11+12 Flashcards
(101 cards)
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Prohibition
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A ban on buying, selling, or consuming alcohol
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Radical
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A person advocating political and social revolution
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Anarchism
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Radical political theory that does not recognize authority of any government
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Sacco and Vanzetti were 2 _ immigrants arrested on scanty evidence for murder
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Italian
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The judge in the case of Sacco and Vanzetti renounced them for their _ belief in anarchism and refused their motions for a new trail.
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Radical
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Through people around the world protested on Sacco and Vanzettis behalf, they were finally _
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Executed
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After the _ revolution in 1927, many Americans were afraid that a government takeover could happen in the United States
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Bolshevik
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Attorney general A. Mitchel _ staged raids on such groups as the Union of _ workers
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Palmer
Russian
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Some Americans, including newspaper editor _ thought Palmers raids were wrong but most people applauded palmers actions
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William Allen WHITE
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_ strikes brought the threat of revolution closer to home, with even president Coolidge denouncing them
The red scare
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Labor
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Between 1916 and 1920 half a million _ left the south for new jobs in the north where they earned twice as much pay
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African Americans
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Many northern whites reacted violently to this migration with _ riots erupting in 26 northern cities
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Race
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In reaction new groups such as Marcus garvey’s _ movement advocated African Americans pride and power.
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Back to Africa
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The _ impulse endured, with prohibition passing in 1918
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Reform
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Women were granted _ in 1920
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Suffrage
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Progressivism declined partly because of a _ Supreme Court
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Hostile
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Prominent Americans such as future Supreme Court justice _ denounced the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti
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Felix Frankfurter
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President _ wired labor leader Samuel Gompers that “There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, anytime.”
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Coolidge
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Disarmament
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Limitation for reduction of weapons
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Internationalism
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Cooperation and involvement with other countries
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The three Republican _ who served in the White House during the 1920s were all quite different in temperament and style
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Presidents
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_Advocated a return to normalcy in his campaign speeches, though he never defined what that meant
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Harding
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Hardings administration was right with correction; he died soon after the_affair brought scandal to his administration
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Tea pot dome
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President_lacked his predecessor Hardings personal warmth, but he continued caring out Hardings programs
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Coolidge
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As secretary of treasury under Coolidge,_overturned many of the progressive tax policies of Wilson
Andrew Mellon
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_Expanded the Commerce Department to control several industries and organize_associations to minimize price competition
Hoover, trade
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Even so, when_ended a few years later, hoover inherited the blame
Prosperity
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Although government shield from political intervention in Europe, it encouraged American film to expand their_business
International
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The_plan allowed for American banks to make loans to Germany for war reparations, thus influencing_economics without direct government intervention
Dawes
| European
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To stay clear of Europe's power struggles, the United States advocated disarmament and signed the _pact, which declared war illegal
Kellogg briand
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United States stayed out of Europe's politics but chose to protect its interest in_, interfering in Nicaraguan affairs
Latin America
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_Oppose the American marines and was a hero in Nicaragua
César Augusto sandino
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Harding surrounded himself an office with a group of old card playing Ohio friends nicknamed the_
Poker cabinet
| Ohio gang
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The influence of a few major producers over an entire industry
Oligopoly
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Business owned by multiple stockholders
Corporation
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Amount of goods each hour of labor produced
Industrial productivity
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And accumulation of money
Capital
