31 Flashcards

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criminal syndicalism laws

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made the advocacy of violence to secure social change unlawful. Traditional American ideals of free speech were restricted.

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Emergency Quota Act of 1921

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restricting newcomers from Europe in any given year to a definite quota, which was at 3% of the people of their nationality who had been living in the United States in 1910.

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Immigration Act of 1924

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replaced the Quota Act of 1921, cutting quotas for foreigners from 3% to 2%. Different countries were only allowed to send an allotted number of its citizens to America every year

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The Mass-Consumption Economy

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advertising Sports credit

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Modernists

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believed that God was a “good guy” and the universe was a friendly place.
The 1920s witnessed an explosion in sex appeal in America.

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