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27 Cards in this Set
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Marcus Garvey
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Founder of the UNIA
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John Scopes
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fined $100 for teaching evolution
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Herbert Hoover
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became president because of the economic prosperity in the 1920's
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Billy Durant
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created General Motors in Flint, Michigan
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Warren G. Harding
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scandalous presidencey led to his downfall
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Fordney Mcumber Tarriff
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taxed goods from Europe after WWI
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KKK
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membership grew to over 4 million in 1920's
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Red Scare
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fear and distrust of communists during the 1920's
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William J. Bryan
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prosecuted the teacher in the "monkey trial"
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Isolationism
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the belief that America should stay out of the world's problems
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gradual disarmament
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agreed to by the US & other nations at the Washington Naval Conference
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corrupt land deal
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Tea Pot Dome scandal
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New York
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location of the Harlem Renaissance
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Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington
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famous jazz musicians
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he became president after Warren G. Harding
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Clavin Coolidge
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His model A was popular in the 1920's
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Henry Ford
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Mitchell Palmer
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sought out communists in the 1920's
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1st paved road in the US
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Detroit
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NAACP worker fought against lynching and for black rights
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James Weldon Johnson
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Speakeasy
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illegal bar during prohibition
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First paved road in the world
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Woodward
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1st woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean
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Amelia Earhardt
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Ohio Gang
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Warren Harding's corrupt cabinet
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credit
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gave people the ability to buy more in the 20's
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Dow Jones
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measuring tool for the stock market
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speculation
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buying stock with little or no information about the company
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capital gain
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when you sell a stock for profit
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