Joanne's Notes For Quiz 2

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Drawing the Bloody Shirt

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Congressional Movement on how to deal with former Confederates.

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Radical Republicans

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Wanted black rights, punish the Confederates.

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Moderate Republicans

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Not sure about black rights, lightly punish Confederates.

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Democrats/Ex-Confederates

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Wanted more Democrats in Congress, not for black rights.

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Freedmen

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Ex-Slaves

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Freedmen's Bureaus

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Congress aided former slaves with education, food, medical aid

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Sharecropping

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Contract labor. Legal slavery, made a lot of former slaves go into debt.

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Carpet Baggers

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People who came from the North to aid the South.

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"White Line Tactic"

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Tactic to stop Carpet Baggers.

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Campaign of Terror

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KKK started executing blacks in the South.

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Jim Crow Laws

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Social Segregation Laws

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KKK

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Violent paramilitary that would use terror tactics to execute blacks.

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Memphis Riot of 1866

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A white mob burned 4 black schools, 12 churches, raped 5 women, killed 46 and injured 70.

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Old "New" South

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South mourned Civil War, idolized "Lost Cause" and wanted to maintain racial hierarchy.

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West Settled

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A settled West meant new resources.

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New immigrants

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Victims of the Gilded Age. Expendable labor.

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Trans-Continental Railroad

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Privately owned railroad that crossed the United States.

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Margin Buying

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Investing on the margin, railroads.

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Time Zones

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A universal time schedule

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Laissez Faire

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Hands-off government, power to a concentrated few.

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Corporations

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A public company, investors had limited liability. Killed off mom-and-pop.

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Bessemer Process

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A new, faster way to purify steel.

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Assembly Line

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build things step by step, no need for skill.

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Electricity/Light

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Invented in the gilded age. Allowed factories to run 24/7

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Machines

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killed off skilled worker, made processes faster.

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Haymarket Riot

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Riot in Chicago. Skilled laborers wanted respect and fair pay. 7 police died of friendly fire.

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Nativism

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Anglo-Saxton Myth: Inferior races can't be civilized.

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Eugenics

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Selective Breeding to preserve racial purity.

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Education

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Be rich: superiority.
Be poor: failure.

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Monopoly

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One company controls the market.

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Board of Trustees

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Create "Trust". Board of Investors.

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Gospel Wealth

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Book by Carnegie. Said that rich should be philanthropists.

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Robber Baron

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Someone who gets rich and steps on the little guy.

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Captain of Industry

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Someone who gets rich and helps the little guy.

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Economic Subordination

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Economic disparity

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Progressivism

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Political Movement that wanted political reform

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Social Cohesion

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Society must work together

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Political Machines

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Political boss controls votes from immigrants

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Social Settlement Movement

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Help victims of Gilded Age - YMCA

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Social Gospel Movement

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Revitalise Christianity to help others

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Charities

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Created during Progressive Era

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Equality

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19th Amendment allowed Women to vote

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Middle Class

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New Middle Class created.

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FDA

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created from the book “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair - Roosevelt

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Small City Progressives

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get rid of political machines through secret ballots

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Muckrakers

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exposed corruption and made it public

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18th Amendment

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Prohibition: Bans alcohol.

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Suffragists

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wanted rights for women.

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Union Movement

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workers rights, supported by people, wanted 8 hour workday

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Theodore Roosevelt

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President of U.S. White Supremacist. Elected by political machines and made huge changes.

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William Taft

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Book smart, reserved, Roosevelt's sucessor, made huge advancements in law, believed in education

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Woodrow Wilson

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Successor to Taft. Democrat. Elected after Republican party split. Very romantic, hated war.

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16th Amendment

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Progressive, didn't favor rich. Made by Taft.

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19th Amendment

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Women's rights. Made by Wilson.

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Big Stick Diplomacy

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"Speak softly and carry a big stick"
Intimidate, but don't actually do anything. Roosevelt's foreign policy.

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Clayton Anti-Trust

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Gave power back to consumers. Wilson.

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Coal Strike of 1902

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dispute over labor in Coal Mines. First time a President stepped in on a Worker’s protest. Roosevelt.

