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11th Grade
02/16/2010

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babe Ruth
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Brough people ot ball games, one of the best sports stars
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Jack dempsey
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boxing, broke the culture fares, brough people together
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murderer's row
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single best baseball team ever assembled, people didnt wanna play them
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chicago black socks
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set the precident for curroption and sports
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shoeless joe jackson
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a no brainer hall of fame candidate. banned from baseball
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lou gehrig
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best baseball player of all time. died from back detioration.
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bobby jones
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made golf a recognized sport in america
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gertrude ederle
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first woman to swim accross the english channel
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babe didrikson
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best at all sports
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lucky luciano
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changes organized crime forever. creates commision.
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meyer lansky
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financial advisor of organized crime for 50 years.
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al capone
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most recognized mobster of all time. made it cool to join the mafia
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bugs moran
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a rival of al copone involved with masssacre .
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frank nitti
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coone's right hand. will help run the chicago outwit he was the hitman
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st valentine's day massacre
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copone's attack on moran and his men
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frank costello
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had connections with political men. ruled with his connections
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salvatore maranzano
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old school cicilion mafia member.
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chicago mob ties
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2ns largest oganized crime in the nation
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marcus garvey
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created the UNIA, universal negro improvement association
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the red scare
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the american fear of commnism, anarchism, mmigrants
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harding scandals
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tea pot dome scandal discredits harding presidency
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sacco and vanzetti
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2 italians sent to the electric chair
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stock market crash
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1929 ends prosperity of 1920s, leads to great depression.
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kkk
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virtually controls politics in the 20s
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the scopes trial
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cannot teach revolution. can teach bible, today-opposite
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coolidge
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productive president, hand off approach
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women's suffrage
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women's right to vote. fuled cultural change
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harlem renaissance
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explosion of black culture through dnace
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the lost generation
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group of american writers who went to europe becuase they didnt agree w/ materialisticc culture of US
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ernest himingway
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wrote about war time exp. during 20s wrote a pulzer for old man
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langston huges
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most known black writer of harlem renaissance
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zora neal thurston
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showed black culture through everyday events.
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aa milne
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created winnie the pooh
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mein kamph
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book written by hitler used to get prominence during the 20s
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clara bow
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ok for women to be sexual
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louis armstrong
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the best jazz musician of his time
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the jazz singer
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revolutionized movies forever, 1st movie with sound
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talkies
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changed from silent to sound movies
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