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Ku Klu Klan (KKK)
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Organization formed in the south in 1866, which used lynching violence to intimiadate and control African Americans and others
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censorship
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not allowing certain materials to reach the public. "Censoring" them from the people
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Sacco & Vanzetti
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Two italian immigrant shoe makers who were connections to crimes and were carrying gun at the time of their arrest, and they were convicted and sentenced to death.
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Henry Ford
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created a more easily made and cheaper car. It was more accesable to more people. He contributed to the fast pace change during that time period
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Nativsm
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Practice of favoring native-born citizens over Immigrants.
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Charles A. Lindberg
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Aviator who became an international hero when he made the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean
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"Red Scare"
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Fear of communism, socialism, or other so-called extreme ideas.
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Prohibition
18th Amendement |
No Alcohol
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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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Evolution
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Changing and evolving of people and things over time.
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Calvin Coolidge
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30th president of the US 1923-29; promoted big buisness and opposed social aid
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Anti-Semitic
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Hostility toward or discrimination of Jews
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Flapper
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A typoe 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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assembly line
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a line in a factory etc. that uses interchangable parts
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Warren G. Harding
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29th President of the U.S.,1921-1923; presided over a short administration marked by corruption.
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Scopes Trial
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Tennesee trial of 1925 that challenged the law against teaching evolution in public schools
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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 blosomed in Harlem.
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fundamentalism
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christian religios movement based on pamphlets issued between 1909-1914; hold thats every word described in the Bible is inspired by God
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Marcus Garvey
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African American leader from 1919 to 1926 who urged A.A.'s to return to "motherland" of Africa;provided early inspiration for "black pride" movements.
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Jazz Age
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Term for the 1920s, a preiod makred by the great populartity of Jazz music, which was linked to changes in manners, morals, and fashions.
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