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- An establishment that illegally
sells alcoholic beverages
• Speakeasies were numerous and
popular during Prohibition.
• Even though police and agents
of the Bureau of Prohibition would often raid
them and arrest their owners
and patrons, they were so profitable that they continued to flourish. |
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• Known as the Immigration
Act of 1924
• Due in part to the Red
Scare and a general dislike
for all things un-American
• The US Government
instilled a system that
stated only a certain
number of immigrants
from each country were
allowed to come in each
year. |
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Definition
Period of Anticommunism
• In the 1920’s, the
American government
was concerned with
worker revolutions and
political radicalism such
as was happening in
Europe
– The solution?
• Capture, Convict, and
Deport anyone who posed
even the slightest possibility
of being a communist |
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Definition
Another reason for the Quota
System
• It is a fear of foreigners or all
things foreign
• It was widespread around
America during this time |
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Definition
1920’s Political Idea
• Favored the longtime
inhabitants of a region
over any newcomers or
immigrants
• In the ‘20’s, it came to
mean a complete
opposition to
immigration.
• Very Hypocritical |
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Definition
Any type of idea that a
whole group of people
believe as “cool” and
follow and do for some
period (long or short)
• Fads “catch on” quickly,
then fade when it “gets
old”
• Modern Day fads:
Pokemon cards, certain
haircuts, certain types
of clothes, etc |
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Definition
• 1920’s term applied to a new type of woman
• These women were strong women who broke the
traditional mold of how women were to dress and act in
public
• They were easily recognizable by wearing knee length
skits (considered short!), wearing their hair in a bob,
listening to jazz, wearing makeup, and driving
automobilesD |
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Definition
• After WWI, many
countries believed that it
had been the war to end
all wars and that they
could largely disarm their
militaries in order to save
money
• Many countries reduced
the size of their military
(number of soldiers),
weaponry (tanks, planes,
guns), and naval branches |
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Definition
Stands for a cultural
revolution
• Characterizing the
Harlem Renaissance was
an overt racial pride
• Paved the way for the
Civil Rights Movement in
the Post-WWII years |
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