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American history
unit 9
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History
11th Grade
04/06/2014
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Jeanette rankin
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First women in congress
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Flapper
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Image of a women in the 1920s
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Charlers lindbergh
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First man to fly across the atlantic. 33 1/2 hours
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Amelia earhart
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First woman to fly across atlantic
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Jack dempsey
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Heavyweight champion in boxing
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Babe ruth
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Played for red sox then yankees
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Gertrude ederle
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Swam across english channel
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The jazz singer
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First movie with syncronized sound
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Al jolson
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Starred in the jazz singer
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Steambost willie
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First cartoon wth sound
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Mass media
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Newspapers, radios, etc
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Kdka
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First radio station
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Cotton club
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Most fsmous jazz club
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Charleston
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Type of famous dance
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George gershwin
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Wrote rap city snd blues
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Sinclair lewis
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First black to wim nobel prize for lit
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Lost generation
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People who left america cause they didnt like the society
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Fitzgerald
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Gatsby,
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Harlem renaissance
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Cultursl center for blacks
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Volstead act
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Enforced 18th amendment
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18th amendment
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Prohibited alcohol
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Speakeasy
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Illegal bars
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Al capone
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Most fsmous gsng memeber
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J. Edgar hoover
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Hired to grt al capone
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Valentines dsy massacre
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Cspone murdered 7 men
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The fundamentals
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God had inspired the bible
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Billy sundsy
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Preaches about evils of alcohol
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John scopes
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Science teacher. Taught about evolution
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Clarence darrow
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Defending john
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Red summer
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1919, race riots
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Marcus garvey
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Unia
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Red scsre
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The russian revolution, fear of communism
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Schenck vs US
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Type of war, freedom of speech limited
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Palmer raids
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Series of bombs sent out
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Sacco and vanzetti
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Arrested only cause they were italian
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Boston police strike
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Officers wanted s raise
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Dawes plan
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Payment plan for germany
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Tea pot dome
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Albert fall. Sold land
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Carrie phillils
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Mistress black mailed harding
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Calvil coollidge
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Harding vp. Laissez faire
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Kellogg briand pact
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16 nations agreed to not declare war
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Alfred smith
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First catholic to run
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Henry ford
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Came up with assembly line
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Black tuesday
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When stovk crashed
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Dow jones
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Tracks avg trade price
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Hoovervilles
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Shanty terms
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Dust bowl
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People would overuse the soil
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Grapes of wrath
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About dust bowl farmers
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Scottsboro boys
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Accused ofraping 2 white girls, 8 out of 9 sentenced to desth none killed
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21st amendment
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Alcohol legal again
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Penny auction
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Farmers bought stuff for a penny thrn gave it back to friemd
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Hawley smoot tariff
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Highest tariff ever
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Bonus army
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The veterans wanting their oensions marching on DC
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20TH Amendemtn
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Lame duck. Changed inauguration date
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Glass steagal banking act
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Insured money, insured deposits
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Sec
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Securities and exchsnge commity. Regulates stock market
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Ccc
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Civilian conservation core
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Tva
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Francjs perkins
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Sec of labor. First female cabinent member
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