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25 Cards in this Set
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Harlem Renaissance
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African American cultural movement centered in Harlem, NY
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Women's Changing Roles
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More political(right to vote), independent( could own businesses) , Socially active (flappers)
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Equal Rights Amendment
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This was a failed constitutional amendment for equality for women
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Flappers
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Women who wore short skirts and their hair in bobs who pushed the social boundaries
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Bootlegging
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illegal making, transportation, and consumption of alcohol
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Organized Crime
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underground organization centered around illegal activities, like bootlegging
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The First Red Scare
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1920's fear that communism would invade U.S.
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Immigration Quotas
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Limit on the number of immigrants let in U.S. (especially Asian and Southern and Eastern European nationalities)
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Nativism
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Political movement favoring "WASP's" (White, Anglo-Saxon Protestants)
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Palmer Raids
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Raids led by US attorney general Palmer against suspected communists
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Sacco and Venzetti case
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Italian born men convicted of murder with no solid evidence
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Anti-lynching Campaign
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Campaign started in North to end illegal hanging of African Americans in the south
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Jim Crow Laws
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Specifically to keep races segregated
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Ku Klux Klan
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White supremacist organization to keep African Americans down
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Marcus Garvey
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Early civil rights leader started the back to Africa movement
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Warren Harding and "Normalcy"
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Harding president after Wilson started "normal" moral views of US
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Calvin Coolidge
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30th president who cleaned up Harding's scandals (aka the do nothing president)
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Laissez-faire
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laid back, hands off government
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Scopes Trial
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Trial dealing with teaching evolution over creationism (Scopes taught this way)
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Assembly Line
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Streamlined production, allowing factories to produce more goods
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Henry Ford/Effects of automobiles on society
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Ford's perfected assembly line process which allowed for greater mobility for the US citizen
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Electrical Appliances
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allowed more free time for most housewives
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Airplane
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allowed for faster travel nationally and internationally
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Motion Pictures
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allowed for growth of national culture
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Radio
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national phenomenon allowing for the transmission of news, sports, and entertainment
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