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30 Cards in this Set
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demobilization
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or the transition from wartime to peacetime production levels, caused social and economic strain
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Seattle general strike
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some 60,000 workers left their jobs to participate in the strike, which was extremely well organized
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Boston police strike
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further inflamed antilabor sentiments
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United Mine Workers Strike
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miners were protesting the continued enforcement of wartime contracts that kept workers pay fixed at 1917 rates despite increases in consumer prices
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John L. Lewis
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the newly elected president of the UMW
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Red Scare
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fear that the bolshevik revolution would erupt in the United States reached its height
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A. Mitchell Palmer
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a bomb damaged the house of Attorney General
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Palmer raids
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began in November 1919 a series of raids to capture alleged radicals
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Nicola Sacco
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a shoemaker
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Bartolomeo Vanzetti
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peddled fish from a pushcart
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Warren G Harding
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republican leaders nominated him as a presidential candidate
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Andrew Mellon
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secretary of treasurer
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Charles Dawes
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set out to eliminate debt by slashing spending
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Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act
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republican-led congress further supported businesses
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mergers
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the combining of two or more companies took place in this era
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American Plan
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which supported union-free open shops
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Equal Rights Amendment
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a constitutional amendment proposed to Congress in 1923 by Alice Paul of the National Woman's Party
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Mary Anderson
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director of the U.S Women's Bureau, was one of the opponents of the Era who feared that the amendment would make such legislation unconstitutional
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Teapot Dome scandal
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the most notorious episode of corruption during the Harding administration, became news in 1924
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Albert Fall
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had persuaded Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby to transfer control of naval oil reserves to his department
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Calvin Coolidge
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immediately began working to restore the reputation of the presidency by firing many of the people involved in the scandals
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Alfred E. Smith
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a moderate progressive
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William Joseph Simmons
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a preacher of the KU Klux Klan
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David Stephenson
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was convicted of second-degree murder and was the leader of the KKK
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Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
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A Philip Randolph was the founder of this in 1915
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Pan-Africanism
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aimed to unite people of African descent worldwide
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Marcus Garvey
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a native of Jamaica supported the cause of black nationalism
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black nationalism
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aimed to create a new political state for African Americans in Africa
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Universal Negro Improvement Association
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hoped to foster African Americans economic independence through the establishment of black owned businesses
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Immigration Act of 1924
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reduced this quota of 2% of the 1890 population figures for each nationality
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