1920's & 1930's Flashcards

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Red Scare

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The promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism.

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Palmer Raids

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(1919-1920) Involved mass arrests and deportation of radicals at the height of the post- World War I era red scare.

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Teapot Dome Scandal

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A bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1921-1922, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding.

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Assembly Line

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A series of workers and machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively assembled.

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Volstead Act

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The National Prohibition was enacted to carry out the intent of the 18th Amendment, which established prohibition in the United States.

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Flappers

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A fashionable young woman intent on enjoying herself and flouting conventional standards of behavior.

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Charles Lindbergh

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An American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, explorer and environmental activist. Nicknames Slim, Lucky Lindy and The Lone Eagle.

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Scopes Trial

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The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes

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Jazz

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A type of music of black AMerican origin characerized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually regular or forceful rhythm, emerging at the beginning of the 20th century.

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Harlem Renaissance

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A cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, spanning the 1920's. The rebirth of African-American arts.

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Lost Generation

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The generation reaching maturity during and just after Worl War I, a high proportion of whose men were killed during those years.

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Margin Buying

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Buying on margin is the purchase of an asset by paying the margin and borrowing the balance from a bank or broker.

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Black Thursday

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October 24th, 1929. On this date, a then-record number of shares were trade on the New York Stock Exchange by panicked investors, marking the onset of the stock market crash that precipitated the Great Depression.

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Smoot-Hawley Tariff

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The Tariff Act of 1930 (codified at 19 U.S.C. ch. 4), otherwise known as the Smoot-Hawley Tariff or Hawley-Smoot Tariff, was an act sponsored by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley and signed into law on June 17,1930. The act raised U.S. tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods.

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Rugged Individualism

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A phrase used often by Herbert Hoover during his time as president. It refers to the idea that each individual should be able to help themselves out, and that the government does not need to involve itself in people's economic lives nor in national economics in general.

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New Deal

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A group of government programs and policies established under President Frankin D. Roosevelt in the 1930's; the New Deal was designed to improve conditions for persons suffering in the Great Depression.