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20 Cards in this Set
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Uniformity of Product
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held that each product should be indentical
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evolution
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evolving and changing for the better.....for example animals
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Nativism
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Practice of favoring native-born citizens over immigrants. Didn't like change of progessers.
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Fundamentalism
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Christian religious movement based on pamphlets issued between 1909 and 1914; holds that every word in the Bible was inspired by God.
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Harlem Renaissance
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Period in the early 1900's during which the literary musical and artistic expression of African Americans blossomed in Harlem.
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Assembly Line
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it broke down the prosses of making products into precise steps.
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general strike
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a strike in which many unions participate in order to show worker unity
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Anti-Semitic
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Hostility toward or discrimination against Jews.
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red scare
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the fear of comminism, socialism, or other so called extreme ideas
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Ku Klux Klan (kkk)
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organization formed in the South in 1866, which used lynching and violence to intimidate and control African Americans and others.
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Sacco and Vanzetti
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they were excuted fir a 1920 murder at a massachusetts factory though they are believed to be innocent by many
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Censorship
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when something has restriction of it....like movies
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Jazz Age
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Term for the 1920's, a period marked by the great popularity of jazz music, which was linked to changes in manners, morals, and fashions.
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Scopes Trial
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Tennessee trial of 1925 that challenged the law against teaching evolution in public schools.
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Warren G. Harding
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Twenty-ninth President of the United States, 1921-1923; presided over a short administration marked by corruption. promised the country to "return to normalcy"
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prohibition
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making acholah illegal
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Flapper
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A type of young women having a straight, silm silhouette and a fondness for dancing, brash actions, a symbol of the Jazz Age.
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Charles A Lindbergh
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Aviator who became an international hero when he made the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.
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Marcus Garvey
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African American leader from 1919 to 1926 who urged AFrican Americans to return to "motherland" of Africa provided early inspiration for "black pride" movement
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Calvin Coolidge
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Thirtieth President of the United States, 1923-1929; promoted big business and opposed social aid. Took over presidentcy when Harding died.
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