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Nativism

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the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.

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Isolationism

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a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.

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Communism

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a social, political, and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the establishment of the communist society, which is a socioeconomic order structured upon the common ownership of the means of production.

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anarchists

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people who oppose any form of gov't

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Sacco and Vanzetti

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Italian anarchists convicted of murder in MA in 1920

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Emergency Quota Act

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1921 law setting a maximum number of immigrants that could enter the US from certain nations

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John L. Lewis

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an American leader of organized labor who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) from 1920 to 1960

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Warren G. Harding

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resident of the United States (1921-1923). rewarded friends and political contributors, referred to as the Ohio Gang, with financially powerful positions. Teapot Dome Scandal.

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Charles Evans Hughes

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a leading diplomat and New York lawyer in the days of Harding and Coolidge. Appointed Chief Justice of the United States by President Herbert Hoover.

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Fordney-McCumber Tariff

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Raised taxer on foreign trade into the U.S. by 60%.

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Ohio Gang

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A group of poker-playing, men that were friends of President Warren Harding. Harding appointed them to offices and they used their power to gain money for themselves. They were involved in scandals that ruined Harding's reputation even though he wasn't involved.

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Teapot Dome Scandal

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Albert B. Falls leasing oil rich private land to private companies in exchange for money and land.

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Calvin Coolidge

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Became president when Harding died. Tried to clean up scandals. Business prospered and people's wealth increased. 30th president of the U.S (1923-1929). " the chief business of the American people is business"

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Urban Sprawl

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The process of urban areas expanding outwards, usually in the form of suburbs, and developing over fertile agricultural land.

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Installment Plan

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enabled people to but goods over an extended period of times without having to put down much money at the time of purchase.

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Prohibition

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the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment

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Speakeasies

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Secret bars where alcohol could be purchased illegally during the time of prohibition.

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Bootleggers

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smuggled alcohol in from the border (Canada, Cuba, and the West Indies).

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Fundamentalism

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Protestant movement grounded in a literal or non symbolic interpretation of the bible.

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Clarence Darrow

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an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. defended John T. Scopes in the Scopes Trial (1925).

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Scopes Trial

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fight over evolution and the role of science & religion in public schools.

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flapper

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An emancipated young woman in who emancipated the new fashions and attitudes of the day.

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Double -Standard

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a set of principles granting greater sexual freedoms to men than women

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Charles A. Lindberg

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became the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.

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George Gershwin

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famous concert music composer during the 1920s who merged traditional elements of classical music with american jazz.

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Georgia O'Keefe

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artist in the 1920s who captures the grandeur of New York City.

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Sinclair Lewis

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outspoken american critic. first american to win a Nobel prize

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Author who focused on the bad side of the 20s as well as the good side. first to describe the 20s as the jazz era.

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Edna St. Vincent Millay

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a poet who celebrated youth and a life of independence.

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Ernest Hemingway

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an American writer of fiction who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1954 (1899-1961). , One of the most popular writers of the 1920's.

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Zora Neale Hurston

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African American writer and folklore scholar who played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance.

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James Weldon Johnson

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NAACP leader and Harlem Renaissance writer. poet.

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Harlem Renaissance

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a literary and artistic movement celecrating african american culture

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Paul Robeson

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African American actor and singer who promoted African American rights and left-wing causes

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Louis Armstrong

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Leading African American jazz musician during the Harlem Renaissance; he was a talented trumpeter whose style influenced many later musicians.

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Edward "Duke" Ellington

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United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974)

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Bessie Smith

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African American blues singer who played and important role in the Harlem Reniassance.

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Langston Hughes

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African American poet who described the rich culture of african American life using rhythms influenced by jazz music.