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Eugenics
*Eugenics was enforced to improve human genetics through selective breeding
*It wasnt positive or negative because of course white people saw it as a good thing but everyone felt it was a racist thing to do -
Henry Ford
*Through the assembly line, he made it easier to produce cars at a faster rate
*This had a positive effect on society because it better stabalized the US' economy and gave the people easier access to travel -
Marcus Garvey
*Founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League
*This had a positive effect on society because it increased black peoples self esteem -
The Red Scare
*This gave Americans a substantial amount of fear because anyday America could be Red Dawn'd
*This had a negative effect on society because it gave Americans a lot of fear -
Great Migration
*Gave a huge majority of black people new opportunities and jobs
*This gave a positive effect on society because while the majority of Americans were fighting for the war, it gave minorities jobs -
Harlem Renaissance
*After the first World War, a huge amount of black people got together and started sharing their talents and gifts, booming into the Harlem Renaissance
*This was a very positive thing because after the depression the war brought, it brought people back up by expressing themselves through art -
Prohibition
*This was a law that legally made alcohol non consumable
*This was a negative thing because how else people gun' get krunk tho? -
The Roaring Twenties
*A booming time for parties, lot of sexy time, and lots of illegal consumption of alcohol. (gotta get krunk, know what i mean?)
*Had a positive effect on society because parties are always fun -
Frances Willard
*She influenced the passage of the eighteenth amendment
*Negative effect, passage of the 18th amendment increased criminal activity -
Eighteenth Ammendment
*Banned the sale and consumption of alcohol
*Negative effect, it increased the growth of criminal activity -
Flapper Girls
*Flapper girls where pretty much a mixture of a stripper and a party girl. Boom. Flapper girl.
*Mostly a positive thing, because during the parties of the Roaring Twenties, they were really, i guess, fun. -
Return to Normalcy
*This was pretty much a way of returning back to the way things were before the war happened.
*This was a positive thing because it re-assured the morals and everyday life of prewar America. -
Warren Harding
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Langston Hughes
*Famous poet known for poetry
*positive impact, had a big impact during the Harlem Rennaisance -
Teapot Dome Scandal
*It was a bribing incident during Warren Hardings presidency -
Calvin Coolidge
*Was the 30th president of the United States -
Herbert Hoover
*The 31st president of the United States -
Immigration Act
*The immigration acts restricted foreign access to the US -
Scopes "Monkey Trial"
*Was a trial held after a teacher taught evolution instead of the divine creation of man -
Clarence Darrow
*The man that tried to defend William Jennings Bryan during the Scopes Monkey Trials -
Rugged Individualism
*The thought that every person should be fending for themselv -
Tin Pan Alley
*A name given to the most reputable music producers in New York at the time -
Twenty-First Ammendment
*Banned Alcohol for sale, reproduction, and consumption -
Charles Lindbergh
*Well known aviator, and changed the way we study cardiology and microbiology
