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90 Cards in this Set
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Alfred Thayer Mahan
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The Influence of Sea Power Upon History; the control of the sea is key to world dominance
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Theodore Roosevelt
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VP under McKinley (who was shot), Nobel Peace Prize for the Gentleman's Agreement, Rough Rider
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George Dewey
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Commander of the American Asiatic Squadron
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Emilio Aguinaldo
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Leader of the Filipino revolt against Spain, then America
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Imperialism
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Capture/colonization for the betterment of another nation (for political/economic/physical imperialism)
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USS Maine
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Feb 15, 1898; blew up in Havana Harbor
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Teller Ammendment
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provision that the US would give up Cuba after winning the Spanish/American War
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Rough Riders
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cowboy infantry under Lt. Col. Roosvelt and Col. Wood
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Treaty of Paris
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US gets the Philippines, PR, and Guam
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Platt Amendment
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Cuba agreed not to negotiate its independance; also US gets 2 bases (now 1, Guatanamo)
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William McKinley
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War proclaimed and decided to keep the PI
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Spanish American War
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Begins April 11, 1898 over Cuba
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Puerto Rico
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Attacked during the Sp/American War; ceded to the US
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Hawaii
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annexed in 1893, Cleveland withdraws, then annexes again in 1898
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William H. Taft
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Sponsored reform, trust busts, etc.
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John Hay
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Secretary of State under McKinley (Open Door Notes)
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Theodore Roosevelt
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VP Under McKinley, Pres. when M. is assasinated
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Boxer Rebellion
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Chinese insurgent rebellion of 1900
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Boxer Rebellion
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Chinese insurgetn uprising; 1900
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Yellow Peril
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Asian discriminatory term
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Open Door Notes
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China would be open to all and the American entites should be protected with equal fares, etc.
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Philippines Insurrection
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1899-1903; failed
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Big Stick Diplomacy
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Harsh, strict rule
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Panama Canal
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canal waterway through Panama, Columba; required the overthrow of the government
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Roosevelt Corollary
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Pre-Emptive protection for Laitn American and Central-American Countries
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Russo-Japanese War
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Japanese invasion of Port Albert over Korea and Manchurian (R) posessions
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Portsmouth Conference
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J/R have a peace conference lead by TR, lead to his Nobel Peace Prize
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Great White Fleet
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Sparkling, white smoke-belching battleships
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Jacob Riis
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Danish immigratn who wrote "How the Other Half Lives." An account of native life in the NY slums
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Robert LaFollete
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Govenor of Wisconsin who ratified interests and regulated public utilities, used U faculty as experts
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Upton Sinclair
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wrote "The Jungle" which turned pbulic attention to food canning sanitation
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Initiative
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voters could direclty propose legislation themselves
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Referendum
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voters would vote for laws on the ballet checking the "bought" state legislators
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Muchrackers
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Young reporters fueled by Collier's, etc.; looking for the dirt the public loved to hate
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17th Ammendment
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direct eelction of US senators
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18th Am
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outlaws liquor consumption nation-wide
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Elkins Act
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Vines for railroads who gave rebates and to the companies who accepted them
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Hepburn Act
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made free rides/coupons illegal
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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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Forty burned alive in fire, leads ot public outry and attention, factory labor laws and factory condition reform takes place
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Meat Inspection Act
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preparation of meat shiped over state lines would be subject ot federal inspection from corral to can
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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Prevent the adulteration and mislabeling of food and pharmaceuticals
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Dollar Diplomacy
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Lever of American investments to boost American political interests abroad
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Bull Moose
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the Progressive Party's mascot (New Nationalism)
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Woodrow Wilson
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Democrat sponsored governor of NJ (1910), who won the presidency in 1912 (New Freedom)
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Eugene Debbs
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Socialist candidate
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Pancho Villa
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Mexican crusador who killed Americans in hopes of spurring a war between Canenza and Wilson
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New Nationalism
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under Roosevelt, consolidaiton of trusts/labor unions, powerful regulatory agencies, social reform, and female suffrage
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New Freedom
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Under Wilson; small enterprise, fre entrepaneurship, and an unmonopolized and unregulated market
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Underwood tariff
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Reduced import fees
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16th Ammendment
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allowed Congress to raise an income tax
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Federal Reserve Act
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1913--Fedreal Reserve Board oversaw a national system of 12 regional banks, all owned privately, but with the final control owned by the Board. Federal Reserve Notes could be printed
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Federal Trade Commission
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1914--Commission in regulating interstate commerece, curbed monopolies at the source---certain trade practicies: unlawful competition, false advertising, mislabeling, adulteration, and bribery
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Clayton Act
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Expanded Sherman Anti-Trust Act to include discrimination and interlocking directorates; exempted labor unions and ag. firms
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Central Powers
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria
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Allies
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France, Britain, Russia, Japan, Italy
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Lusitania
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Briitsh steamer sunk off the coast of Ireland, carrying 128 Americans (et al) an ammunition for the Br.
