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40 Cards in this Set
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flu like epidemic that killed more than 20 million people worldwide during 1918 and 1919
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influenza pandemic
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artistic style that emphasizes geometric designs, using shapes such as cubes, flat plains and spheres
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cubism
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art form that brings conscious and unconscious ideas together to portray life in a dreamlike way
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surrealism
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new form of music that originated in the 1920s among african american communities in new orleans
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jazz
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groups of artists who used random images to reflect what they considered the insanity of war
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dadaists
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style of architecture in which buildings are designed for a specific use rather than according to a specific style
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functionalism
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style of architecture that included uninterrupted expanses of glass and steal
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international style
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Young women who challenged the social norms of the 1920s by wearing short hair and skirts and going out to jazz clubs
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flappers
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Policy forbidding the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages
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prohibition
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gertrude stein
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america author who considered the people of the war a lost generation
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flu like epidemic that killed more than 20 million people worldwide during 1918 and 1919
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influenza pandemic
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artistic style that emphasizes geometric designs, using shapes such as cubes, flat plains and spheres
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cubism
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art form that brings conscious and unconscious ideas together to portray life in a dreamlike way
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surrealism
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new form of music that originated in the 1920s among african american communities in new orleans
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jazz
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groups of artists who used random images to reflect what they considered the insanity of war
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dadaists
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style of architecture in which buildings are designed for a specific use rather than according to a specific style
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functionalism
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style of architecture that included uninterrupted expanses of glass and steal
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international style
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Young women who challenged the social norms of the 1920s by wearing short hair and skirts and going out to jazz clubs
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flappers
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Policy forbidding the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages
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prohibition
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gertrude stein
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america author who considered the people of the war a lost generation
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group of america writers whos writings reflected a generation that lost its moral grounding during WWI
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lost generation
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a czech writer who used surrealism in his works
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franz kafka
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an irish writer who wrote ulysses in a stream of consciousness format
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james joyce
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an american poet who expressed the negative outlook out the postwar years without traditional poem format
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tj eliot
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a russion composer whos ballet the rite of spring caused a great uproar by using different keys at once
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igor stravinsky
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an artist who used cubism in his works
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pablo picasso
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a spanish surrealist who painted the persistence of memory
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salvador dali
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a chinese painter who was one of the last great painters of the traditional chinese art
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chi par-shin
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an american architect who believed buildings should fit into their surroundings
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frank lloyd wright
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an american pioneer of architecture who helped develop skyscrapers
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louis sullivan
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what one culture thinks is morally correct another may think is morally incorrect
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moral relativism
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limiting trade by promoting tariffs
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economic nationalism(protectism)
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risky investments in the stock market
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market speculations
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october 29, 1929. investors rushed to sell their stocks. sudden sell off drove stock prices tumbling, and many stocks became worthless overnight
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black tuesday
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prices and wages fell, business activity slowed, and unemployment rose all in a very brief period
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the great depression
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president who tried to revive the american economy but his efforts had little effect
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herbert hoover
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president who created the new deal
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franklin d roosevelt
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a program of relief and reform in which the federal government granted each state money to provide food, clothes and shelter to the needy
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new deal
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provided for unemplayment and old age benefits. congress established a 40 hour workweek and minimum wage. also gauranteed workers the right to form unions
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social security act
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there to support you in your old age, money wise
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entitlement program
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