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1920s Flashcards

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Religion

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Rising secularism in science
secularism in protestant religion
revivalism in fundementalism

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fundamentalists

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those who interpret the bible literally

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christian business

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Those who Jesus as the ultimate businessman

man nobody knows

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Scopes Trial

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1925

argument about whether or not evolution could be taught in schools in tennessee

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Economy

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rich got richer, poor stayed the same

only top 10% were making 5000/yr

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1920

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recession

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1922

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recovery

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unemployment

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3%

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GNP

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grew 3%

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overall wage

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increased

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farmer

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suffered because of overproduction
prices went down
no congress action

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assembly line

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took away personal job interest

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labor union

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membership fell from 3.4 mill to 1 mill
bc of rise in wages
social welfare capitalism

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social welfare capitalism

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leaders and employers taking care of their employees

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fordney mccumber and smoot halley tariff

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benefitted domestic trade

hurt farmers

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national urban league

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old aa population worried about how new influx of aa would represent them so they set up the NUL to prevent embarrassment

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17
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race riots

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537 injured, 30 killed

chicago and st louis

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18
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20s were good for

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industries 
sky scrapers 
movies makers 
radio makers 
car makers 
electricity producers
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20s were bad for

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farmers
southern workers
AAs

20
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stock market

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buying on credit popularized
low prices of stocks
speculative bubble- not representative of actual numbers

21
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KKK

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rebirth of the KKK in the 1920s

22
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Harlem

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accumulation of wealth by AA

looked like a white city

23
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Africans Americans recruited for industrial jobs

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caused labor competition between AA and white

urbanization

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government corruption

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racism against AAs (police)

politicians promising AA rights but lying to get into office

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newspapers and AAs

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spreading stereotypical reps of AAs

heavily doc.d any sort of violence

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southern urbanization

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moved up north for job

created racial tension between them and the AAs who had moved up north

27
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Jim Crow Laws

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not in effect in north, but basically still the same rules applied

28
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black nationalism

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marcus garvey

united negro improvement association

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sexuality and gender in the 1920s

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no change in regards to govt, but social attitude changed

more open interest in sex

30
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promiscuity

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led to rise of birth control
led to chance for women to decide whether or not they wanted to be a mother
Margaret Tsanger

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flapper

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short dresses, short hair, drank, red lipstick, smoked

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right to divorce

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marriage should not be bondage

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homosexuality

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looked down upon
compared to another race
openly gay people prevalent though (ie NYC)
“curse of God”

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shepard towner act

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birth control act

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immigration during 1920s

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slowing

anti-imm views- thought to lower standard of living

36
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defining american identity

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no real one american bc of extended immigration

non assimilation still takes away from the american identity- rude not to assimilate

37
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emergency quota bill

national origins act (Johnson Reed Act)

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1921
1924
only 3% of a country’s pop could come to america
suffering for things they were not guilty of
persecution

38
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saccio and venzetti trial

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arrested for roberry and murder
no connection to crime scene
socialist and anarchist and immigrants
executed

39
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quotas

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lowered of eastern and southern european

40
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eugenics

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science to perfect the american
dont allow ppl with defects to reproduce
limit the gene pool
sterilization

41
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Buck Vs Bell

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supreme court upheld the sterilization of mental institution patients

42
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election of 1928

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hoover vs Al Smith
laissez faire vs Progressive
hoover wins

43
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al smith

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new culture 
nyc
antiprohibition 
big speaker
catholic
urban support
44
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hoover

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old culture
conservative
prohibition

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