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29 Cards in this Set
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2nd Industrial Revolution: Growth 1870-1914 |
- explosive growth in consumer goods - automobiles become nation's largest industry - electricity becomes widespread - radio, film, refrigerator, washing machine, indoor plumbing invented - advertising & marketing grow as fields - stock speculation opens to middle-class - feminism reborn |
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2nd Industrial Revolution: Shrinkage 1870-1914 |
- agriculture declines greatly - coal displaced by petroleum & electricity - railroad industry declines in competition w/ trucking - cotton textiles less popular than wool & synthetic blends |
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Sheppard-Towner Act 1921 |
- granted federal aid to state programs for maternal & infant health care |
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1920s feminism 1920s |
- limited generally to young women - flappers appeared, dressing in provocative clothing & flirting w/ individual freedom - older marriage, leading to declining birthrates |
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National Football League 1920 |
- 1st professional football league - directly competitive w/ college business |
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Charles Lindbergh 1927 |
- 19th person to make a transatlantic flight, but 1st to make one so long - exemplar of iconism: obsessive interest in celebrities and record-breakers |
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1st Red Scare 1919-1920 |
- aroused by fear of radicalism & revolution - deported thousands of suspected Socialists & Communists to Russia, regardless of nationality - led by Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer - aided by Reverend Billy Sunday - ended by Charles Evans Hughes |
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18th Amendment 1917-1920 |
- illegalized production, transportation, and sale of liquor - ratified 1919 - effective 1920 - repealed 1933 |
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Volstead Act 1919 |
- defined terms of 18th Amendment - provided penalties for violation of 18th Amendment - reduced alcohol consumption greatly |
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Joseph Kennedy |
- JFK's father - became rich off of bootlegging |
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KKK |
- 2nd generation - peaked 1925 - powerful political party - fell apart due to internal violence |
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Johnson Act 1921 |
- part of nativism movement - restricted immigration quotas to 3% of each country's immigrants in US as of 1910 census |
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National Origins Quota Act 1924 |
- part of nativism movement - banned immigrants from anywhere outside of Northern & Western Europe - limited total immigration quota to 150,000 |
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John Scopes |
- defendant in Scopes Trial - taught evolution instead of Biblical literalism to his biology class |
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Scopes Trial 1925 |
- AKA "Monkey Trial" - criminal trial of John Scopes for illegally teaching evolution - Clarence Darrow defended; William Jennings Bryan prosecuted - led to anger of fundamentalists due to minimal sentencing |
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Clarence Darrow |
- famous American lawyer & agnostic - defended John Scopes in Scopes Trial |
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William Jennings Bryan |
- prosecuted John Scopes in Scopes Trial |
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Aimee Semple McPherson |
- leader of urban fundamentalist movement |
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Warren G Harding 1921-1923 |
- preceded by Woodrow Wilson - widely considered worst president in history - first of 3 Republican do-nothing presidents - died in mistress' arms of syphilis; succeeded by Calvin Coolidge |
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Harry Daugherty 1921-1924 |
- Attorney General under Warren G Harding - jailed for numerous illegal deals - part of Harding scandals |
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Albert Fall 1921-1923 |
- Sec. of Interior under Warren G Harding - jailed for part in Teapot Dome Scandal |
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Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929 |
- preceded by Warren G Harding - AKA "Silent Cal" - second of 3 Republican do-nothing presidents - famous for 9-second soundbites - succeeded by Herbert Hoover |
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1924 election |
- Democrats nominate John W Davis - Republicans nominate Calvin Coolidge & win |
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1928 election |
- Democrats nominate Al Smith - Republicans nominate Herbert Hoover & win |
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Herbert Hoover 1929-1933 |
- Republican nominee in 1928 election - third of 3 Republican do-nothing presidents - anti-Prohibition - won rich & poor w/ self-made origins & current wealth - director of Food Administration - Secretary of Commerce under Warren G Harding, Calvin Coolidge |
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Al Smith 1928 |
- Democratic nominee in 1928 election - pro-Prohibition - Catholic |
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Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act 1922 |
- raised tariffs on multiple imported goods |
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Andrew Mellon 1921-1932 |
- Secretary of Treasury under Warren G Harding, Calvin Coolidge, & Herbert Hoover - utilized supply-side economy - cut spending on assistance for poor |
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supply-side economy |
- AKA trickle-down theory - advocates cutting taxes on rich & corporations |
