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The 20"s Flashcards

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32nd president

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Former secretary of the treasury.

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Andrew Mellon

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3
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The 30th president

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Calvin Coolidge

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The 29th president

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Warren G. Harding

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5
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Democrat candidate for 29th presidency

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James M. Cox

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6
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A bribery incident made by Albert fall

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Teapot Dome Scandal

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7
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US ambassador to the UK

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John W. Davis

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He was part of the bribery teapot dome scandal

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Albert Fall

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9
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It was a pact with multiple nations to not use war to resolve conflicts.

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Kellog-Briand Pact

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10
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Car made by Ford

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Model T Car

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11
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The 31st president

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Herbert Hoover

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12
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Governor of Wyoming

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Nellie Tayloe Ross

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13
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Governor of Texas

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Miriam “Ma” Ferguson

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14
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The fear of communists

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Red Scare

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15
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A fashion style that was hated in the 2o’s

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Flappers

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16
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A system that made cars cheaper

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Moving Assembly Line

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17
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Governor of New York

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Alfred E. Smith

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18
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A businessman who made the car cheaper and built the middle class

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Henry Ford

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19
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It was a raid based on radical communists.

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Communism

Palmer Raids

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20
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An anarchist convicted of two murders

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Bartolomeo Vanzetti

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21
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A union meant to protect civil liberties but are very controversial today Project ”Ducks on the Ground”

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ACLU

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22
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A policy that restricted immigration extremely

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National Origins Act of 1924

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23
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The act that banned alcohol

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Prohibition

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24
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Anarchists convicted of murdering a guard.

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Nicola Sacco

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The prohibition was known as the Volstead act

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Volstead Act

26
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It repealed the eighteenth

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Twenty-first Amendment

27
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It is within tradition

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Traditional

28
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A gangster that was known for the valentine’s massacre

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Al “Scarface” Capone

29
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An adherence to basic beliefs

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Fundamentalism

30
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He was brought to court for teaching evolution

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John T. Scopes

31
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A civil right organization.

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NAACP

32
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It was a court case where John t scopes was brought to court for teaching evolution

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Scopes Trial

33
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A famous evangelist

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Aimee Semple McPherson

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Jamaican political leader

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Marcus Garvey

35
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A civil right organization

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LULAC

36
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NBC

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National Broadcasting Company

37
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A film that had sound which was revolutionary at the time

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talkie “The Jazz Singer”

38
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CBS

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Columbia Broadcasting System

39
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It is a massive migration that African Americans made they went from the south to the north.

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Great Migration of the 1920’s

40
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A famous actor that was known for his pirate movies

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Douglas Fairbanks

41
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A movie star in silent movies

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Charlie Chaplin

42
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The first man to fly across the Atlantic

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Charles Lindbergh

43
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It is the best baseball player of all time BABE RUTH!

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George Herman Ruth

44
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He was known as the best pitcher of all time

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Satchel Paige

45
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She was a famous film producer

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Mary Pickford

46
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The first woman to fly across the Atlantic

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Amelia Earhart

47
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A time period that happened between 1919-1929

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Roaring Twenties

48
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Founder of psychoanalysis

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Sigmund Freud

49
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A time where jazz was popular

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Jazz Age

50
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A famous music composer

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Edward “Duke” Ellington

51
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New inventions

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Innovation

52
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It was an artistic movement that happened in Harlem

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Harlem Renaissance

53
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People who don’t live in their native country

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Expatriates

54
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A poet

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Langston Hughes

55
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A writer who criticized American society.

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Ernest Hemingway

56
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His work illustrated the jazz age

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

57
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A poet

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Langston Hughes

58
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A time where jazz was popular

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Jazz Age

59
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The generation that matured during ww1

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Lost Generation

60
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She was an artist

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Georgia O’Keeffe

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