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35 Cards in this Set
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Red Scare
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fear that communists were taking over
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Palmer Raids
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Mitchel Palmer-(AG)
appoints Hoover to become head of FBI |
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Who were the Palmer Raids "hunting down"?
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communists, socialists, and anarchists(unamerican activities)
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Sacco and Vanzetti
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were suspected anarchists who were convicted of murdering two men during a armed robbery of a shoe factory----executed.
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Klu Klux Klan
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hate group
expanded hate towards immigrants, jews, catholics, and blacks |
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The Steel Mill Strike(causes)
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wanted shorter hrs,more money,collective bargaining rights
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The Steel Mill strike(results)
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300,000 people refused to work/beaten
Hired strikebreakers |
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Wilson's Response to The Steel Mill Strike
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After deadlock, made a plea wanted strikers and steal companies to work it out.
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The Steel Mill strike (final results)
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8 hr work day
NO union |
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Coal Miners Strike (causes)
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-low wages
-long work days |
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Palmer's reactions to The Coal Miners Strike
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court order-to stop strike
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Coal Miners result
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Wilson appointed Judge to end the fight
Coal miners received more $ |
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John L. Lewis
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Union leader for coal miners
Ignored Palmer's court order Considered HERO |
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Harding/Coolage
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Harding-president
Coolage-VP Coolage took over when harding died |
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Harding-Kellogg-Briand Pact
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15 countries signed agreement to not engage in war
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Harding-Ohio Gang
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a group of Harding close friends who he appointed to his cabinet
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Harding-Teapot Dome Scandel
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Albert Fall secret leasing of oil-rich public land in return for $$
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Henry Ford
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-invented cars
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installment plan
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having to "buy" something but not putting down $...paying later!
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Noble Experiment
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nickname for prohibition
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speakeasies
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underground storage for liquor
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bootleggers
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people who illegally had liquor when it was outlawed
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fundamentalism
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Protestant movement, ground in literal/non symbolical manners
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Scopes Trial
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teaching of evolution in schools
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Charles Lindenburgh
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-piolet
-transatlantic flight |
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flappers
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women
embraced fashion urban atitudes showing more skin |
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Langston Hughes
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smart
writer activist Harlem Renaissance |
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Marcus Garvey
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African American, felt that the US should bring slaves back to Africa.
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Quota System
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limiting immigrants from foreign coutries(EUROPE)
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Harding-Washington Naval Conference
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no more war ships would be built
and get rid of what other nations had |
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Harding-Dawes Plan
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American inverstors loaned germany $ to pay back britain and france
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prohibition
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alcohol beverages were legalized
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Amendment 18
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Prohibition
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Amendment 19
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women suffrage
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Amendment 21
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repeal prohibition
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