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51 Cards in this Set
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Made the sale of alcohol illegal and was called the noble experiment
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18TH ammendment
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name one of the fads of the 20s
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the charleston
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an illegal bar
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speakeasies
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gave women suffrage
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19th ammendment
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name of a hollywood star from the 20s
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Charlie Chaplin
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prejudice and hatred toward immigrants
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Nativism
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efear that communist were taking over the US
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Red Scare
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illegal alcohol smugglers
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bootleggers
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nickname for Model T
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"Flivver" "The LIzzie"
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president Hardings currupt friends
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ohio gang
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women of the 20s who rejected traditional roles and beliefs
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flappers
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music of the 20s
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jazz
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Sports celeberity of 20s
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Jim thorpe
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Wanted to have only white anglican saxon protestants
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KKK
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Repealed the 18th ammendment
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21st ammendment
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method of purchasing items in 20s
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installment plan
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did not share the prosperity of the 20s
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farmers/ urban workers
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temporary slowdown in the economy
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recession
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name for movie therters in the 20s
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nickelodeons
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famous mucian of the 20s
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bessie smith
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amelia Earhart
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flew nonstop across the atlantic/ lost at sea over pacific
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izzy and moe
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prohibition agents
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charles lindbergh
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flew nonstop across the atlantic
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calvin coolidge
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pro business president known for his quitness
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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wrote novels about life in the 20s
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Warren Harding
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return to normalcy
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Henry ford
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developed autmobile assembly line
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laissez faire
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free from government regulation of business
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mitchell palmer
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US attorney general who ordered raids on suspected radcals
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kellog-brand
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outlawed war
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sacco and vanzetti
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people claimed they were condemned to death for their nationality and public beliefs
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flu
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killed nearly 600,000 in the US in 1918-19
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John Scopes
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put on trial for teaching evolution
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teapot dome scandal
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corrupt deal involving public oil reserve leases
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organized crime
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mafia/mob Al Copone and bugs morgan
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expatriates
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pople who leave thier native country to live elsewhere
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"The Jazz Singer"
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first full length film with sound
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talkie
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name for movie with sound
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langston Hughes
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writer whose work tried to present a realistic description of african american life
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harlem renaissance
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period of great african american artistic accomplishment
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lost generation
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american writers who felt alienated from society and who critized american culture in their work
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led movement to 19th ammendment
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kari chapmin
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2 presidents during 20s
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coolidge and harding
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calvin coolidge nickname
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silent cow
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nickname to charlie chaplin
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little tran
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1920 marked what statistic for population
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more in city than in the country
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conservation rationing
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limiting stuff you use so tht they can have it for the war
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when did the prohibition begin
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january 1920
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volstead act
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enforced prohibition
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oppourtunity cost
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next big thing
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nickname for prohibition
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noble experiment
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