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1920's Flashcards

1
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Who were the main players in the Russian revolution

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Reds vs Whites

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2
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What was the American involvement in Russia directly after the great war

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Sent troops to gather their stuff that they gave to support the war efforts

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3
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What side and under who won the Russian revolution

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Reds won under Lenin

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What happened to the state of Russia after the Russian revolution

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Turned into Communist USSR

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5
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What was the Red Scare of the 1920’s caused by

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  • strikes and communist revolutions in the west
  • fear of foreigners by the public
  • press using scare tactics to make it more popular
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6
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what were the 2 main trials of the Red Scare

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Schenck vs. US , Sacco and Vanzetti trial

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Who was the justice of the Schenck vs. US trial

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Justice Oliver Wendall Holmes

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8
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What was the verdict of the trial between Schenck and US

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Oliver Holmes said that free speech can be stripped in times of war; similar to alien and seditions act

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9
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What is an exception to the first amendment

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clear and present danger to public safety; or during war time

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10
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Who is Att. Gen A Mitchell Palmer; slide of him

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Sends out federal agencies to arrest several thousand suspected communist; White dude white hair with weird hats

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11
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What was the result of the Sacco and vanzeti trial

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Executed without fair trial

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12
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Who was the judge for S and V trial

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Judge Thayer

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13
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What happened to nativism during 1920s

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it increased along with intolerance

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14
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What acts were set in place in response to the increase of nativism

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immigration acts of 1921 and 1924

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15
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What was a prime example of labor unrest in boston

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boston policy strike

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16
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What happened in the Boston policy strike

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They illegally went on strike but Calvin Coolidge fired them and sent into the National Guard

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17
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Harding presidental idea

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No goverment involvement and before progressive

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18
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Hardings republican formula

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Lower gov spending higher tariffs and higher taxes

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19
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What was the political era of the 20s like

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republican era with non progressives and pro big business

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20
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Hardings people

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Poker Cabinet

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21
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Bad part about Harding

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Very corrupt, with scandals

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22
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Democrats during the 20s

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split between urban and farmers

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23
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Teapot dome affair

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  • secretary of interior Albert fall sold government oil leases and kept it
  • first cabinet officer to go to prison
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24
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Hardings foriegn policy

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isolationist

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25
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What was Harding big foreign policy deal

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limited size of the top 4 navys in the world

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26
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Why did harding want to reduce the navy

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reduced major spending

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27
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Why was Harding never mentioned

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died of natural causes in 1923

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28
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Who came after harding died?

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Coolidge

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29
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What is the diffrence between Coolidge and Harding

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not much

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30
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Election map of 1924 weird things

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Oklahoma is the only non confederate to vote democrate and Wisconsin went to LaFollette

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31
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1920 economy under Coolidge

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Stocks grew and first public intrest

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32
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  • Sec of Treas. under Coolidge
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Andrew Mellon

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33
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Sec of Treas plans under Coolidge

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Cut taxes on corporations and the wealthy; trickle down economics

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34
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Foreign policy of Coolidge

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involved into Latin america and controlled most of it

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35
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Coolidge sent marines to where?

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Nicaragua to stop the rebellion

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36
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Nicaragua rebellion led by

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Augusto Sandino

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37
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Marine Slides

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  • Us marines in Nicaragua slides
    • Sandinista flag is black flag with skulls on it in Nicaragua
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38
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Who came after Coolidge

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Hoover

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39
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What amendment deals with Prohibiton

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18th

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40
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Volstead Act

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Dealt with the consequences of not obeying the 18th amendement

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41
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Who followed Volstead Act

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Kansas; New york did not

42
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What happened to the supply and demand of the Liquor after 18th amendement

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Canada liquor spiked because of supply and demand

43
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What led to more spending

A

installment plans so they do not pay up front

44
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What innovations happened in the cites of 1920s

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General electrics

45
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Who suffered economically in the 1920s

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Farmers

46
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What caused depressed situation of farmers

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caused by mechanization, rising production cost and overproduction

47
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Henry Ford

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Leader of the Cars

48
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Who created the car

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Germans; Mercedes Benz

49
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Who mass produced cars

A

Henry Ford with Assembly line

50
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What impact did Cars have on economy

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Growth of related business

51
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Flappers

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Young Women who wore make up short skirts and short hair

52
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It girl

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Clara Bow model Flapper

53
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What happened to women in workforce in 1920s

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Went back home after war

54
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What happened to women voting

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They got it in 1920s but a large percentage did not vote because they did not want to. Votes like their male counterparts

55
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Dance Craze

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Charleston

56
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What mass migration happened in the 1920s

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People moving to urban from rural

57
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Lucky Lindy

A

Charles Lindenburgh

58
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Who is Charles Lindenburgh

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  • Fly across the Atlantic
  • Spirit of St Louis
59
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Who did Harding appoint to the Supreme court

A

Taft

60
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What does Taft do as supreme court

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Struck down many progressive ideas

61
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What was Tafts goal in supreme court

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Reverse a few decisions and become conservative

62
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First women to fly Atlantic

A

Amelia Earheart

63
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Heavyweight champion

A

Jack Dempsey

64
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Lou Gehrig

A

Baseball

65
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Babe ruth

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  • Baseballs homerun king
  • Sultan of Swat
  • 60 homeruns vs 12
66
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Gertrude Ederle

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First women to swim the English Channel and she smashed the record

67
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Golf women

A

Babe Diefrickson Zaharis

68
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Who has the purest golf swing

A

Bobby Jones

69
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Noter dame coach

A

Knute Rockne

70
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Red Grange

A

Created professional football

71
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women’s tennis champ

A

Helen Wills

72
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Big Bill Tilden

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Tennis

73
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First talking film

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Jazz Singer with Al Jolson first feature talkie in 1927

74
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Charlie Chaplin

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One of the only successful movie stars

75
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First radio station

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KDKA in Pittsburgh

76
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What was the rise of Radio stations like

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in 2 years 500 came up

77
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What came out of the rise of Radios

A

Homogenization in the English language

78
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Louis armstrong

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trumpet player in Duke Ellingtons band

79
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Duke ellington

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Father of Jazz

80
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WC Handy

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father of blues

81
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Gershwin

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Rapsody in blues; piano player

82
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Edward Hopper

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Great artist; Night Hawks picture

83
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Georgia O’Keefe

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Great artist; a lot of just regular life with bright colors; scandolus naked lady

84
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F scott Fitzgerald

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Great gadsby; lived in Montgomery with zelda

85
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What is the lost generation

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no purpose of life and this was in literature

86
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Harlem Renaissance

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Movement of African American artist who had pride of being black

87
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Langston Hughes

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Part of the Harlem Renaissance

88
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Speakeasies

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Illegal bars

89
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St. Valentines day Massacre 1929

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lined up gangsters when dressed as police and just gunned them down

90
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Elliot Ness

A

Caught Capone on Tax evasion

91
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21st amendment

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Repealed 18th amendement banning alc

92
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What party was on the side of repealing prohibiton

A

Democrate

93
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Billy Sunday

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Fought the devil; radio preacher

94
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Aimee Semple McPherson

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Radio Preaher

95
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Scopes Trial

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Debating over evolution with Clarence Darrow and WJB

96
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What did Clarence Darrow do

A

Defended scope

97
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KKK

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rise in the north because jobs; Save our land join the klan; Navitist organization more than everything; Indiana more than anyone

98
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Birth of a nation

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based of a clansman

99
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Marcus Garvey

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encouraged blacks to emigrate to Africa to establish a country with a government

100
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first cartoon

A

steamboat willie

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