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29 Cards in this Set
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Roaring Twenties
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A term given to the prosperous, culturally changing time of the 1920s.
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Anarchists
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People who opposed the government altogether.
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Communists
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People who support communism, a classes, money less, stateless, social order.
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Dawes Plan
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a plan that attempted to stabilize Germany’s economy after the WWI and the Treaty of Versailles
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Demobilization
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The process of standing down arms and not using weapons or standing down troops.
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Disarmament
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the process of limiting, reducing, or abolishing weapons.
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Flappers
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new types of woman that dressed differently, talked differently, used make-up, and had a new sense of independence.
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Fordney-McCumber Act
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raised tariffs on many American goods in order to protect factories and farms.
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Prohibition
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The banning of alcoholic beverage in society. Resulted in crime.
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Jazz Age
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A period in the 1920s when Jazz music became popular.
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Red Scare
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The fear of Communism taking over the U.S. Created such a massive panic among some that is resulted in raids, investigations, against citizens.
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Sacco and Vanzetti
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Charged with robbery and murder, and were convicted with little evidence, most believed, because they were Italian, and the suspect were described as such.
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Teapot Dome
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A scandal by Harding’s cabinet member Alfred B. Fall, where he transferred government owned oil-rich lands into private hands for bribery and large sums of money. Was the first cabinet member in office to be charged with a felony while in office.
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Four Power Treaty
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a treaty signed by Great Britain, France, Japan, and the U.S. indicating that they would not seek further mutual expansion, and that they would consult each other if disputes over territories occurred.
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
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the pact of 26 nations indicating that war would not be used as an instrument of national policy.
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League of Nations
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A peace keep body that consisted of member from joining countered that would meet to discuss things diplomatically. The U.S. would not join even though it was Wilson’s baby, because after WWI they did not want to be involved in other country’s affairs but rather wanted to be isolated.
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Neutrality Acts-
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Acts that kept the U.S. out of WWI. Meant they did not prefer one side or the other. This changed due to need of allied repayment of debt, unrestricted submarine warfare, the explosion of the Lusitania, and the Zimmerman Telegram.
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Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
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established in the United States in January 1915 as the Woman's Peace Party. It is a non-profit non-governmental organization working "to bring together women of different political views and philosophical and religious backgrounds determined to study and make known the causes of war and work for a permanent peace" and to unite women worldwide who oppose oppression and exploitation. WILPF has national sections in 37 countries.
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Washington Naval Conference
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A conference where nation met to establish treaties in order to keep peace through the 1920s.
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Booker T. Washington
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was a dominate African American Civil Rights advocate that acted as an advisor for presidents.
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Eighteenth Amendment
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The prohibition amendment.
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Fundamentalist Movement
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A movement of people who rejected modernism.
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Great Migration
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the large scale of African American from the south to the North in search of jobs, and to escape racial discrimination. Often times the face the same treatment because of overcrowding and job competition.
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Harlem Renaissance
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an increase of African American cultural influence including art, music, theatre, and visual arts.
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Ku Klux Klan
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In the 1920s, the Klan moved in many states to dominate local and state politics. The Klan devised a strategy called the "decade," in which every member of the Klan was responsible for recruiting ten people to vote for Klan candidates in elections. In 1924 the Klan succeeded in engineering the elections of officials from coast to coast, including the mayors of Portland, Maine, and Portland, Oregon. In some states, such as Colorado and Indiana, they placed enough Klansmen in positions of power to effectively control the state government.
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Nativism
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protecting and favoring interests of natural inhabitants rather than immigrants
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
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Wanted full equality among all races
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Nineteenth Amendment
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gave women the right to vote (suffrage).
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Quota system
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restricted immigration into the U.S., especially by people from Europe
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