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World War I
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History
11th Grade
10/21/2011

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nativism
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prejudice against foregin-born people
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isolationism
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a policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs
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communism
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an economic and political system based on a single-party government ruled by a dictatorship
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anarchists
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people who opposed any form of government
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sacco and Vancetti
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victims of being accused for the red scare
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quota syotem
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established the maximum number of people who could enter the united states from each foregin country
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john lewis
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leader of the united mine workers of america
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warren haroling
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one of the least successful presidents
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charles hughes
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wanted no more war ships to be built for 10 years
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Fordney McCumber Tariff
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rasied taxes onsome U.S. imports to 60%
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ohio gang
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the presidents poker-playing cronies
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teapot dome scandal
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Albert fall leased the oil rich lands to priate oil compaines
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albert fall
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responsible for the tea pot dome scandal
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calvin coolidge
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president of the US
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urban sprawl
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the spread of people living away from their jobs
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installment plan
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enabled people to buy goods over an extended peroid without having to put down much money at the time of purchase
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prohibition
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era in which the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages were legally prohibited
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speakeasy
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underground hidden saloons and nightclubs
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bootlegger
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a smuggler who carried liquor in his boots and smuggled it in from Canada or other places
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fundamentalism
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the protestant movement grounded in a literal, or nonsymbolic, interpretation of the Bible
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clarence darrow
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the most famous trial lawyer of the day
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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 american soceity
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flapper
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an emancipated young woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the day
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charles lindbergh
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mad ethe first nonstop solo flight across the atlantic
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george gershwin
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concert music composer
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georgia o' keefe
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artist that 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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named the 1920's the "jazz age"
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edna st. vincent millay
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wrote poems celebrating youth and a life of independence and freedom from traditional constraints
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ernest hemingway
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became the best known expatriate author
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zora neale hurston
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marcus garvey
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harlem renaissance
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langston hughes
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louis armstrong
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duke ellington
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price support
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credit
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alfred smith
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dow jones industrial average
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speculation
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buying on margin
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black tuesday
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hawley-smoot tariff
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duot bowl
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herbert hoover
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boulder dam
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federal home loan bank act
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RFC
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bonus army
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FDR
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2 term governer of New york and future president
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new deal
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a phrase taken from a campaign speech in which roosevelt had promised a new deal for American people
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glass-steagall act
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established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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federal securities act
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required corporations to provied company informaion on all stock offerings
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agricultural adjustment act
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sought to raise crops by lowering production
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civilian conservation corps.
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put young men aged 18-25 to work building rail roads
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national industrial recovery act
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provided money to states to create jobs chiefly in the construction of schools and other community buildings
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deficit spending
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spending more money than the government recieves in revenue
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huey long
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early supporter of the new deal
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eleanor roosevelt
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a social reformer who combined her deep humanitarian inpulses with great political skill
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works progress administration
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a program to help youths, professionals and other workers
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national youth administration
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was created specifically to provied education, jobs, councelling, and recration for the youth
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wagner act
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reestablished the NIRA provision of colective barganing
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social security act
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serves the elder 65 and older, the unemployed, and the families with dependent childern and the disabled
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frances perkins
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Americas first woman cabinet member
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CIO
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the groups from the AFL that had been expeled
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gone with the wind
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a best selling book duriong the great depression
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grapes of wrath
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an artist during the great depression
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FDIC
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made to regulate banking and investment activities
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SEC
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made to regulate banking and investment activities
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NLRB
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National Labor Relations Board
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TVA
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Tennessee Valey Authority
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