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Anti-Semitic
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Hostility toward or or discrimination against Jews.
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Red Scare
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Fear of communisum, socialism, or other extreme ideas.
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Calvin Coolidge
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30th u.s president 1923-1929. promoted big business and opposed social aid.
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General Strike
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A strike in which many unions participate in order to show worker unity.
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Uniformity of Product
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Making large numbers of identical products in an identical way.
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Warren G. Harding
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29th president of the U.s. 1921-1923. Presided over a short administration marked by corruption.
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Flapper
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A type of young woman having a straight, slim silhouette and a fondness for dancing and brash actions; symbol for the jazz age.
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Sacco and Vanzetti
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Both immigrants and anarchists executed for a 1920 murder at Massachusetts factory, though believed to be innocent by many.
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Jazz Age
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term for the 1920's, perios marked by great popularity of jazz music, which was linked to changes in manners, morals, and fashion.
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Harlem Renaissance
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Period in the early 1900s during which the literary, musical, and artistic expression of African americans blosomed in Harlem.
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Assembly Line
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A line of workers each with a part to do making a final product to increase production.
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Nativism
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Practice of favoring native-born citizens over immigrants.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
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Aviator who bacame an international hero when he made the first solo fight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.
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Marcus Garvey
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African American leader from 1919-1926 who urged African Americans to return to "motherland" of Africa; provided early inspiration for "black pride" movements.
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