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| social system with no economic classes and no private property |
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| widespread fear of communism |
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| What were the Palmer Raids? What was he searching for? |
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| attacks on suspected radicals. communists, aliens, members of radical groups |
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| Who were Sacco and Vanzetti? -connect them to the Red Scare |
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| attested for armed robbery and murder. proclaimed anarchists |
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| Why were many people suspicious of organized labor (unions)? |
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| Communists called workers to rise up and overthrow govt. -linked to radical ideas |
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| What did Unions lose after 1919? |
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| lost members and political power |
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| Name 3 major union strikes in 1919. |
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| Seattle general strike, Boston police strike, Nationwide steelworkers strike |
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| distrust of foreigners. -KKK |
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| Explain the goal of the National Origins Act of 1924. |
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| set quotas for each country at 2% of the number of people living in the US in 1890 |
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| Explain how Nativism and the Ku Klux Klan are connected. |
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| hated Jews, Catholics, and radicals. "Native White Protestant Supremacy" |
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| What does Scientific Management study? |
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| determine how workers should move, and what speed to be most productive |
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| Why did Henry Ford raise workers wages to $5 a day? |
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| enable workers to buy cars |
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| Describe the effect of the assembly line techniques on productivity. |
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| make goods in larger quantities and at lower costs- up to 60% productivity |
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| Identify some of the new products coming out of American factories during the 1920's. |
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| radio, airplanes, sewing machine, movies, refrigerators, vacuum, electrical appliances |
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| Describe the effects of Radio on American life. |
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| opened new worlds, connected worlds, families would gather and listen. |
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| What is the "Installment Plan"? |
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| paying for an item over time in small payments |
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| What were farmers' problems after WWI? |
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| European farmers return to work, prices plunge, farm values decrease |
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| Describe Harding's campaign slogan. |
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| return to normalcy. less gov. in business and more business in gov. |
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| lower level gov. official from OH, took bribes |
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| Describe the "Teapot Dome" scandal: The scandal not the geographic feature. |
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| sec. of interior fall accepted bribes that allowed companies to drill on federal oil reserves |
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| How did Calvin Coolidge feel about business? |
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| business would provide the energy and resources to fuel Americas growth |
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| Describe the Kellogg-Briand Pact. |
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| rejected was as a means to solving problems |
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| What does the 19th Amendment say? |
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| young women who defies traditional ideas, dress, and behavior |
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| Explain what Fundamentalism is. |
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| literal interpretation of the Bible |
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| Why did Fundamentalist work to prevent the teaching of evolution? |
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| humans developed from apes instead of humans |
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| What was John Scopes arrested for? |
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| broke the law in Tennessee- not teach evolution |
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| Describe the Volstead act. |
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| morals- 18th- illegal to manufacture, sell distribute alcohol |
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| What was "the Great Migration"? |
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| thousands African Americans that traveled to northern cities |
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| What was the "Back to Africa" movement? |
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| after WWI- Africans would return to Africa to create a new nation- Marcus Garvey belief |
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| Describe the "Harlem Renaissance"? |
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| African American art movement |
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| promoted self reliance for AA and supported back to Africa |
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| Harlem renaissance poet, wrote about defiance and hope |
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| Who is Zora Neale Hurston? |
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| writer during the Harlem renaissance |
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| jazz artist from Harlem renaissance |
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| How did movies change in the 1920's? |
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| film with sound, controversial films |
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| Why was "Lucky Lindy" famous? |
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| Charles Lindberg- flew across Atlantic ocean |
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| Identify 4 major sports heroes of the 1920's. |
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| Babe Ruth, Bobby Jones, Helen Wills, Red Grange |
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| What was "Black Tuesday"? Why is it important? |
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