Ch 25

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Model T

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fords first car

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Al Capone

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famous gangster leader

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Samuel Insull

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He contributed to creating an integrated electrical infrastructure in the United States. He was also responsible for the building of the Chicago Civic Opera House in 1929.

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19th Amendment

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gave women the right to vote

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Babe Ruth

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very famous black baseball player.

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Ernest Hemingway

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famous author that wrote controversial novels.

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Roaring Twenties

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the nickname for the 20's because the 20's were new and exciting.

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Sacco and Vanzetti

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italian nem who were arrested and later executed for robbery and murder.

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Clarence Darrow

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layer who defended john scopes.

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KKK

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radical group of white supremisists that were against most other people and cultures.

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Fundamentalism

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refers to a belief in a strict adherence to specific set of theological doctrines typically in reaction against what are perceived as modern heresies of secularism

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Teapot Dome

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where the illegal drilling was done.

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Albert Fall

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took money and in return gave private comapnies the right to drill on public land.

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Al Smith

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American politician who was elected the 42nd Governor of New York four times, and was the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate in 1928. He was the first Roman Catholic to run for President as a major party nominee. He lost the election to Herbert Hoover

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National Women’s Party

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a women's organization founded by Alice Paul in 1915 that fought for women's rights during the early 20th century in the United States, particularly for the right to vote on the same terms as men.

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Equal Rights Amendment

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gave women the right to vote

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Charles Lindbergh

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first man to make transcontinental flight from new york to paris.

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A Mitchell Palmer – “Palmer Raids”

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attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport left-wing radicals, especially anarchists, from the United States.

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Ezra Pound

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an American expatriate poet and critic, and a major figure in the early modernist movement in poetry. He became known for his role in developing Imagism, which in reaction to the Victorian and Georgian poets favored tight language, unadorned imagery, and a strong correspondence between the verbal and musical qualities of the verse and the mood it expressed

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TS Eliot

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author

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Sinclair Lewis

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became the first writer from the United States to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American society and capitalist values, as well as for their strong characterizations of modern working women.

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F Scott Fitzgerald

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wrote the great gatsby

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Warren Harding

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promised a return to "normalcy"; an "America first" campaign that encouraged industrialization and a strong economy independent of foreign influence.

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Calvin Coolidge

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He embodied the spirit and hopes of the middle class, could interpret their longings and express their opinions. That he did represent the genius of the average is the most convincing proof of his strength."Many later criticized Coolidge as part of a general criticism of laissez-faire government

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Herbert Hoover

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Hoover, a trained engineer, deeply believed in the Efficiency Movement, which held that government and the economy were riddled with inefficiency and waste, and could be improved by experts who could identify the problems and solve them. When the Wall Street Crash of 1929 struck less than eight months after he took office, Hoover tried to combat the ensuing Great Depression with volunteer efforts, none of which produced economic recovery during his term.

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“Normalcy”

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the return to the basic fundamentals of american governmant

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18th Amendment

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prohibits alcohol

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Sheppard-Towner Act

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providea federal supported aid for mothers and babies

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Effects of Organized Labor

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better hours and price cuts.

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National Origins Quota Act

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limited the number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States in 1890, down from the 3% cap set by the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921, according to the Census of 1890

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Fordney-McCumber Act

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raised American tariffs in order to protect factories and farms

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Yellow dog contracts

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an agreement between an employer and an employee in which the employee agrees, as a condition of employment, not to be a member of a labor union

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National Womens Party

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vouched for womens rights

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Marcus Garvey

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some random guy

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Red Scare

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caused by adrew mellon which scared people enough to freak out and have many people arrested.

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Andrew Mellon

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caused the red scare