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18 Cards in this Set
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Kellogg-Briand Pact |
an agreement between nations proposing peaceful solutions to conflicts, signed after World War I (p. 754) |
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Flapper |
young women who challenged traditional ideas of womanhood in the 1920s (p. 759) flappers mujeres jóvenes que desafiaron las ideas tradicionales sobre la condición de la mujer en la década de 1920 |
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Red Scare |
a widespread fear of communism and Communists |
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21st Ammendment |
(1933) an amendment to the Constitution that ended Prohibition (p. 761) |
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Fundamentalism |
A religious belief characterized by a literal interpretation of the BIBLE. |
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Teapot Dome scandal |
a scandal under the Hardingadministration in which government offi cials wereaccused of taking bribes to allow oil to be minedfrom federal lands |
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Talkie |
a film that includes sound |
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Jazz Age |
Jazz Age a name for the decade of the 1920s based on the popularity of jazz music |
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Harlum Renaissance |
a period of artistic achievementduring the 1920s |
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Great Migration |
a period of African Americanmovement from the South to cities in the North |
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Warren G. Harding |
November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was the 29th President of the United States (1921–23), a Republican from Ohio who served in the Ohio Senate and then in the United States Senate, where he played a minor role. |
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Calvin Coolidge |
July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) was the 30th President of the United States (1923–1929). A Republican lawyerfrom Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusettsstate politics, eventually becoming governor of that state. His response to the Boston Police Strike of 1919 thrust him into the national spotlight and gave him a reputation as a man of decisive action. |
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Herbert Hoover |
(August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was the 31stPresident of the United States (1929–1933). He was a professional mining engineer, and was raised as a Quaker. A Republican, Hoover served as head of the U.S. Food Administration during World War I, and became internationally known for humanitarian relief efforts in war-time Belgium. |
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Ernest Hemingway |
(July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American author and journalist. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. |
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Charles Augustus Lindbergh |
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974), nicknamed Slim,[1] Lucky Lindy, and The Lone Eagle, was an American aviator, author, inventor, military officer, explorer, and social activist. |
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Langston Hughes |
(February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. |
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Marcus Garvey |
(17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940),[1] was a Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and oratorwho was a staunch proponent of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL).[2]He founded the Black Star Line, which promoted the return of the African diaspora to their ancestral lands. |
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Georgia O'Keeffe |
A American Artist |
