APUSH WORKSHEET
CHAPTER 31
IDENTIFY
Red Scare: widespread fear of communism and other politically radical ideas; led to a nationwide crusade against left-wingers whose Americanism was suspect
A. Mitchell Palmer: An attorney general who rounded up many suspects who were thought to be un-American and socialistic. He was nicknamed the "Fighting Quaker" until a bomb destroyed his home, he then had a nervous breakdown and became known as the "Quaking Fighter."
Sacco and Vanzetti: Sacco and Vanzetti were both Italian immigrants who were arrested in connection with a shooting in Massachusetts. The jury and judges were biased because the two were atheists, anarchists, and draft dodgers. After a controversial trial, which many deemed unfair, they were sentenced to death.
"cultural pluralists": Americans that did not like immigration restriction and who had long criticized the idea that an American "melting pot" would eliminate ethnic differences
Volstead Act: This 1919 law defined the liquor forbidden under the Eighteenth Amendment and gave enforcement responsibilities to the Prohibition Bureau of the Department of the Treasury.
Speakeasies: An illegal bar where drinks were sold, during the time of prohibition. It was called a Speakeasy because people literally had to speak easy so they were not caught drinking alcohol by the police.
Al Capone: mob king in Chicago, nicknamed Scarface and one of the most notorious gangsters in history by making tons of money through speakeasies and murdering competition, was arrested and sent to Alcatraz for income tax evasion
St. Valentine's Day Massacre: Valentine's Day in 1929 where Al Capone sent his gang to murder 7 unarmed members of a rival gang
Lindbergh Law: This law allowed the death penalty to certain cases of interstate abduction
John Dewey: He was a philosopher who believed in "learning by doing" which created the foundation of progressive education
Andrew Melton: United States financier who favored the rapid expansion of capital investment, tax policies, successfully pushed congress to lower taxes
Babe Ruth: A legendary image in the history of sports, Babe Ruth was an extremely well-known baseball player that became the home-run hero; fans bought tickets in such great amounts that Yankee Stadium became "the house that Ruth built"
Jack Dempsey: The heavyweight champion of 1921 knocked out the French light heavyweight Georges Carpentier
Henry Ford: United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production. He was the founder of Ford Motor Company, father of modern assembly lines, and inventor credited with 161 patents
Model T: An automobile created by Henry Ford. By 1930, more than 20 million were being driven in the country
Orville and Wilbur Wright: These brothers were bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio who built and flew the first plane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 1903. flew the first airplane for 12 seconds over a distance of 120 feet at Kitty Hawk, N.C.
Charles Lindbergh: He became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean when he did it in his Spirit of St. Louis, going from New York to Paris
"The Birth of a Nation": controversial but influential silent film directed by D.W. Griffith and depicted blacks as aggressive and dumb while depicting the KKK as heroes, revived the KKK and demonstrated the power of film
"The Jazz Singer": movie made in 1927, it was the first movie with sound (talkie) and was about the life of jazz singer and was played by Al Jolson who put on blackface, the movie encouraged flappers and the attitude of the period
