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37 Cards in this Set
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The auto industry was ______________
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key in making the economy strong.
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Psychiatry began to spread the ideas of _______ and _____________.
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Freud and Carl Jung
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Commercial travel by _______ increased
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airplanes
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New form of media
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radio
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Welfare Capitalism (small percentage of population)
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higher wages
shorter hours pensions paid vacation |
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Ads played a major role in ______
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consumerism
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The U.S. was a __________ society by the 1920s.
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consumer
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Three technical colleges
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MIT, Purdue, California Tech.
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John Watson wanted to use _____________ and ______________ to treat the mentally ill.
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observation and therapy
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After WWI, women looked to these people for help in motherhood and child rearing:
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doctors, nurses, trained educators
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John Scopes trial
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John Scopes was fired for teaching evolution. He was defended by the ACLU. He lost.
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Harlem Renaissance
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outburst of black artists, musicians, etc.
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Harlem Renaissance
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outburst of black artists, musicians, etc.
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D.W. Griffith's movie ____ helped to ______ the KKK.
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Birth of a Nation; revive
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Volstead Act or 18th Amend.
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stopped all alcohol in the U.S.
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Margaret Sanger
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wanted birth control available to working class women
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religion was divided between ____ and ____.
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modernists and fundamentalists
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Modernists favored _______.
Fundamentalists favored ________. |
M - modern science and darwinism.
F - traditional faith. |
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Immigration Act of 1921:
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had 3% of a nationality based on the census of 1910
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National Origins Act of 1924:
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had 2% of a nationality based on 1890 population.
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The KKK expanded hate to ____________.
The KKK expanded into ________ and _____. |
Catholics, immigrants, and Jews.
North and Midwest |
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Debunkers
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(a) were upset over the modern society
(b) ridiculed democracy, politics, art and religion |
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Babbitt
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a book by Sinclair Lewis that criticized the Bourgeois society.
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Flappers
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women with new clothing, hairstyles, language, and behavior
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William Jennings Bryan
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famous politician who represented TN in the John Scopes trial
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New developments of the 20s - fueled by electricity
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electric appliances, nylons, aluminum, oil, plastics
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first commercial radio station out of Pittsburgh
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KDKA
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Therapy was held in curing ____, ____, and ______.
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phobias, alcohol, and drug addictions
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Teapot Dome Scandal
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famous scandal of the Harding Admin.
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Policies of Sec. of Treasury Andrew Mellon
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reduced inheritance taxes, reduced corporate taxes, reduced income taxes, paid off WWI debt
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Coolidge believed in Laissez-Faire. This means
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letting businesses be alone with no government interference.
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Famous authors of the 20s:
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Fitzgerald, Hemingway, O'Neill, Eliot
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_______ and _______ helped expand black racial heritage.
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Langston Hughes and James Johnson
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Gangs in the 20s:
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smuggled liquor into the US and were rich and powerful
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Volstead Act split people between _________ and ___________.
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Wets and drys
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Immigration laws were aimed at ______ and ________ Europe.
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South and East
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No immigration limits on ________.
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Northwest Europeans
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