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Roaring 20's
A.P. U.S. History
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History
10th Grade
02/25/2010

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"ham radio"
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communication between people
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Reginald Fessenden
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modulation: transmit speech
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Howard Aiken
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built a much more complex computer with memory, capable of multiplying eleven-digit numbers in three seconds
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Gregor Mendel
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performed experiments on the hybridization of vegetables, genetic research
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"Little Steel"
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U.S. Steel competitors
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William Durant
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very successful automobile manufacturer
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Alfred P. Sloan
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took over GM who created a modern administrative system
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"welfare capitalism"
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it adopted techniques to avoid disruptive labor unrest and forestall the growth of independent trade unions
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American Federation of Labor
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workers were organized on the basis particular skills.
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William Green
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president of AFL
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"pink collar" jobs
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low paying service occupations
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Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
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represented all-black workforce
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A. Phillip Randolph
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founded Sleeping Car Porters
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"American Plan"
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the crusade for the open shop
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"parity"
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complicated formula for seeing an adequate price for farm goods and ensuring that farmers would earn back at least their productions costs no matter how much the national or world agricultural market might fluctuate.
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McNary-Haugen Bill
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expression of the demand for parity
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Bruce Barton
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The Man Nobody Knows
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The Jazz Singer
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first "talkie"
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KDKA
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first radio station
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National Broadcasting Company
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first national radio network
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Harry Emerson Fosdick
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most influential spokeman for liberal Protestantism
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"companionate marriage"
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devoted more attention to their roles as wives and companions
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Margaret Sanger
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birth control
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"flapper" "Bohemian"
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modern women
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Alice Paul
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let Equal Right Amendment
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"self made man"
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belief that any person could, simply through hard work and innate talent, achieve wealth and renown
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Charles Lindbergh
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first aviator
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Gertrude Stein
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referred to the young Americans emerging from World War I.
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"debunkers"
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critiques of modern society by a wide range of writers
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H. L. Mencken
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a powerful "debunker"
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"Harlem Renaissance"
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flourishing African-American culture
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Fugitives
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wanted strong rural traditions
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Al Capone
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built a criminal empire on illegal alcohol.
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National Origins Act of 1924
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banned east Asian immigration entirely
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"nordic" "teutonic"
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northwestern Europeans
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"fundamentalists"
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maintain the centrality of religion in American life
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Harding
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elected president in 1920
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Andrew Mellon
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tresurer
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"associationalism"
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a concept that envisioned the creation of national organizations of businessmen in particular industries
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