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33 Cards in this Set
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W.E.B DuBois
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African American Scholar who encouraged african americans to attend college.
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Geroge Herman Ruth
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Professional Baseball player (babe ruth)
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Scopes trial
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court case of teaching evolution in school
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17th Ammendment
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Senators are elected by votes in each state
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18th Ammendment
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Prohibition of intoxication liquors
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19th Ammendment
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No person can be denied the right to vote
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Flappers
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Type of women (rebellious, energetic, bold) that emerged in the 1920s
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N.A.A.C.P
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Organization in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination
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Teapot Dome Affair
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Scandal gratning oil drilling rights on government land
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Louis Armstrong
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famous jazz muscian
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Charles Lindbergh
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Abiator who became an international hero when he made the 1st solo flight across the atlantic ocean
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Sacco-Vanetti Trial
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two germans accused of murder..not even could've been guitly..just cause they were gemans
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Hawley-Smoot Tariff
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Highest import tax in history, passed in 1930
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Henry Ford
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Auto Manufacturer in the early 1900s
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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Massachusettes Senator ..supported imperialism
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Marcus Garvey
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African American Leader who urged African Americans to return to their "motherland" of Africa
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Calvin Coolidge
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13th president of u.s
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William Jennings Bryan
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Advocate of the silver standard
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Red Scare
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intense fear of communism and other radical ideas
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KDKA
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First Radio Station
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Spirit of St. Louis
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Charles Lindenbergh's plane flew from New York to St.Louis
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Prohibition
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Ban on alcoholic beverages
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Ku Klux Klan
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Racist organization against blacks
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Langston Hughes
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writer during Harlon Renaissance
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Speakeasies
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Bars that operated during the prohibition
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Bootleggers
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suppliers of alcohol during prohiibition
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Suffrage
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right to vote
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Amelia Earhardt
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Flew around the world (first women)
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Niagra Movement
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group of african americans who wanted civil rights
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Harlem Renaissance
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period of time when blacks got more education
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Jazz
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Type of Music
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Materialism
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want of materials
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Herbert Hoover
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worked to aid europeans in WWI. Responded inneffectively to stock market crash
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