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20 Cards in this Set
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Evolution
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Something makes a change over time to either to become new or better
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Warren G. Harding
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Twenty-ninth President of the US 1921-1923; presided over a short administration marked by corruption
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Fundamentalism
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Christian religious movements based on pamphlets issued between 1909 and 1914; holds that every word in the Bible was inspired by God
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Charles A. Lindbergh
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Aviator who became an international hero when he made the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927
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Assembly Line
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Line of workers to put certain parts of a final product together to increase the rate of production
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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; a symbol of the Jazz Age
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Scopes Trail
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Tennessee trial of 1925 that challenged the law against teaching evolution in public schools
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Jazz Age
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Term for the 1920's, a period marked by the great popularity of jazz music, which was linked to changes in manners, morals, and fashions
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Ku Klux Klan
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Organization formed in the South in 1866, which used lynching and violence to intimidate and control African Americans and others
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Marcus Garvey
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African American leader from 1919 to 1926 who urged African American to return to "motherland" of Africe; provided early inspiration for "black pride" movements
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Anti-Semitic
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Hostility towards and discrimination against Jews
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Calvin Coolidge
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Thirtieth President of the US 1923-1929, promoted big business and opposed social aid
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Censorship
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Making sure nothing is wrong with the final products
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Nativism
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Practice of favoring native-born citizens over immigrants
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Uniformity of a product
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Making sure each good is the same and has the same efficiency
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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 blossomed in Harlem
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Sacco and Vanzetti
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Sacco was an immigrant and anarchist executed for a 1920 murder at a MA factory, though believed to be innocent by many. Vanzetti was the same.
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Vladimer I. Lenin
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Revolutionary leader in Russia, established a communist government in 1917
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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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Red Scare
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Fear of communism, socialism or other so-called extreme ideas
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