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21 Cards in this Set
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Bootlegging
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Supplying liquor illegally during prohibition (1920-1933) by producing or smuggling it.
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Nativism
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Practice of favoring native-born citizens over immigrants.
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Evolution
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Charles Darwin's theory that holds that humans and all other species developed over time from lower to more complex forms.
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Censorship
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Government prohibition of the printing of certain materials.
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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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Sacco and Venzetti
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Italian immigants arrested in connection to the robbing and kiling of a guard and paymaster of a South Braintree,Massachusettes shoe factory. They were sentenced to death.
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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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Flapper
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A type of young woman having a straight, slim silhouette and a fondness for dancing and brash actions; a symbol of the Jazz Age.
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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 thers.
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Harlem Renaissance
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Period in the early 1900s during which the literary, musical, and artistic expression of African Americans blossomed in Harlem.
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Jazz Age
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A period marked by the great popularity of jazz music, which was linked to changes in manners, morals, and fashions.
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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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Marcus Garvey
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Came from his native Jamaica in 1916 to establish a new headquarters for his Universal Negro Improvement association(UNIA).The UNIA sought to build up African Americans' self respect.
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The Red Scare
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fear of communism, socialism,or other so-called extreme ideas.
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Warren G. Harding
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President of the United States from 1921-1923, he presided over a short administration marked by corruption.
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Anti-Semetic
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Hostility toward or discrimination against Jews
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Calvin Coolidge
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president from 1923-1929, he promoted big business and opposed social aid.
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Uniformity of Product
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Held that each car should be identical- an idea never before applied to such complicated machinery.
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Assembly Line
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Broke down car production into precise steps.
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Warren G. Harding
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President of the United States from 1921-1923, he presided over a short administration marked by corruption.
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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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