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1920's Flashcards

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charles lindbergh

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first transatlantic plane

“spirit of st. louis” was his plane

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louis armstrong

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jazz musician

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scopes trial

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john scopes
science teacher who got in trouble for teaching evolution 
was represented by clarence darrow 
william jennings was on the other side 
was found guilty
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warren g harding

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republican running president
his platform was; return to normalcy, life before the war hit
Had a cabinet that consisted of people good for the job and people who were there because they were his friends (took part in his downfall)
died on a trip to alaska

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hardings cabinet

good side

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charles evans hugh's ( sec. of state )
herbert hoover ( sec. of commerce, business )
andrew mellon ( head of treasury, banker )
henry c wallace (sec of agriculture, prof at agriculture college )
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hardings cabinet ( not so good side )

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ohio gang
harry daugherty ( lawyer )
albert b fall

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harding interesting facts

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grew up on ohio farm 
his wife had big ambitions 
wanted to please everyone 
first pres to have radio in white house
first businessman president
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1st in hardings downfall

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began to hear stories of corruption
1st veterans bureau
charles forbes
250 mill dollars missing
forbes allowed to leave country
brought back and sent to leavensworth
released in 1927 ( forbes council committed suicide )

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2nd in hardings downfall

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jessie smith
aid to justice department
accused of selling influence
committed suicide

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3rd in hardings downfall ( played a big role in it )

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thomas miller
    alien property custodian 
    accused of selling for profit
     property taken from germans 
     daugherty also tried but not convicted
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4th in hardings downfall ( also a big role in his downfall )

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teapot dome
    wyoming
    had oil supply 
    promised land in return for gifts and "loans" worth 325,000
    albert fall
     imprisoned
     leases canceled by supreme court
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red scare

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a mitchell palmer; us attorney general

uss buford ( boat used to send russian workers back )

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immigration league

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all immigrants must be able to read
racial religious and ethnic prejudices
cut immigration from russia poland and italy
restrict others from eastern and southern europe

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calvin coolidge

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helped end boston police strike
finished hardings term
ran as a republican with vp charles dawes
“keep cool with coolidge”

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sacco and vendetti

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italian anarchists and immigrants 
arrested
martyrs 
shoe factory 
no criminal records
sacco was for sure guilty
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prohibition

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18th amendment
abolished the manufacture transportation and sale of alcohol
volstead act (federal enforcement of the act )

17
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al capone

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notorious gangster
empire from florida to chicago and chicago to ny
st valentine’s day massacre

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st valentine’s day massacre

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1929 chicago mob hit
moran got call that alcohol was coming in
7 subordinates came in and were gunned down

19
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capones arrest

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for taxivation

died in jail

20
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dawes plan

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allowed for american banks to make loans to germany for war repression influencing europe

21
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fundamentalism

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a movement that affirmed the literal truth of the bible

22
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red scare

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a fear of bolshevism

23
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coolidge fun facts

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slept 9 hours each night and took 2-4 hour naps everyday
silent cow
lawyer
he was honest thrifty hardworking s good speaker and not forceful
had long political history

24
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coolidge cont.

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not a lot of foreign affairs
opposed league of nations
criticized for lack of forcefulness and political leadership
admitted to partial responsibility for depression
laisses fair attitude

25
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city vs country split

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democrats split in two sides during 1924 election

city: will mcadoo and al smith
country: john david and charles bryan

26
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immigration

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issues:  kkk 
              nationalist feelings
              ethnocentrism grew
those involved: h.w evans 
                           d stephenson 
                           kkk
                           palmer
outcome: immigration act in 1912
                 national origins act
                 fear and hostility grew
27
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ford

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ford motors: african american workers increased
only catch was fords morality clause
he paid very well
required checks on houses for abuse and alcohol use
ford model t

28
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harlem renaissance

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why? great migration
anger ( discrimination etc)
racial consciousness and racial integration

what? era or written and artistic creativity among african americans. started as discussions

where: greenwich and harlem

common themes: alienation
marginality use of folk material use of blues traditions
expresses own identity racism

was at first called the new negro movement

29
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harlem ren. famous people

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josephine baker
claude mckay
louis armstrong 
duke ellington
bessie smith
cj walker ( first black female millionaire )
harlem hospital ( staffed by black doctors and nurses )
ny black yankees

dubois: need political action now
t washington: accept discrimination

30
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harlem ren events

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harlem globetrotters
first anti lynching legislation 1932 failed to pass
first black writer on broadway

31
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1928 election

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coolidge doesn’t run again
republicans went with hoover
democrats went with al smith

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hoover

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sec of commerce
wanted to keep prohibition
bug business, small towns, rural america

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hoover cont.

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the great engineer
"chicken in every pot"
symbol of hope and ideals
iowa born with farmer parents 
quakers
orphaned at ten
went to stanford
millionaire by forty
34
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hoovers political career

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wwi
head of food admin.
relief work after wwi

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hoovers foreigners affairs

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concern for people
stinson doctorine ( policy or non recognition )
latin america ( relations improve )
smoot - hawley terrif

36
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garvey

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educated journalist
filled with ambition 
encouraged african americans to to return to africa to establish a country and a government on their own 
universal negro improvement association 
Back to africa

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