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28 Cards in this Set
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What is a flapper? |
An emancipated woman who did and dressed as she wanted |
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What did the Harlem Renaissance encourage black Americans to do? |
Celebrate and embrace African American culture |
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What was so important about the Scopes trial? |
It began schools to teach evolution instead of religion |
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What were some of the innovations in factories in the 1920s? |
The assembly lines |
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What attorney general allegedly sent government agents out on a series of illegal raids to hunt suspected radicals? |
A. Mitchell Palmer |
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Who were Sacco and Vanzetti and what were they convicted of? |
They were immigrants who were convicted of robbery and murder, and were believed to be spies |
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What did risky stock investments reveal about American investors during the 1920s? |
That people handled credit carelessly, and didn't think about the future or consequences of it |
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Define Prohibition |
Prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol, especially in the United States between 1920 and 1933 |
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Define installment plans |
Loan repaid overtime with a set number of scheduled payments |
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Define Scopes Trial |
An American legal case in July 1925 In which a substitute teacher fought to teach science over religion |
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Other than ban alcohol, what was the Prohibition an attempt to do? |
Protect public health and morality |
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What event was a clash between religious beliefs, and science |
The Scopes Trial |
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What were some of the innovations in factories in the 1920s |
Assembly line and electricity |
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What attorney general sent troops to hunt down suspected radicals |
A. Mitchell Palmer |
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What new investigative technique led to finding the killer from the Valentine's day massacre |
Forensic balistics |
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How did they finally take Capone down? |
Tax evasions |
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What is it called when people aren't able to afford to buy, so they make monthly payments |
Installment plans |
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What event caused black riot in cities |
A black man was arrested for a white man's crime (he hit a man with a rock and killed him) |
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What was the "Red Summer" |
The summer when there were race riots across america america |
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What problem comes as a result of illegal liquer trade |
Gangsters |
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What is Christian fundamentalism |
You believe everything the Bible says |
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How did mass media produce a national culture in the 1920s |
People across the country went through the same exact experience of watching the same movies |
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What did Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Brian participate in? |
The Scopes Trail |
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What was the biggest cultural split |
Rural vs city life |
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What state did they find oil in |
Texas |
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What was so special about the Ford car |
It was mass produced, which made it affordable to the common consumer |
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Why was the Prohibition repealed |
To collect taxes on liqure sales |
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When could women vote |
1920 |
