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Great change in sexual, artistic and cultural norms

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Cultural Civil War

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A period change, prosperity and tension

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Roaring 20’s/ Great Depression

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Racial tension/ Great Migration

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Blacks moved from the south to the northern cities

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Fear that there was going to be a communist take over of the American government

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Red Scare

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Ran Illegal alcohol business/ brought booze

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Gangsters (Bootleggers)

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Underground alcohol/dance clubs

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Speakeasies

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Rural areas made homemade recipes of whiskey

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Moonshiners

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Acquisition of material goods beyond what is necessary

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Consumerism

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“The noble experiment” - ban of alcohol

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Prohibition

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First women’s rights convention - beginning of movement

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Seneca Fall Convention

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Women activists who demanded that men and women be equal and fought for women’s suffrage - the right to vote

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Suffragettes

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Leaders of American feminist movement - women activists

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Alice Paul and Lucy burns

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Founder of planned parenthood

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Margret Sanger

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The unconventional women who wore short, wore makeup, wore skirts and shorts, smoked, and drank

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Flappers

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Freedom Torches

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Cigarettes

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The origin of the species
(Challenged christianity)

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Charles Darwin Theory

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Jazz composer

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George Gershwin

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Jazz trumpeter

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Louis armstrong

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Most famous jazz club in harlem

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Cotton club

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The greatest invention of the period

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The Radio

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First radio station in America

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WKDKA Pittsburgh

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Boxing heavyweight champion

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Jack Dempsey

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Closed all taverns, bars, and saloons in U.S

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Volstead act

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Biggest Gangster

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Al Capone

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Old conservation Christian values and traditions (rual) were questioned and replace with...
New liberal anti-Christian ideas (urban)
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What was the beginning of the "Modern age"
Out with the old ideas of the "Victorian age" in with the new
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Closed all taverns, Bars and saloons in the usa
Volstead Act
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Main reason why it ended:
Alcohol was a huge tax revenue for local, state and federal governments
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The perceived wealth of the 20's created a... Purchased on credit!
Consumer Society
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New modern inventions that made life easier
Automobiles, radios, household appliances and music (Jazz and blues were new musical styles )
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Married woman gave up what?
all rights, money, prosperity 1) could not vote, had no legal rights 2) could even been illegally beaten, wives were their husbands slaves
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Made more money than the president of the usa
Babe Ruth
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19th Amendment
(Women's suffrage) gave them the right to vote
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Gave Americans a sense of freedom and independence
the automoblie
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Silent Films ( Talkies)
1st with words
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Greatest engineer of the time "created the assembly line"
Henry Ford
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Auto capital of the world
Detroit
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Capital of black America
Harlem
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A celebration of the African American culture
Harlem Ren. "New Negro" Movement
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Some famous people
Langston Hughes- Poet Duke Ellington and louis Armstrong- musicians
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"Invisible Empire" supreme grand wizard Violent and anti-Black, jews, catholic and immigrant organization
Ku-Klux-Klan
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why did the kkk target those groups?
They were blamed for all the problems in society and there goal was to purify America
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Symbol of the KKK
Flaming cross
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Ushers in the age of aviation 1st solo transatlantic airplane flight
Charles Lindbergh
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Back to Africa movement
Marcus Garvey
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Co-Founder of the NAACP
W.E.B Du Bois
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Group of people who lived in Paris during the 20's
Lost Generation
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he wrote "A farewell to arms"
Ernest Hemingway
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Wrote "The Great Gatsby"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Causes of the great depression (5)
1) Unequal distribution of wealth 2) Overproduction in industry 3) High taxes (Tariffs) 4) Easy credit 5) Stock Market crashed
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What was the Official beginning of the great depression ?
The crash of the stock market
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Major source of help?
Bread and soup lines
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Shanty Towns (unemployed)
"Hooverville"
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He Promised Americans a "Chicken is every pot and a car in every garage"
Herbert Hoover
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During the depression he did very little to combat it? why?
He believed that if you just let it run its course it would be over soon
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American soldiers from WW1 had been promised a bonus (money) by the us government for their service during ww1
Bonus army
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National bank holiday closed 5 days
Emergency Bank Act
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Group of the leading schools/businessmen (advisors) how to get out of the depression
Brain trust
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A set of federal economic programs to get the country out of the depression centered around the 3R's
New Deal
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The 3R's
1) Relief- gave temporary help to the suffering and unemployment 2) Recovering- designed to help the economy bounce back from the depression 3) Reform- targeted the causes of the depression and sought ways to prevent it from happening
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Major programs:
1) public works program- (jobs) built highway, parks, bridges, schools...etc 2)federal emergency relief program: gave small amounts money to people until they get work 3) Federal assistance for farmers, businesses and banks 4) SSS- Set aside money for people's retirement
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Did the programs work?
yes and no - they slowed the depression down but did not end it
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Worst drought in the American history
The dust Bowl
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People who migrated to Cali on RT.66
"Okies"
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Migratory Worker or homeless vagabond
"Hobo"
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When did the Great depression end?
when the USA entered WW2 in 1941

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