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32 Cards in this Set
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Demobilization
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The transition from wartime to peacetime production levels caused social and economic strain.
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Seattle general strike
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Began on February 6 at 10:00a.m. some 60,000 workers left their jobs to participate in the strike.
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Boston police strike
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They went on strike because they wanted better pay and working conditions.
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United Mine Workers strike
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Some 400,000 coal miners walked out of the mines.
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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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This was a period of anticommunist hysteria during 1919 and 1920.
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A. Mitchell Palmer
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The bomber an Italian anarchist died in the blast.
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Palmer raids
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Began in November 1919.
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Nicola Sacco
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Was 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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While many party members thought Senator Harding was friendly and looked presidential.
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Andrew Mellon
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Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover.
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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
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In 1922
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Mergers
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The combining of two or more comparing.
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American Plan
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Which supported union free open shops.
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Feminists
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Divisive among women's rights activists.
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Equal Rights Amendment
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This was a constitutional amendment proposed to congress in 1923 by Alice Paul.
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Mary Anderson
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Director of the U.S. Women's Bureau.
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Teapot Dome Scandal
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The most notorious episode of corruption during the Harding administration.
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Albert Fall
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Had persuaded Secretary of the Navy Edwin.
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Calvin Coolidge
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After Harding's death vice president was sworn in as president.
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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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Was a preacher.
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David Stephenson
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Was convicted of second-degree murder.
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A. Philip Randolph
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African American workers led black socialist.
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Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
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Pan-Africanism
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Aimed to unite people of African decent worldwide.
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Marcus Garvey
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A native of Jamaica supported.
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Black Nationalism
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Was a cause
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UNIA
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In 1914
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Immigration Act of 1924
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Reduced this quota to 2 percent of the 1890 population figures for each nationality.
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