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Sussex
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French steamer sunk by the U-Boats prompted Wilson to threaten the discontinuation of diplomatic relations between the US and Germany
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Herbert Hoover
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Leader of the Food Admn. Turned to volutnary measures, no ration cards, and encouraged the nation through propaganda
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Warren Harding
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Sen. from Ohio, Republican, won presidential race and signalled the death of the League
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Zimmerman Note
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proposed German/Mexican alliance with promises of recovering AZ, NM, and TX
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14 Points
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Abolished secret treaties, guar. freedom of seas, removal of eco. barriers, reduction of armamaent burdents, adj. of colonial claims, and the League of Nations
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League of Nations
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an international organization of Wilson which would provide a system of collective security
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Espionage and Sedition Acts
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Any criticism of the US gov't could be censored and punished
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Industrial Workers of the World
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poor laborers band together as sabeteurs of the private industries
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19th Am
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American women gain the right to vote
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18th Am
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Prohibition of Liquor
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Bolsheviks
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Communist leaers in Russia who backed out form the war, leading German Soldiers to France
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Big Four
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Orlando (Italy), Clemenceau (Fr.), George (Br.), Wilson (US)
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Irreconcilables
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those who voted against Ledge's Ammendment (14 reservations) to the Senate
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Treaty of Versailles
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few of the original 14 pts., included the inclusion of the US within the League
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Al Capone
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Mobster who made millions go to the sale of liquor (others: prostitution, narcotics, protection $), convicted of tax evasion
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John Dewey
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Columbia professor who believed that the workbench was as important as the blackboard
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John Scopes
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Bio teacher who wanted to teach evolution in TN
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William Jenings Bryan
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part of the Scopes prosecution (died of stroke 5 days after trial)
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Clarence Darrow
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defense criminal lawyer for Scopes
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Henry Ford
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revolutionary car maker who could prodcue a car eveyr 10 sec., one-track gospel of standardization
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Charles Lindbergh
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aviator-hero whose son was abducted and killed, spurred the Lindbergh law, which made abduction in some instances elligible for the death penalty; first to cross the Atlantic
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Margaret Sanger
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open champion of the use of contraception (birth control measures)
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Sigmund Freud
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sexual repression responsible for major health problems and conditions
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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"This Side of Paradise," told of flappers and their wooers
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Ernest Hemingway
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Farewell to Arms/The Sun Also Rises; reacted to teh Am. propganda to war with his WWI experience
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Sinclair Lewis
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Main Street---woman's unsuccessful war against provincialism
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William Faulkner
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Soldier's Pay: lookd at the characters from the psychological viewpoint
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Red Scare
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of 1919-1920, led to teh arrest of thousands of American "left-wingers"
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Sacco and Vanzetti Case
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2 Italian atheists, anarchists, and draft dodgers who were executed for killing paymaster and assistant
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Sinclair Lewis
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Main Street---woman's unsuccessful war against provincialism
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KKK
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extremist unltraconservative group of nationalists (rather than night riders) with conservation views who wanted to keep the traditional American culture; broken up after a 1920 Congressional probe
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Immigration Quota Act
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2% of the nation's population in 1890 could immigrate (vs. 3% of the 1910 census)
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Volstead Act
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18th am. implementation which illegalized liquor (bathtub gin and home brew created)
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flappers
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"loose" ladies
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