The Roaring 20S And The Great Depression

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nativism

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the policy of protecting the interest of native-born Americans and inhabitants against those of immigrants

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isolationism

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a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interest of other groups. especially the political affairs of other countries.

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sacco and vanzetti

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italian born anarchist who were convicted of murdering a guard and a paymaster during the armed robbery of a shoe factory in Massachusetts.

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ohio gang

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drunkard friends/ politicians of warren g. harding during his time as president, they were irresponsible and took advantage of the power.

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teapot dome scandal

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bribery incident which took place during the presidency of Harding. Albert B. Fall tried to sell the oil which was being reserved for a navy emergency.

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albert b. fall

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secretary of the interior who was accused of causing the teapot dome scandal during the presidency of Harding.

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urban sprawl

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the unctrolled spread of urban development into neighboring regions.

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installment plan

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a system for paying an item in fixed amounts at specified intervals.

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prohibition

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right at the turn of the century in 1920 alcohol became prohibited in the U.S.

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racketeering

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the practice of conducting or engaging in a racket, as exortion or bootlegging.

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speakeasies

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a saloon or night club selling alcoholic beverages illegaly, especially during prohibition.

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bootleggers

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alcoholic liquor illegaly made, sold, or transported without registration or payment of taxes.

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al capone

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U.S. gangster and prohibition-era bootlegger, born in Italy.

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fundamentalism

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movement that arose in 1920 questioned the bible, where we came from in christianity blah blah so and so.

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scopes trial

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school teacher whos teachinh of the darwanian theory of evolution became a cause of celebre.

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flapper

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the style in which many young women began to dress in the 1920s where they cut their hair short and opted for short loose fitting dresses.

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babe ruth

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U.S. Yankees baseball player of the 20s.

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charles lindbergh

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aviator made. the first nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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novelist and short story writer author of the great gatsby.

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ernest Hemingway

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novelist, short story writer, and journalist.

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marcus garvey

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jamaican black rights activist in U.S. advocatef emmigration of african americans back to africa.

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the great migration

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the relocation of more than 6 million african americans from the rural south to the urban north.

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harlem renaissance

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a renewal and flourishing of black literary and musical during the years of worl war 1 in the urban city of new york.

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langston hughes

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author and poet

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louis armstrong

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U.S. jazz trumpeteer and bandleader.

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duke ellington

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U.S. jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor.

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dow jones industrial average

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an index of relative price movement of shares of thirty major industrial companies.

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speculation

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the contemplation of the fall of the stock market.

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buying on margin

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buying stocks on credit

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black tuesday

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oct. 29th 1929 stock market crash.

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the great depression

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the economic crisis and low buisness activity in the U.S.

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dust bowl

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t ghat e region in the S central U.S. that suffered from dust storms in the 1930s

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bonus army

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a group of 12,000 world war 1 veterans who massed in Washington, D.C. the summer of 1932 to induxe congress to appropriate moneys for the payment of bonus certificates granted in 1924.

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new deal

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the principles of the progressive wing of the Democratic party, especially those advocated during the leadership of president roosevelt for economic recovery and social reforms.

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agricultural adjustment act

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reduce d agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies not to plant on part of their land and to killvof excess.

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civilian conservation corps

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public relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the U.S. dor unemployed, unmarried men, for relief families as part of the new deal.

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works progress administration

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provided jobs and income to onee unemployed man in the family or unmarried woman, during the great depression.

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national youth administration

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focused on providing work and education for Americans between the ages of 16 and 25.

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wagner act

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established the national labor relations board and adressed relations between unions and employers in thee private sector.

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social security act

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a system of transfer payments in which younger, working people support older, retired people.

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federal de posit insurance corporation

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insures deposits in the U.S. against bank failure. created to make people confident about depositiong their money into banks duing the depression.

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securities and exchange comission

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created d in order to regulate the security market and protect investors. also monitors the corporate takeovers in the U.S.

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Tennessee Valley Authority

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charged with developing the Tennessee river to promote their use of electric power, irrigation, flood control, navigation, etc.

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orson welles

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director and producer made the best movie of all time " citizen kane"

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the grapes of wrath

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book written by john steinbeck set during the great depression it traces rhe migration of a family during the dust bowl.

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demagogues

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an orator or political leader, who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the people.