1920's Apush Vocab

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postwar recession

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production levels dropped as the economy demobilized

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budget surplus

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federal government collected more money than it spent

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Henry Ford

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hero of mass production and the assembly line

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oligopoly

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small group of companies control production and price in a particular market

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welfare capitalism

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dependence on big businesses to provide for their workers

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mass production

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use of technology and large scale factories to manufacture goods

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normalcy

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term to describe the return to laissez faire and isolationist policies

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Cox/Roosevelt

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1920 Democratic ticket, ran against Harding

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Andrew Mellon

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Secretary of the Treasury during the 20s

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Teapot Dome and Elk Hills scandals

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oil companies granted illegal permission to drill

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Albert Fall

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Secretary of Interior guilty of granting illegal oil drilling

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Hawley-Smoot Tariff

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increase in tariff, may have contributed to depression

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Dawes Plan

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loaning Germany money to pay reparations to Allies

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isolationism

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foreign policy of avoiding involvement

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Washington Naval Arms Conference

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series of naval disarmament treaties negotiated

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Five Power Treaty

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limited the naval armaments of 5 countries at a set ratio

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Nine Power Treaty

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signers recognized the territorial possessions of the other signers

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Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact

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international treaty attempting to outlaw war

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Alfred E. Smith

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Democratic presidential candidate in 1928 against Hoover

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lost generation

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ex-patriot writers of the 20s, i.e. Hemingway

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modernist movement

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preference for new ideas over traditional

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mass culture

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national consumer trends promoted by advertising/media

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automobility

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culture of travel, highways, and gas stations associated with automobiles

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flappers

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women known for modern fashion and looser morals

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jazz

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uniquely American form of music known for its improvisational style

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KDKA

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first commercial radio station, Pittsburg

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tabloids

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newspapers using sensational stories of famous people

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nativism

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fear of foreigners, preference for “native American” ideals

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National Origins Act

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law restricting immigration using quotas

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Quota system

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restrictions limiting immigrants from certain countries to a specific proportion

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Sacco and Vanzetti

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Italian-Americans convicted of murder with little evidence

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Leopold and Loeb

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wealthy college students convicted of brutal murder

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Birth of a Nation

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motion picture vilifying African Americans and idolizing the Klan

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New Klan

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1920s rebirth of the KKK with expanded racist views

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fundamentalists

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conservative Christian evangelistic response to modernism

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Scopes trial

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ban on teaching creation tested in court, Bryan vs. Darrow

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Prohibition

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18th Amendment, sale and production of alcohol outlawed

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speakeasies

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illegal underground saloons during Prohibition

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Sheppard-Towner Act

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provided funding to states for maternal and child health care

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Women’s Joint Congressional Committee

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organization of women's and social reform groups

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Harlem Renaissance

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literary and art movement among African Americans

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New Negro

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term describing increasing racial pride among African Americans

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The Crisis

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NAACP magazine edited by W.E.B. DuBois

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Marcus Garvey

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African American nationalist, advocated “Back to Africa” movement