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10/21/2011

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Nativism
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The policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
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Isolationism
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A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, esp. the political affairs of other countries.
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Communism
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A political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned
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Anarchists
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a political theory favoring the abolition of governments.
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Sacco and Vanzetti
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Anarchists who were convicted of murdering two men during a 1920 armed robbery in Massachusetts
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Quota System
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introduced by Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger in 1795, required each English county to provide a quota of men for the Royal Navy, based on its population and the number of its seaports
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John Lewis
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Leader of United Mine Workers
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Warren Harding
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good-natured man who "looked like a president ought to look."
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Charles Hughes
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urged that no more war ships be built for ten years
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Fordney McCumber Tariff
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Raised taxes on the US imports to 60 percent
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Ohio Gang
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Presidents poker-playing cronies, who would soon cause a great deal of embarassment
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Teapot Dome Scandal
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Government set aside oil-rich oublic lands at Teapot Dome for use by the US Navy
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Albert B. Fall
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a close friend of various ol executives, managed to get the oil reserves transferred from the navy to the Interior Department
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Calvin Coolidge
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1923 president. Heled to restore the peoples faith in the government and in the republican party
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Urban Sprawl
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cities spread in all directions
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Installment Plan
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enabled people to buy goods over an extended period, without having to put down much money at the time of purchase
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Prohibition
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Prohibited manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages
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Speakeasy
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One spoke quitely of easily to avoid detection
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Bootleggers
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Named for smugglerts practice of carrying liquor in the legs of boots
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Fundamentalism
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Skeptical of some scientific disccoveries and theories, they argued that all important knowledge could be found in the Bible
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Clarence Darrow
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The most famous trail lawyer of the day to defend the scopes
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Scopes Trial
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A fight over evolution and the role of science and religion in public schools and in the American society
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Flapper
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An emanicipated young woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the day
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Charles Lindbergh
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Anarchists who were convicted of murdering two men during a 1920 armed robbery in Massachusetts
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George Gershwin
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Merged traditional elements with American jazz, thus creating a new sound that was identifiably American
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George O'Keeffe
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Produced intensely colored canvases that captured the grandeur of New York
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Sinclair Lewis
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The first American to win a Nobel Prize in literature
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Coined the term "Jazz Age" to describe the 20's
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Wrote poems celbrating youth and a life of independence and freedom from traditional constraits
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Ernest Hemingway
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Wounded in WW1, become the best-known expatriate author
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Zora Neale Hurston
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Wrote the African American Encyclopedia
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Marcus Garvey
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Immigrant from Jamaica, believed the African Americans should build a seperate society
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Harlem Renaissance
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Literary and artistic movement celebrating African American culture
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Langston Hughes
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Movements best known poet, described hard times of the working class African Americans
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Louis Armstrong
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Young trumpet player, joined Oliver's group Creole Jazz Band
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Duke Ellington
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A jazz pianist and composer, led his ten piece orchstra at the Cotton Club
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Price Support
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Congress tried to help out farmers with a piece of legislation, for key products such as wheat, corn, cotton, and tobbaco
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Credit
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An arrangement in which consumers agreed to buy now and pay later for purchases
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Alfred Smith
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Democrat candidate, career politician who had served four years as governor of New York
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Dow Jones Industrial Average
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Most widely used barometer of hte stock markets health
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Speculation
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They bought stocks and bonds on the chance of quick profit while ignoring the risks
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Buying On Margin
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Paying a small percentage of a stocks price as a down payment and borrowing the rest
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Black Tuesday
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The bottom fell out of the markey and the nations confidence.
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Hawley Smoot Tariff
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The highest protective tariff in United States history
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Dust Bowl
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A drought in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado
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Herbest Hoover
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Tried to reassure the nation that they would be okay, president during the stock market crash
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Boulder Dam
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Hoover Dam, once known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River
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Federal Home Loan Bank Act
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federal law passed in 1932 under President Herbert Hoover in order to lower the cost
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RFC
Definition
request for comments
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Bonus Army
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An extra army for military purposes
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FDR
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President, Franklin D Roosevelt
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New Deal
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federal law passed in 1932 under President Herbert Hoover in order to lower the cost
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Glass Steagall Act
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The Banking Act of 1933 was a law that established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in the United States
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Federal Securities Act
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Congress enacted the Securities Act of 1933 (the 1933 Act, the Securities Act, the Truth in Securities Act, the Federal Securities Act
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Agricultural Adjustment Act
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the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) (, 48 Stat. 31, enacted May 12, 1933) restricted agricultural production in the New Deal era by paying farmers
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a public work relief program for unemployed men age 18-24, providing unskilled manual labor
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National Industrail Recovery Act
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officially known as the Act of June 16, 1933
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Deficit Spending
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Government spending, in excess of revenue, of funds raised by borrowing rather than from taxation.
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Huey Long
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nicknamed The Kingfish, served as the 40th Governor of Louisiana
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights
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Works Progress Administration
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The Works Progress Administration (renamed during 1939 as the Work Projects Administration; WPA) was the largest New Deal agency
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National Youth Administration
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The National Youth Administration (NYA) was a New Deal agency in the United States. It operated from 1935 to 1943 as part of the Works
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Wagner Act
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The National Labor Relations Act or Wagner Act (after its sponsor, Senator Robert F. Wagner) (, , codified as amended at ), is a 1935
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Social Security Act
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In the United States, Social Security refers to the federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program
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Francis Perkins
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Frances Perkins (April 10, 1880 – May 14, 1965), born Fannie Coralie Perkins, was the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945
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CIO
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Congress of Industrial Organizations
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Gone With The Wind
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Gone with the Wind, first published in May 1936, is a Drama, romantic novel written by Margaret Mitchell that won the coveted Pulitzer
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Grapes of Wrath
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There have been three series of the British sitcom Black Books, each with six episodes
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FDIC
Definition
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a body that underwrites most private bank deposits.
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SEC
Definition
be back in one sec
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NLRB
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National Labor Relations Board.
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TVA
Definition
Tennessee Valley Authority.
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