APUSH Vocab Week 20

president of the U.S from 1923-1933 leader of the US in the beginning of the great depression. He didn't want the gov involved in the peoples lives and thought that the people should express their individual rights.

mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it

A company with a labor agreement under which union membership cannot be required as a condition of employment

Name for the 1920s, because of the popularity of jazz-a new type of American music that combined African rhythms, blues, and ragtime

concentration on producing and distributing goods for a market which must constantly be enlarged

the prospects for commercial flight seemed dim until the 1920's, when this man's famous solo flight from New York to Paris electrified the nation and the world.

American leader of the movement to legalize birth control during the early 1900's. As a nurse in the poor sections of New York City, she had seen the suffering caused by unwanted pregnancy. Founded the first birth control clinic in the U.S. and the American Birth Control League, which later became Planned Parenthood.

Group of writers in 1920s who shared the belief that they were lost in a greedy, materialistic world that lacked moral values and often choose to flee to Europe

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

Many poor urban blacks turned to him. He was head of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and he urged black economic cooperation and founded a chain of UNIA grocery stores and other business

In 1920 these two men were convicted of murder and robbery. They were found guilty and died in the electric chair unfairly

Limitations on immigration that were passed by the U.S. government that established preferred immigration of those who were thought to be more "capable" and capable of success in the United States, while limited the immigration of those who were deemed "unnecessary."

This treaty of 1928 denounced war between countries when it was used for the purpose of handling relations between countries. Signed by Frank Kellogg of the US and Aristicie Briand from France on Aug 27, 1928, it sought to bring about a change in the way countries dealt with foreign policy.

A plan to revive the German economy, the United States loans Germany money which then can pay reparations to England and France, who can then pay back their loans from the U.S. This circular flow of money was a success.

As part of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was ordered to pay fines to the Allies to repay the costs of the war. Opposed by the U.S., it quickly lead to a severe depression in Germany.

practices typical of contemporary life or thought

Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch, denomination, or sect).

the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)

professional criminals or gangsters earned big money providing society alcohol

women in the 1920's who bobbed their hair, wore short skirts, and defied the morals and restrictions of the earlier generations