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red scare
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Belief that socialists and/or communists would take control of government. This belief was based on the fear that immigrants from eastern Europe would bring anti-American ideas to the United States, seeking to subvert our government institutions.
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Sacco and Vanzetti
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Trail of two Italian-Americans, falsely accused, that was fueled by the red scare.
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general strike
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strike called by other labor unions in support of a strike called by another, thus increasing the power of a single labor union
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Nativism
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Belief on the part of U.S.-born Americans that immigrants represent a threat to the American way of life.
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Harlem Renaissance
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Revitalization of Harlem in New York City as a center for jazz and culture. This is an area in which large numbers of African-Americans lived and were part of this revitalization.
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