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Program adopted by employers to keep employees out of unions
Welfare capitalism
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Barton's book influenced Americans to revere successful _
Business people
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After World War I, the United States was a_nation, collecting debts from war-torn Europe
Creditor
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The_, which revolutionize the auto industry moved into other businesses as well
Assembly-line
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New industries spring up, though_manufacturing ranked as the most important of all business
Automobile
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City_revolutionize the country landscape; the_in New York became the tallest building in the world
Skylines, Empire State Building
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Small businesses, unable to afford technology or appetizing could not compete with_
Corporations
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More and more firms, most notably_companies, joined powerful corporations that absorbed smaller companies
Utility
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With so many new_positions opening, school started offering courses in business administration
Manager
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Corporations tried to keep_submissive with an affective combination of punishment and _
Labor, Reward
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Business leaders use the_to destroy unions
American plan
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The Supreme Court favored_with key rulings
Management
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Working conditions improved for_when employers established welfare capitalism to convince them they did not need_
Laborers, unions
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College students voted for_as the third greatest figure of all time
Henry ford
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Workers new company unions had no real power and called them_
Kiss me club
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The use of time study to minimize job operations
Scientific management
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An office worker who wore a white shirt and tie
White-collar worker
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Business leader
Industrialist
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Henry ford believe that if workers had more_they would buy more of his cars, so he paid them_a day
Money
| $5
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Ford could afford to pay more because_production earned him tremendous profits
Mass
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Ford employed nearly everyone ex-convicts minorities and the mentally challenged as long as the person had the_
Desire to work
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The word_describe both machines and laborers at Ford plant where merchandise jobs were repetitious and boring
Robot
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To do these jobs efficiently demanded_and the presence of Foreman at Ford's plant who enforce strict rules
Discipline
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Fedrick_developed ideas of scientific management. he suggested that_experts analyze work operations to minimize the time necessary to get jobs
Taylor, time study or efficiency
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More _ jobs opened, with an increase in new goods to buy the_force grew
Office
| Sales
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Sales people could make a great amount of money but the_to succeed could be devastating
Pressure
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_Workers persuade Americans that they needed and wanted new merchandise
Advertising
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When with the knowledge of spelling grammar capitalization and punctuation often landed jobs as _
Typists
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Because female office clerks had interchangeable skills, they were considered a large _ of workers
Pool
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Women without high school diploma is often found work in retail_
Stores
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In all areas, men earned _ salaries than women
Higher
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Most advertising workers were_or former newspaper writer's
Young white college graduates
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Henry ford change the work week from 48 hours to _
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Harding scandals
1923 Harding began to hear stories about corruption
1. veterans Bureau Colonel Charles forbes, 250 million dollar wasted or stolen, forbes allowed to leave country but brought back and sent to prison in Leavenworth, the lead counsel committed suicide and Forbes served three years
2. Jesse Smith, aid to Justice Department, accused of selling his influence, committed suicide to get away from being investigated
3. Thomas Miller, alien property custodian, accused of selling for profit, property taken from Germans, Dockerty also tried but not convicted because he did not persecute Miller Miller sent to jail
4. Teapot dumb, Wyoming, land had oil supply promised land in return for gifts and loans were $325,000 Albert befall imprisoned leases canceled by Supreme Court
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Analyze ways in which new technology influenced American society
College students cars which were a status symbol to show that they had money and we're cool, could it allowed people to buy what they wanted whenever they wanted and were able to pay back later The radio become a very popular thing for housewives they would listen to it while they were at home cleaning and doing their work they would also plate for children when they got home from school and it would entertain them during the winter
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Analyze the reasons for and consequences of the movement toward a mass consumer society in the 1920s
They became a mass consumer society because people were able to buy was credit and pay back slowly the consequences work that since they were not paying back at full price there was money put into the system that wasn't actually there
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To what degree and in what ways did disillusionment with World War I influence society in the 1920s
People thought of World War I as a fight that was not ours and we shouldn't have been, that made us look upon ourselves in a different light, guns were brought back in so where other equipment that were used in World War I different technologies made it easier for us to have different things like cars became better
