History Finale Chapter 20 Flashcards
1
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On the Margin
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Investors only paid a percentage of the cost of the stock
2
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Speculation
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Buying something with the hope of selling it later at a profit
3
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Installment Plans
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Small monthly payments until litem is paid for
4
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Fundamentalism
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Christians who fought to remove modernists from their churhcers
5
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Al Capone
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Chicago psychopath, eventually jailed for tax evasion
6
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Babe Ruth
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1921 American Idol - sports in America begins
7
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Sigmund Freud
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Begins the science of Psychology
8
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Albert Einstein
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Develops the theory of relativity
9
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Prohibition
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The Federal law making liquor illegal
10
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Dawes Plan
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Reduced German reparations of WWI only slightly
11
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Red Scare
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Fear of communism in America
12
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Speak Easy
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Club where liquor was served during the Prohibition
