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Red Scare |
widespread fear of communism taking over |
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Bolsheviks |
those who took over Russia and developed the communistic economy and government |
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Americanization |
making new immigrants accept the American customs and traditions |
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What happened to the KKK at this time? |
It grew to its greatest numbers, attacked immigrants, Jews, and Catholics out of fear of losing jobs to new workers and wanted to deport everyone |
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National Origins Act of 1924 |
restricted the number of people that could come from certain countries, limiting southern Europeans and Asian immigrants |
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Sacco and Vanzetti |
2 immigrants accused of robbery and murder who were found guilty despite evidence showing they were not |
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Welfare Capitalism |
fringe benefits that grew in use during the 20's |
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Model-T |
car designed by Henry Ford that also pushed the use of an assembly line |
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What new industry developed around this time, increasing travel? |
Tourism |
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Suburbs |
smaller towns outside of cities that developed during the 20's |
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Radio |
center of family evening entertainment during the 20's |
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Installment Buying |
purchasing a product and paying over a period of time |
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Credit |
purchase a large product and pay over a long time period |
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What was the main weakness of the economy during the 20's? |
Farmers were left out of the growth, prices for their product fell despite the fact the were 40% of the population |
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Nellie Taylor Ross |
first woman governor |
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Flappers |
young progressive women, typically had bobbed haircuts, wore more makeup, raised hemlines on dresses or even wore suits, and had nightclub lifestyles |
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Urbanization |
people were moving to more urban areas, moving away from the previous rural areas most lived in |
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Fundamentalism |
strict and literal belief in religion |
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Billy Sunday |
leader of fundamentalism in the 20's |
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Scopes Trial |
a teacher was found guilty for teaching evolution, angering many as this violated the first amendment |
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18th Amendment |
prohibition, outlawing of alcohol |
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Women's Christian Temperance Union |
group of women who worked hard for prohibition |
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Volstead Act |
the national prohibition act |
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Gangsters |
crime ring leaders, common during the 20's |
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Speakeasies |
underground bars and clubs |
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Bootleggers |
people who made and smuggled alcohol |
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Harlem Renaissance |
rise in African American culture |
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Great Migration |
many African American people began to move north for better economic opportunities |
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W.E.B. Dubois |
creator of the NAACP |
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Marcus Garvey |
a militant leader who led a movement to improve the life of black people without the help of white people |
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Langston Hughes |
African American poet |
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Louis Armstrong |
musician, mostly jazz music |
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Jazz Music |
popular form of music in the African American community during the 20's |
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Bessie Smith |
popular 20's singer |
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Booker T. Washington |
African American educator |
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Aaron Douglas |
African American artist |
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Talkies |
movies with sound |
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Steamboat Willie |
first animated cartoon |
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Who were four popular actors and actresses during the 20s? |
Charlie Chaplin, Rudolph Valentino, Clare Bow, and Mary Pickford |
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Charles Lindbergh |
first to fly across Atlantic non-stop. flew in "spirit of st. louis." son was kidnapped |
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Amelia Earhart |
first woman to fly across Atlantic and first to try to fly around the world |
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Name four major sport people from the 20's |
Babe Ruth, Red Granger, Helen Willis, and Bobby Jones |
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F. Scott Fitzgerald |
wrote "The Great Gatsby"
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Sinclair Lewis |
wrote "Babbitt" |
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Ernest Hemingway |
wrote "A Farewell to Arms" |
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John Dos Passos |
wrote "Three Soldiers" |
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George Gershwin |
famous musician, did Rhapsody in Jazz |
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there are too many names in this thing
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like seriously |
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good luck memorizing those my dude |
seriously we are all doomed |
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eh who cares have something cute |
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