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13 Cards in this Set
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Flappers
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Women who wore loose clothing and unbuckled coats, which flapped as they walked. They were breaking society's idea of what women should be.
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Prohibition
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The banning of the manufacture, sale, or distribution of alcohol.
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Bootleggers
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Smugglers that brought liquor in from other countries.
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Speakeasies
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Secret illegal clubs that served alcohol
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Anti-Saloon League
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A league that was pro-prohibition.
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Volstead act
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Made owning, manufacturing, or selling alcohol a federal offense.
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Twenty-first amendment
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The amendment that ended national prohibition.
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Fundamentalism
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The belief that the bible is literally true and consider it a indisputable authority.
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Billy Sunday
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A preacher who drew crowds speaking for prohibition.
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Aimee Semple McPherson
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A preacher who spoke on radios for prohibition.
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John Scopes
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A high school teacher who was arrested for teaching the darwin's theory.
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Scopes trial
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The trial of John Scopes.
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Clarence Darrow
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A famous criminal attorney who defended Scopes
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