Chapter 22 Flashcards

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demobilization

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is the process of standing down a nation's armed forces from combat-ready status. This may be as a result of victory in war, or because a crisis has been peacefully resolved and military force will not be necessary. The opposite of demobilization is mobilization.

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Seattle general strike

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The Seattle General Strike of February 6 to February 11, 1919, was a general work stoppage by over 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington. Dissatisfied workers in several unions began the strike to gain higher wages after two years of World War I wage controls

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Boston general strike

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is a strike action by a critical mass of the labour force in a city, region, or country.

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United Mine Workers strike

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is a North American labor union best known for representing coal miners and coal technicians. Today, the Union also represents health care workers, truck drivers, manufacturing workers and public employees in the United States and Canada

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John L. Lewis

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was an American leader of organized labor who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) from 1920 to 1960

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Red Scare

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denotes two distinct periods of strong Anti-Communism in the United States: the First Red Scare, from 1919 to 1920, and the Second Red Scare, from 1947 to 1957.

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A. Mitchell Palmer

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) was Attorney General of the United States from 1919 to 1921. He was nicknamed The Fighting Quaker and he directed the controversial Palmer Raids.

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Palmer raids

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were attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists, especially anarchists, from the United States. The raids and arrests occurred in November 1919 and January 1920 under the leadership of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer.

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Nicola Sacco

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June 11, 1888 – August 23, 1927) were anarchists who were convicted of murdering two men during a 1920 armed robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts, United States. After a controversial trial and a series of appeals, the two Italian immigrants were executed on August 23, 192

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Bartolomeo Vanzetti

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was born in the Italian town of Villaffalletto on 11th June, 1888. The son of a farmer, Vanzetti emigrated to the United States when he was twenty years old. Vanzetti settled in Plymouth, where he worked as a fish peddler

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mergers

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refers to the aspect of corporate strategy, corporate finance and management dealing with the buying, selling, dividing and combining of different companies and

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feminists

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is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women

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Warren G. Harding

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was the 29th President of the United States (1921–23). A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential self-made newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate (1899–1903), as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (1903–05) and as a U.S. Senator (1915–21). He was also the first incumbent United States Senator and the first newspaper publisher to be elected Pre

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Andrew Mellon

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was an American banker, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector and Secretary of the Treasury from March 4, 1921 until February 12, 1932.

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Charles Dawes

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was an American banker and politician who was the 30th Vice President of the United States (1925-1929

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Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act

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of 1922 raised American tariffs in order to protect factories and farms. Congress displayed a pro-business attitude in passing the ad valorem tariff and in promoting foreign trade through providing huge loans to Europe, which in turn bought more American goods

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American Plan

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a 1920s plan for eliminating closed shop unions

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Equal Rights Amendment

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was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution. The ERA was originally written by Alice Paul and, in 1923, it was introduced in the Congress for the first time. In 1972, it passed both houses of Congress, but failed to gain ratification before its June 30, 1982 deadline

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Mary Anderson

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to tavern owners Bude and Mildred (Vukadinovich) Pavlovich.

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Teapot Dome scandal

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was a bribery incident that took place in the United States in 1922–23, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome