- Gertrude Ederle was the first woman to swim the English Channel, surpassing the men's record.
- Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
- Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
Psychological and Artistic Movements
- Sigmund Freud introduced new ideas, including psychoanalysis.
- The Jazz Age was marked by a popular explosion of jazz music, with figures like Louis Armstrong leading the movement.
- The Charleston emerged as a popular dance craze of the time.
- Edward "Duke" Ellington blended various instruments in his musical compositions.
- Blues music expressed the suffering of African Americans during the era of slavery, with Bessie Smith as a prominent blues singer.
Harlem Renaissance and Literary Movements
- The Harlem Renaissance signified a period of African American artistic achievement.
- Writers like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston highlighted the experiences of African Americans, particularly women.
- The Lost Generation included disillusioned American writers, with Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald being notable members.
- Gertrude Stein referred to these writers as a "lost generation," and many expatriates from this group settled in Paris, forming a supportive literary community.
Art and Literature
- Georgia O'Keeffe became renowned for her detailed paintings of flowers and southwestern landscapes.
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Explore key terms related to U.S. immigration laws from Chapter 24, Section 2, including the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 and the National Origins Act of 1924. This quiz helps you understand the significant changes in immigration policy and their implications for American society. Test your knowledge on these historical concepts with flashcards.