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Conservation Movement

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Created national parks. Roosevelt.

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Dollar Diplomacy

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Loans to foreign countries. If country is financially supported by us, they are ours to control. Taft's foreign policy.

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Elkins Act

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Railroad companies were “invincible”. Stopped rebates. Roosevelt

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League of Nations

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Pre-UN. Wilson.

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Moral Diplomacy

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only ally with Democratic nations. bully other countries to pick a side. Wilson's foreign policy.

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New Freedom

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took away bank's power. Wilson.

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Panama Canal Crisis

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Columbia was paid to be able to do it. Columbia was hesitant. Roosevelt. Panamanians start a rebellion against the Colombians. US Army helped fight.

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Pinchot-Ballinger Controversy

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Split Republican Party. Let Democrats win. Ballinger was Taft’s guy. Started to sell Government land. Pinchot says “this isn’t progressive”. Taft says it’s constitutional, fires Pinchot. Roosevelt runs for President, loses.

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Square Deal

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Domestic Deal. Conservation, Control of Corporation. Roosevelt.

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Trust Buster

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Stopped trusts, monopolies. Consumer rights. Roosevelt.

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Foreign Policy

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Manifest Destiny becomes Progressivism. need to spread influence by obtaining territories.

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Yellow Journalism

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Media used fake news to get people involved. Hearst and Pulitzer headed it.

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USS Maine

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Sent to Cuba to protect our “interests”. Exploded in Cuban waters. 266 American Men died. Spanish were blamed

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Teller Amendment

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Declaration of War on Spain. Teller Amendment said that “if we win, Cuba becomes independent”.

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Rough Riders

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Volunteer Unit. 2 Qualifications: Know how to ride and shoot. Came from all backgrounds. First time people who would normally be enemies, worked together. Took actual unity.

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Buffalo Soldiers

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All African American Military Unit. Roosevelt’s “Crown Jewel”.

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Colonies

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Tons of resources. New military bases.

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Platt Amendment

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Cuba is free. Free, but no international treaties with anybody. No international countries can set up bases. U.S. can intervene in your affairs. Guantanamo Bay is now ours.

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Hands-off Government

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Government didn't intervene on economic affairs.

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Economic Boom

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WWI advanced technology, made things more efficient.

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Taylorism

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Fredrick Taylor revitalises workplace. Give workers a selective “job”. Train the workers. Support workers by giving them incentive. Provide wage incentives. Produce more, pay more.

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Ideal Consumer

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You buy, and buy, and buy...

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Installment Plans

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Consumers can buy things they couldn’t afford. Every month, they can pay it off. People started spending too much.

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Conspicuous Consumption

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Buying things to enhance your social image.

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The Automobile

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Became really popular in the 20’s, very affordable. Created huge industry, broke stability of family.

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Inner-Directed Marketing

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people wanted to focus on inner character, doing the right things, working hard

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Outer-Directed Marketing

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Focused on outer personality. looking the right part, talking the right things, wearing the right clothes. total shift of moral outlook.

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Darwinism

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“science” made women inferior

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Cult of True Womanhood/Cult of Domesticity

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Wanted to purify government.

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Seneca Falls Convention

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Convention on Women's rights. 1848.

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Declaration of Sentiments

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Women wanted freedom in response to freedom of slaves.

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The Perfect Crime

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Two men killed another man to see what would happen to Chicago.

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Al Capone

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always well dressed, businessman. Caught for tax evasion - sentence for 11 years

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Bootleggers

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People who would make alcohol during prohibition.

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St. Valentine's Massacre

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1929 murder of 7 mob associates.

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George Morgan

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Al Capone's biggest competition.

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Speakeasys

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A place to go to drink alcohol.

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Moonshine

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illegal alcohol.

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Slave Mentality

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1920’s: Mentality of being a slave wiped out from African-American minds.

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Harlem Renaissance

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Harlem was a place of “rebirth”, artistic movement to showcase black culture.

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KKK

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Klu Klux Klan. Exterminated blacks in the south.

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"New Negro Movement"

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Another name for the Harlem Renaissance.