Ch 25 Vocab

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Model T

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First affordable car built by Henry Ford; sturdy, reliable, inexpensive, only came in black

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Al Capone

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United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during Prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947)

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Samuel Insull

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Worked with Thomas Edison . First person to develop "bill stuffers"

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19th Amendment

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Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.

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Babe Ruth

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He was a famous baseball player who played for the Yankees. He helped developed a rising popularity for professional sports.

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Ernest Hemingway

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Ernest Hemingway fought in Italy in 1917. He later became a famous author who wrote "The Sun Also Rises" (about American expatriates in Europe) and "A Farewell to Arms." In the 1920's he became upset with the idealism of America versus the realism he saw in World War I.

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Roaring Twenties

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Nickname for the 1920's because of the booming economy and fast pace of life during that era.

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Sacco and Vanzetti

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In 1920 these two men were convicted of murder and robbery. They were found guilty and died in the electric chair without due process of law.

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Scopes Trial

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A highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school

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Clarence Darrow

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United States lawyer famous for his defense of lost causes (1857-1938)

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Ku Klux Klan

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White supremacy organization that targeted any group they considered un-American, such as blacks, Jews, and Catholics

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Fundamentalism

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Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion.

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Teapot Dome

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A government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921. Became a symbol for the scandals in Harding's administration.

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Albert Fall

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The Secretary of the Interior who accepted bribes from an oil company and started the Teapot Dome Scandal.

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Al Smith

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Governor of New York four times, and was the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate in 1928. He was the first Roman Catholic and Irish-American 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 in 1916 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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Supported by the National Organization for Women, this amendment would prevent all gender-based discrimination practices. However, it never passed the ratification process.

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Charles Lindbergh

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United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974)

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"Palmer Raids"

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A 1920 operation coordinated by Attorney General Mitchel Palmer in which federal marshals raided the homes of suspected radicals and the headquarters of radical organization in 32 cities

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Ezra Pound

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United States writer who lived in Europe. He strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)

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TS Eliot

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American who became a British citizen; won the Nobel Peace prize in literature; wrote poetry and drama

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Sinclair Lewis

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United States novelist who satirized middle-class America in his novel Main Street (1885-1951)

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Was part of both the jazz age and the lost generation. Wrote books encouraging the flapper culture, and books scorning wealthy people being self-centered. U

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Warren Harding

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29th president, served from 1921-1923 with a focus on peace abroad and prosperity at home. Presidency was tainted by the Teapot Dome scandal.

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Calvin Coolidge

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Became president when Harding died. Tried to clean up scandals. Business prospered and people's wealth increased

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Herbert Hoover

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Republican candidate who assumed the presidency in March 1929 promising the American people prosperity and attempted to first deal with the Depression by trying to restore public faith in the community.

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"Normalcy"

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Expectedness as a consequence of being usual or regular or common

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18th Amendment

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Ban on sale, manufacture, and transport of alcoholic beverages. Repealed by 21st amendment

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Sheppard-Towner Act

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U.S. Act of Congress providing federal funding for maternity and child care, a response to the lack of adequate medical care for women and children

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Effects of Organized Labor

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In the 1920's organized labor did not make much progress and no important, notable accomplishments.

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National Origins Quota Act

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This 1924 act established a quota system to regulate the influx of immigrants to America. The system restricted the "new" immigrants from southern and eastern Europe and Asia. It reduced the annual total of immigrants.

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Fordney-McCumber Act

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(1922) Federal law that raised tariff rates on manufactured goods and levied high duties on imported agricultural goods.

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Yellow Dog Contracts

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A written contract between employers and employees in which the employees sign an agreement that they will not join a union while working for the company.

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National Women's Party

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A women's organization founded in 1916 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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Marcus Garvey

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African American leader durin the 1920s who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and advocated mass migration of African Americans back to Africa. Was deported to Jamaica in 1927.

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Red Scare

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Most intense outbreak of national alarm, began in 1919. Success of communists in Russia, American radicals embracing communism followed by a series of mail bombings frightened Americans. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer led effort to deport aliens without due process, with widespread support.

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Volstead Act

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The act that prohibited alcohol in the states, passed alongside the 18th Amendment.

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Andrew Mellon

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United States financier and philanthropist (1855-1937)