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20 Cards in this Set
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Charlie Chaplin
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a famous silent movie star born in 1889 his stardom continued well into the era of talkies or movies with sound
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Al Capone
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a prohibition era gangster who made money by getting liquor into chicago while it was illegal to do so
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Babe Ruth
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named george herman ruth junior
played for both the red sox and the yankee's as well as the braves started the so called red sox world series curse |
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klu klux klan
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wore and still wears iconic white robes and conical hats. a hate group who's membership was highest in history at this time
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Ford Model T
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this was the first mass produced car created in 1908 but was iconic of the 20's this allowed prices to go down and soon many americans considered a car to be a status symbol
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Prohibition
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started by the 18th ammendment which prohibited the sale distribution and consumption of alcohol.
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Duke Ellington
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a jazz musician born in 1899 he wrote over 1000 compositions a prominent figure in the jazz culture
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Albert Einstein
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born in 1879 he died in 1951 he was the founder of the theory of relativity and recieved the 1921 nobel peace prize
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Langston Hughes
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an american poet who used jazz rythm in his work was well known during the harlem reinassance
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Amelia Earhart
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an american aviation writer and pioneer was the first woman to recieve the distinguished flying cross
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Sir Alexander Fleming
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a scottish biologist and pharmicologist he discovered the lysozome and enzyme and discovered pennicillin
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Bix Beiderbecke
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a white jazz musician with a gift for improvisation who taught himself to play the cornet mostly by ear
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Jack Teagarden
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Known as the big t he was an influential jazz trombonist born in 1905 and died in 1965 he started on the baritone horn but by 10 switched to the trombone
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Buddy Bolden
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born charles bolden was a black jazz cornetist he was a key figure in new orleans rag time music which later on became known as jazz born in 1877 and he died in 1931
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Warren G Harding
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the 29th president of the united states a republican from ohio he promised to return the nation to normalacy during his campaign he gave his friends positions of power which gave rise to scandals ruining his presidency
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Charles A. Lindbergh
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became the first person to fly solo non stop across the atlantic ocean and had fame almost instantlyad was given the medal of honor for his historic exploit
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Josephine Baker
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born in 1906 and died in 1975 nicknamed the bronze venus and black pearl the first major black movie star was also a major contributer to the civil rights movement
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Marcus Garvey
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a jamaican publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator. a strong supporter of black nationalism and civil rights
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J. Edgar Hoover
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born in 1895 and died in 1975 the first director of the Federal bureau of intelligence he was insrumental in the founding and his critics accused him of exceeding his jurisdiction he used FBI agents to harass politicians and amass black mail information
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King Tut's Tomb
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the opening of the Pharaoh's tomb caused a huge amount of superstition among most people about the Pharaoh's curse
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