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11 Cards in this Set
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Rudolph Valentino |
-A poor Italian immigrant who worked as a touring dancer before he became a screen idol -created a new sense of pop culture for this time era |
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Coronado Coal Co v. United Mine |
-Supreme Court case with Justice Taft presiding. -Ruled that a striking union, like a trust, could be prosecuted for illegal restraint of trade |
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welfare capitalism
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-paternalistic techniques employed by some bosses to improve working conditions to lead to a more stable workforce. -Henry Ford shortened workweek, raised wages, paid vacations, US Steel improved safety and sanitation |
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Palmer Raids |
-A 1920 operation coordinated by Attorney General Mitchel Palmer in which federal marshals raided the homes of suspected radicals and the headquarters of radical organization in 32 cities - Though more than 500 foreign citizens were deported, including a number of prominent leftist leaders, Palmer's efforts were largely frustrated by officials at the U.S. Department of Labor who had responsibility for deportations and who objected to Palmer's methods. |
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Sheppard-Towner Federal Maternity &Infancy Act
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-provided federal funds to subsidize medical clinics, prenatal education programs, and visiting nurses -improved health care for the poor and significantly lowered infant mortality rates; marked the first time that Congress designated federal funds to the states and encouraged them to administer a social welfare program |
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Associated State
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-Refers to Hoover's belief that responsible cooperation between government, the American people(consumers/workers) and corporations will advance the economy any and the standard of living in America. -He believed in ability of all Americans---regardless of race, color or creed--to take care of themselves("individualism") if given the opportunity to do so. |
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Dollar diplomacy |
-Term used to describe the efforts of the US to further its foreign policy through use of economic power by gaurenteeing loans to foreign countries -This policy would improve the relationship between the US and foreign countries as well as US trade. Philander Knox was a supporter of this. Taft used this policy (successfully and unsuccessfully) in China, East Asia, and the Dominican Republican (among others). |
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Scopes Trial |
-1925- a highly publicized trial where John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school. Scopes was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow; Scopes was convicted but the verdict was later. -Displayed the fundamentalism prevalent in rural areas at the time |
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National Origins Act |
-A government legislation that cut down the percent of the Emergency Quota Act from 3% to 2%, and it changed the census used from the 1910 one to that of the 1890 one. -It greatly limited the number of immigrants who could move to the U.S. And it reflected the isolationist and anti-foreign feeling in America as well as the departure from traditional American ideals |
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Marcus Garvey |
-leader of the UNIA, urged blacks to return to Africa because, he reasoned, blacks would never be treated justly in countries ruled by whites |
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The Self Help movement |
-taught black students useful trades so that they could gain self-respect and economic security. Washington's self-help -approach to solving the nation's racial problems was labeled "accommodationist" because it stopped short of directly challenging white supremacy |