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Harlem Renaissance who what when where why how
Langston Hughes, African Americans believed that they were now in charge of how they view themselves this took place in Greenwich valley and Harlem districts this happened because the African Americans felt alienated and wanted to express their own identity the great migration anger racial conscientiousness were also causes W E B Dubois, Booker T. Washington
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Prohibition who what when where why how
Who-untouchables, Congress, I'll Capone
What-The 18th amendment which Outlawed alcohol
When- 1920
Where- gangsters came up across large cities New York New Jersey California Florida Michigan in Washington or main points where liquor was brought in illegally
Why-prohibition was thought to help our nation grow but it did not succeed it mostly caused organized crime
How-The untouchables were used to enforce the 18th amendment the Volstead act was also used to enforce it Al Capone and his men were against and fought for their right
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Warren G Harding who what when where why how
Who- Warren G Harding
What- President of the United States at republican brusk side. his platform was returned to normalcy increase tariffs and condone Wilson
When-ran in the 1920 election
Why- his wife nudged him to be president most of the people that he picked to be on his cabinet where his friends and did not go with what he wanted
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Calvin Coolidge who what when where why how
Hardings VP, reserved, ran in the 1924 election, Harding died so Coolidge finished his term, keep cool with Coolidge, honest hard-working good speaker not very forceful, long political history, had to persecute all Harding scandals very reserved, admitted he was at fault for the Great Depression
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Herbert Hoover who what when where why how
Republican 1928 election secretary of commerce rural America the great engineer chicken in every pot meaning no one would go hungry he is the symbol of hope and ideals he was the head of the food administration in World War I, Stimson doctrine of Japan attack China Japan does not exist like relations improve with Latin America and we highly taxed European goods and then Europe taxed back and then the great depression happened
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Marcus Garvey who what when where why how
Back to Africa advocated black pride and power UNIA and Garvey movement goals to take Africans back home silver rights create new African state for people living in America methods of guarding up at investing ships to take Africans back home which was the black starlight this did not work but I did push for rights for African-Americans
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Al Capone
Notorious gangster had a criminal empire from Chicago to New York and Florida to Chicago his rival was bugs Capone arrested for tax of Evasion and dies in jail from syphilis
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St. Valentine's Day massacre
1929 Chicago mom hit her and was supposed to pick up his alcohol his men went instead I was been came to sabotage the trade brands men were shot in the back and as men walked off no one turned a head seven men killed
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Andrew W Mellon
Had a treasury under Harding in Coolidge, overturned many of the progressive tax policies of Wilson
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Henry ford
Mass production assembly line, model T Ford affordable car model a then replace the model T, pavement five dollars an hour if they learned English, excepted companies advice, did not gamble or drink and did not pursue a derogatory moral behavior, hired anyone with the desire to work even if a felon
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Charles Linberg
First transatlantic flight May 20 to the 21st 1927 his plane was the spirit of St. Louis
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Louis Armstrong
From the Harlem Renaissance trumpet player
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Scopes trial
Monkey trial, Tennessee instituted a law that no one could teach evolution, John scopes turned in for teaching evolution, Clarence Dorrough was in the trial, found guilty but then retracted
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Sacco and Vanzetti
Italian immigrants, anarchist, were from a shoe shop in MA arrested no criminal record for Vanzetti Sacco had a record tried guilty and executed thought they had murdered someone later found they were not guilty after they had died
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Red scare
A Mitchell Palmer was a US Atty. Gen. and he started the first red scare, the USS Buford was the ship that deported Russians and communist after the Bolshevik revolution of 1917 US fear that they would be taken over by communist so they tried to get rid of them as quickly as possible the American Legion fueled the movement raids on Russian worker unions bombings in 1919
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The untouchables
Group of people selected by the government to get gangsters, government men or treasury men, thought they were untouchable the head of them was Elliot Mess
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Bonus bill
At the end of World War I, provided money and service for veterans
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Scientific management
Time study or efficiency expert analyze work operations to minimize the time necessary to get a job done
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Mass production
Assembly lines conveyor belts at waist level
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Buying on credit
Putting money down and paying back in installments
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Dawes plan
Allowed for American banks to make loans to Germany for war reparations does influencing European economics without direct government involvement
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Immigration
Quota system limited immigrants nationalist feelings grew ethnocentrism grew seen as radical grew the KKK happened congress passed national origins act
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Interstate commerce commission
Regulates railroads to ensure fair rates
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High school
Labs gyms in many schools belt number of going to school goes up
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Fundamentalist
People who believe the Bible is literal truth
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Radio
Katie KA, biggest force a change, almost everyone had one, music spread blues and jazz centerpoint of most people's homes
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Advertise
Use by factories to sell more boom After World War I
