12/18 US History test C20 & C21 part 2 Flashcards

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Washington Naval Treaty

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  • 10 years moratorium on the naval shipbuilding

- U.S, Britain, France, Italy, and Japan to scrap their 5 largest ships

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Prohibition

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Sale, manufacture, transportation of alcohol illegal

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3
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Scopes Trial

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religion vs science

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Fundamentalism

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  • a literal interpretation of the bible

- skeptical of many scientific discoveries such as evolution

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5
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Fundamentalist views on alcohol

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the crime, slums, and child abuse

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Great Immigration

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movement of Southern Blacks to the North looking for work

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Labor Unions in the 1920s

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+many Unions do not accept African Americans
+farmers who migrated to cities used to caring for themselves
+immigrants willing to work under poor conditions
+multitude of languages made organizing difficult

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Dawes Plan

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ECONOMIST

  • US loaned Germany $2.5 billion to pay Britain, France
  • Britain, France paid the US with the US’s own money
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9
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Charles Lindbergh

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1st nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic

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10
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John L. Lewis

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Labor Unrest

leading coal miner’s strike (United Mine Workers)

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