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11 Cards in this Set
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Demobilization
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The transition from wartime to peacetime
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Recession
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Decline in economic activity and prosperity
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Red Scare
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Postwar fear of radicals
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Normalcy
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Promise of returning to American life the way it was before the World War
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Popular culture
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Culture of ordinary people including music, art, literature, and entertainment
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Harlem Renaisance
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African American movement in the arts, music, and liturature
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Flappers
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Daring young women of the 1920's who had a certain sense of style
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Speakeasis
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Secret drinking clubs
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Creationism
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Belief that God created the universe as described in the Bible
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Prohibition
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The outlawing of drinking, making or selling alcohol in the country
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Jazz
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New style of music originating out of New Orleans
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