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43 Cards in this Set
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teapot dome
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duahgtery became involved in a series of deals that lead to his resignation but FAll was the chief figure in the teapot dome. two oil promoters gave fall 400000 in loans and bribes and in return he helped them secure leases on naval oil reserves in elk hills, california, and tepot dome wyoming. came to light after hardings death.
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ezra pound
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discarded rhyme and meter in a search for clear clod images that connveyed reality. reacted against ww1 was a was of a generation.
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ts eliot
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profound dispair. wasteland. images of fragementism and sterility that had a powerful impact on other writers. the hollow man-emptiness of the new modern man.
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earnest hemingway
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wanted redemption from the modern plight in romantic individualism of heroes. violence. wrote of men alienated from society who found themselves in courage and personal honor. traveled much in his life.
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f scott fitzgerald
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american youth. this side of paradise and great gatsby. wrote about the beutiful and the damned. glitter hid the emptiness and lack of human concern.
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sinclair lewis
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popular critical novelist. main street made fun of small town values, dull and narrow minded. babbit made fun of commericalism of the 1920s.
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chareles lindberg
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solo flight across the atlantic
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babe ruth
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became national idol by hitting 60 home runs
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clarence darrow
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defended scopes
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18th amendment
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prohibited the manufacture and sale of alchoholic beverages. nebraska last state to ratify.
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volestead act
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banned commercial production and distribution of beverages containing more than 1 half of 1 percent of alchohol by volume.
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kkk
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protested urban culture. william simmons. only native whites could join. seized political control in 7 states. protested war, race, nationality, and new modern society.
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red scare
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fear of communism after ww1. palmer raids and strikes.
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a mitchell palmer- palmer raids
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bomb on attorney general palmers porch. italian anarchist. abandoned past liberalism and ordereda round up of forgein born radicals. without due process. taken back by soviet ark. most innocent.
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sacco and vanzetti
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italians that were arrested in may 1920 for payroll robery and murder. threw due process out not enough time for an appeal.
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scopes trial
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about teaching evolution in school. in dayton.
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fundementalism
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a stress on traditional protestant or orthodoxy. biblical literism.
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albert fall
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secretary of interior for harding. cheif figure in teapot dome.
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warren harding
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won 1920 election. became the compromise choice. reflected on virtues and blemishes of smal town america. a genial man who lacked the capactiy to gob=nern and who broadly delegated power. put friends in cabinet. return to traditional republican values. teapot dome.
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calvin coolridge
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assumed president after hardings death. become least president ever. do it yourself. elected in 1924. lazie faire
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herbert hoover
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seceratary of commerce for harding and coolridge. won 1927. self made man. embodied americas faithin idividualism and free enterprize. cooperation between gov and buisness.
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national orgins qouta act
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1924. limited immigration from europe to 1500,000 a year. allocated most available slots to great britian, ireland, germany, and scandinavia. banned asians. huge rural support.
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sheppard-towner act
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1921. provided federal aid to establish state programs for maternal and infant health care.
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equal rights amendment
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alice pauls national womens party pushed it. men and women shall have equal rights throughout the US. others like league of women voters opposed it cause it threatened gender specific legislation. failed.
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national womens party
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lead by alice paul. lobbied for full equality for women under law. pushed equal rights amendment.
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al smith
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democrat who wanted to be nominated in 1924 election but davis was instead.
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al capone
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underworld czar that controlled illicit empire. produced revenue of more than 60 million a year.
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normalcy
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theme for republican administration in 1920s. return traditional republican policies. mix of traditional and innovative measures when adapted to new modern society.
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fordney-mccumber act
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raised tariifs
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andrew mellon
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secretary of treasury. worked to return to normalcy in taxation. condemed hidh wartime tax rates and buisnesses and the wealthy, he pressed for repealing and excess profits tax on corporations and slashing personal rates on the rich. reduced government spending.
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roaring 20s
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crime and sports flourished. crime because of prohibition. golf and baseball and football. sex became a popular subject. first flight and swim.
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national orgins qouta act
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1924. limited immigration from europe to 1500,000 a year. allocated most available slots to great britian, ireland, germany, and scandinavia. banned asians. huge rural support.
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sheppard-towner act
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1921. provided federal aid to establish state programs for maternal and infant health care.
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equal rights amendment
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alice pauls national womens party pushed it. men and women shall have equal rights throughout the US. others like league of women voters opposed it cause it threatened gender specific legislation. failed.
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national womens party
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lead by alice paul. lobbied for full equality for women under law. pushed equal rights amendment.
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al smith
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democrat who wanted to be nominated in 1924 election but davis was instead.
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al capone
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underworld czar that controlled illicit empire. produced revenue of more than 60 million a year.
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normalcy
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theme for republican administration in 1920s. return traditional republican policies. mix of traditional and innovative measures when adapted to new modern society.
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fordney-mccumber act
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raised tariifs
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andrew mellon
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secretary of treasury. worked to return to normalcy in taxation. condemed hidh wartime tax rates and buisnesses and the wealthy, he pressed for repealing and excess profits tax on corporations and slashing personal rates on the rich. reduced government spending.
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roaring 20s
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crime and sports flourished. crime because of prohibition. golf and baseball and football. sex became a popular subject. first flight and swim.
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effects of organized labor
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proved unable to advance in workers intersts in the 1920s afl-didnt organize the unskilled. agressive managemnt weakened them. series of strikes in 1919. used injunctions, yellow dog contracts, and used welfare capitalism-bribes. blacks still on bottom.
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marcus garvey
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harlem renissance. united negro improvemtn association. established pride in african americans.
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