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9 Cards in this Set
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Palmer Raids |
Raids organized on radical centers that arrested people they thought were radicals, they deported them, manipulated the law, and denied people their civil liberties |
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Sacco and Venzetti |
Two Italian immigrants who identified as anarchists. They were arrested and found killed for being found guilty for robbing and killing a paymaster in Massachusetts. |
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National Origins Act of 1924 |
It made sure that immigration heavily changed toward Nordic groups from Northwest Europe |
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Second KKK |
This new klan focused on Catholics, Jews, and all foreigners. They feared anyone who posed a challenge to traditional values. |
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Birth of a Nation |
It was a film that had defended white women and the American way from the "Black Republicans" and radical reconstruction |
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Al Capone and organized crime |
The center of bootlegging activity and the city most controlled by the organized crime |
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Scopes Trial |
A legal case where the American Civil Liberties Union challenged the Tennessee law that prohibited the teaching of evolution in the classroom. |
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Teapot Dome Scandal |
A government scandal involving US Navy oil that was secretly leased to private oil company |
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Sec. Treasury Andrew Mellon |
He worked on reducing taxes on corporate profits, personal incomes and inheritances |
