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Prohibition |
the prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol, especially in the US between 1920 and 1933. |
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Volstead act |
set down methods for enforcing the Eighteenth Amendment, and defined which "intoxicating liquors" were prohibited, and which were excluded from prohibition |
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Jim crow laws |
the segregation of public schools, public places, and public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms, restaurants, and drinking fountains for whites and blacks. |
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John T. Scopes and the Monkey trial |
High school teacher John Thomas Scopes was charged with violating Tennessee's law against teaching evolution instead of the divine creation of man. John Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution in schools |
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Suffrage |
the right to vote in political elections |
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19th amendment |
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex or color of skin . |
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Stock market crash of 1929 |
on October 24, 1929 ("Black Thursday"), and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States, when taking into consideration the full extent of the duration |
