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51 Cards in this Set
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What is the roaring twenties |
Time of economic prosperity new ideas changing values |
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Who was elected president in the 1920's |
Warren G Harding |
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What was warren Harding slogan |
Return to normalcy |
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What does isolationism mean |
Stick to your own business |
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What were 3 trends in the return to normalcy |
Renewed isolationism Resurgence of nativism Turing away from government activism becoming more conservation |
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What does Bolsheviks mean |
The majority |
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Who led the Bolshevik |
Vladimir Lenin |
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What was the red scare |
Afraid US would turn to communism |
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What were the Palmer raids |
The sending of government agents to,hunt down suspected communists socialist and anarchist |
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Wha Harding do to discuss peace |
Disarm aircrafts battleships and cruisers |
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What was the Kellogg Brian's act |
Spoke out against war as an instrument of national policy |
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What is the quota system |
Set maximum number of people who could enter the U.S. From each country |
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What the 1920s known for |
The automobile |
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What is the installment plan |
People could be goods now and pay later |
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What were people more judged on in the 1920s |
Accomplishments more than there backgrounds |
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How many people moved from farms to a town |
2 million |
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What is a flapper |
Freed young woman who embraced new fashion |
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Who did woman now do in public |
Drank and smoked |
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What was the 18th amendment |
Prohibition |
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What is prohibition |
Prohibited the manufacture sale and transportation of alcohol |
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What are speakeasies |
Hidden salons and nightclubs |
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What is a bootlegger |
A smuggler of illegal alcohol |
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Who was the biggest leader of speakeasies and bootlegger |
Al Capone |
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What amendment aloud drinkin again |
21sy |
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Who was appointed to cabinet positions when Harding was in office |
Ohio gang |
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What did the Ohio gang do |
Became wealthy through the graft |
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What was the teapot dome scandal |
Albert b fall secretly leased lad to an oil company |
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What was Hardings quote |
I have no trouble with my enemies but my damned friends they're the ones that keep me walking the floors at night |
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Harding became ill during his presidency from what |
Heart attack or brain aneurism |
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Who blame president after Harding |
Calvin Coolidge |
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What is fundamentalism |
A literal interpretation of the bible |
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Who was one of the top preachers for fundamentalism |
Billy Sunday |
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What was law was made in Tennessee |
Crime to teach evolution |
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Who was the teacher that taught about evolution in Tennessee |
John t scopes |
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Who did the alcu hire |
Clarence Darrow |
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Who was the three time democrat canindate |
William Jennings Brian |
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What became the most powerful communicaton |
Radio |
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WhAt were leisure activities in the 1920s |
Crossword puzzles baseball boxing |
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Who was the first woman to swim the English Channel |
Gertrude Ederle |
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Who was the first perso. To have nonstop flight across the Atlantic |
Charles lindergh |
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What was the plane that Charles flew |
Spirit of saint Louis |
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What association urged African Americans to protest violence |
National association for advancement of colored people |
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Who was Marcus Garvey |
Jamaican immigrant who believed African American should build a seperate society |
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What did Marcus Garvey found |
Black star line |
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What became the largest block for the urban community |
Upper west side of New York Manhattan island |
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What is the Harlem Renaissance |
Literary and artistic movement celebrating African American culture |
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What is the famous dance of the 1920 s |
Charleston |
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Where did whites go to dance |
Cotton club |
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Who was the famous female blues singer |
Bessie smith |
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Who wrote the great gatspy |
F Scott Fitzgerald |
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What fits call the 1920s |
The Jazz age |
