Unit+7

Part 1

__**A Clash of Values**__


 * Vocabulary Define**

Anarchist- **A person who advocates or believes in anarchy or anarchism.**

Eugenics - T**he study of or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species or a human population, especially by such means as**
 * discouraging reproduction by persons having genetic defects or presumed to have inheritable undesirable traits (negative eugenics) or encouraging reproduction by persons presumed to have inheritable desirable traits (positive eugenics).**

Source - **The beginning or place of origin.**

Aspect - **Appearance to the eye or mind.**

Flapper - **Something broad and flat used for striking or for making a noise by striking.**

Ethic - **The body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group.**

Evolution - **Any process of formation or growth; development.**

Creationism - **The doctrine that matter and all things were created, substantially as they now exist, by an omnipotent Creator.**

Police Powers - **The power of a nation, within the limits of its constitution, to regulate the conduct of its citizens in the interest of the common good.**

Speakeasy - **A saloon or nightclub selling alcoholic beverages illegally, especially during Prohibition.**

People and Terms Identify**: Ku Klux Klan, Emergency Quota Act, Fundamentalism.**


 * QUESTIONS **
 * 1) **What were causes and effects of anti–immigrant prejudices. ** People hated German immigrants because WWI. People hated Italian immigrants because there were 2 anarchists who robbed a mill. Eugenics lead people to believe that the original american people (whites of european descent) were to improve hereditary traits. People were scarred of communism so Russian immigrants were commonly accused of being communist.
 * 2) **write down the specific events that led to a rise in nativism. ** The sacco-vanzetti case, The red scare, WWI, Formation of the KKK.
 * 3) **Place the following acts of Congress in the order in which they were passed. **
 * Newlands Reclamation Act-1902
 * Emergency Quota Act-1921
 * National Origins Act-1924


 * QUESTIONS**
 * 1) **Why was there a rise in racism and nativism in the 1920s? ** The red scare made people paranoid, and WWI made people scared of German immigrants. The discovery of pseudo scientific racism led people to believe that Americans were the dominant race.
 * 2) **Of what did the clash of values in the 1920s and the changing status of women consist. ** Women were becoming independent as a result of their employment in the workforce. Since they now had money they cold afford to be part of the consumer culture. They were now independent and could go to school, and not have to marry right away in order to be happy

Part 2 __**Cultural Innovations**__


 * Vocabulary Define:**


 * emerge-** move out of or away from something and come into view


 * diverse-** showing a great deal of variety


 * mass media-** refers collectively to all media technologies, including the internet, television, news paper, and radio which are used for mass communications, and to the organizations which control these technologies.


 * unify-** make or become united, uniform, or whole

QUESTIONS


 * 1) **How did the explosion of art and literature reflect the disillusionment of 1920s artists? ** It reflected the fact that the disillusionment of the artist's in that time period as to the thought of pop culture artist's at the time.
 * 2) **What effects did sports, movies, radio, and music have on popular culture of the 1920s?** Music in the 20's were known as The Jazz Age. Jazz was very popular. Bobby Jones influenced sports fans. Sports became increasingly popular in the 20's. Motion pictures were the most popular. Mass Media was very popular it did more than just entertain. They fostered a sense of shared national experience that helped unify the nation and spread the new ideas and attitudes of the time.
 * 3) **As you read, compare the sports, movies, radio, or music of today with the discussion of those topics in the 1920s. Summarize your thoughts in a paragraph. Be sure to include ways that popular culture of the 1920s was similar to and different from popular culture today. **The people who enjoyed the entertainment back then compared to the people that enjoy it these days most likely get the same reaction out of it. There is much more out there today but people didn't know any better but to enjoy it just as much.
 * 4) **How did the explosion of art and literature reflect the disillusionment of 1920s artists? ** Since art literature and radio was going mainstream more people were exposed to works from different people.
 * 5) **What effects did sports, movies, radio, and music have on popular culture of the 1920s? ** All of these things kept the people entertained

Part 3

__**African American Culture**__


 * Vocabulary Define**


 * Sought -** Being searched for; "the most sought-after item was the silver candelabrum".


 * Author -** Writer: writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)**.**


 * Jazz -** A genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles.


 * Blues -** A type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes.


 * Impact -** Affect: have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?"

People and Terms Identify: **Great Migration, Harlem Renaissance, Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Cotton Club, Marcus Garvey.**

QUESTIONS How did the Harlem Renaissance lead to a rediscovery of African American cultural roots?: Was a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s and 1930s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement", named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke.The Harlem Renaissance gave African Americans a sense of pride for their heritage that they did not have previously. It also gave them hope for the future.

Why was there an increase in African American political activism? By moving north, African Americans sought to escape the segregated society of the South, to find economic opportunities, and to build better lives. After World War I, black popula- tions swelled in large northern cities.

List 3 writers mentioned in this section: Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston

List 6 persons involved in Jazz,Blues,and theTheater mentioned in this section: Ma Rainey, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith, Florence Mills, Paul Robeson.

As you read**, write down three details about African American politics in the 1920s. Racial pride that sparked the artistic achievements of the Harlem Renaissance, effecting politics also. African American men of the Fifteenth Regiment symbolized these aspirations that started the movement. The Great Migration had a significant impact on the political power of African Americans in the North. As their numbers grew in certain city neighborhoods, African Americans became a powerful voting bloc that could sometimes sway the outcome of elections.