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30 Cards in this Set
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demobilization
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the transtion from war to peace
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seattle general strike
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a extremely well organized strike it didn't win anything but it was peaceful.
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boston police strike
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the police went on strike and formed a union
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united mine workers strike
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400,000 workers left and went on strike wanting double pay and half hours
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john l. lewis
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the president of the UMW
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red scare
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a period of anticommunist hysteria in 1919-1920
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mitchell palmer
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the attorney general who got his house bombed
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palmer raids
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a series of raids that were set up to catch radicals
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nicola sacco
bartolomeo vanzetti |
they were acused of murder and were sentenced to death
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warren harding
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the president elected in 1920
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andrew mellon
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the secretary of treasury for hardin
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charles dawes
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the head of the bureau of budget
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Fordney-mccumber teriff act
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it pushed high tariff rates on manufactured goods to an all time high
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mergers
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the combining of 2 companies
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american plan
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it supported union free open shops
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feminists
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women's rights activists
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ERA
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it said that man and women have equal rights
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mary anderson
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the director of US womens bureau
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teapot dome
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the most notorious episode of corruption during the hardin administration
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albert fall
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secretary of interior involved in teapot dome scandal
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calvin coolidge
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vice president of harding then became president
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alfred a smith
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he lost in the election of 1928 because he was a progressivist
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william joseph simmons
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he established the KKK
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david stephenson
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the indiana grand dragon of th kkk
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philip randolf
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founded the brotherhood of sleeping car porters
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the brotherhood of sleeping car porters
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inproved conditions for blacks
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pan-africanism
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movement to unite blacks
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black nationalism
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this movement wanted blacks to move to africa
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marcus garvey
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wanted blacks to move to africa
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immigration act of 1924
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it limited immigration
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