7.1 Flashcards

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Evolution

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Made people question the bible

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Higher Criticism

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bible should be studied as any other work of literature in history

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Fundamentalism

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belief that the bible is true, contains no errors

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4
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Consumerism

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people who spend a lot of money on goods and services

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5
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Scopes Trial

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the debate b/w fundamentalism and scientific theory

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6
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Birth of a nation

A

A silent film that made black people look bad

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7
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Flappers

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fun loving and rebellious women

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Lost Generation

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group of writers, felt lost in society of greed and moral corruption

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Hughes

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best known poet and wrote about the lives of black heritage ( working class blacks)

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10
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Hurston

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African american author, wrote several books about the lives of blacks

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Garvey

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encouraged African Americans to go “back to Africa” to find justice and equality

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12
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Louie Armstrong

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What a wonderful life

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13
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Billie Holiday

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God bless the child

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14
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Duke Ellington and his orchestra

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lazy rhapsody

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15
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Ella Fitzgerald and Louie armstrong

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they cant take that away from me

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Red Scare

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the fear that such a revolution might occur in the us

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Communism

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gov owns all property and individual rights mean little compared to the welfare of the state

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Palmer raiders

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caused many innocent but suspected communist and other ‘subversives” were arrested and jailed

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anarchists

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people who wanted to bring down any form of gov

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Subversives

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those believed to post a threat to the us gov

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nativism

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opposed immigration

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kkk

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targeted Jews, Catholics, immigrants and feared communism

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quotas

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limitations on number of immigrants that could enter the us from diff parts of the world

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Prohibition

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18th admendent

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bootlegger
criminals who sold illegal stuff
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Speakeasies
illegal bars
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Liberal
noting or pertaining to a political party advocating measures of progressive political reform ( believed in gov action & equal opportunity)
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Conservative
disposed to preserve existing conditions, institution or to restore traditional ones, and to limit (believed in individual liberty and did not want to role of gov to be provided)
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Warren G. Harding
Wants "good old days." Limited role of gov, Limited immigration, Isolationism, & protects US business (tariffs)
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Calvin Coolidge
Wanted to keep taxes down and business profits up and he was all about pro business policies, & in 1921-1929 the output of industry nearly doubled
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Herbert Hoover
(president) believed in individualism. Believed in pro business. He lent up to $2 billion to large businesses and companies. (Good neighbor policy)
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Dust Bowl
Series of storms that hit the mid west, causing enormous clouds of dust created by highwinds
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Farmers
new machinery caused overproduction
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Black Tuesday
Oct. 29,1921 (stock market crash)
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FDR
3 R's (Relief, Recovery, & Reform)
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xenophobia
fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers
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Great Depression
period of low business prices in the US