7.1 Flashcards

1
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Evolution

A

Made people question the bible

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2
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Higher Criticism

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bible should be studied as any other work of literature in history

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3
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Fundamentalism

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belief that the bible is true, contains no errors

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4
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Consumerism

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people who spend a lot of money on goods and services

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5
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Scopes Trial

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the debate b/w fundamentalism and scientific theory

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6
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Birth of a nation

A

A silent film that made black people look bad

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7
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Flappers

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fun loving and rebellious women

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8
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Lost Generation

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group of writers, felt lost in society of greed and moral corruption

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9
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Hughes

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best known poet and wrote about the lives of black heritage ( working class blacks)

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10
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Hurston

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African american author, wrote several books about the lives of blacks

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11
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Garvey

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encouraged African Americans to go “back to Africa” to find justice and equality

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12
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Louie Armstrong

A

What a wonderful life

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13
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Billie Holiday

A

God bless the child

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14
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Duke Ellington and his orchestra

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lazy rhapsody

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15
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Ella Fitzgerald and Louie armstrong

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they cant take that away from me

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16
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Red Scare

A

the fear that such a revolution might occur in the us

17
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Communism

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gov owns all property and individual rights mean little compared to the welfare of the state

18
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Palmer raiders

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caused many innocent but suspected communist and other ‘subversives” were arrested and jailed

19
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anarchists

A

people who wanted to bring down any form of gov

20
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Subversives

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those believed to post a threat to the us gov

21
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nativism

A

opposed immigration

22
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kkk

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targeted Jews, Catholics, immigrants and feared communism

23
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quotas

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limitations on number of immigrants that could enter the us from diff parts of the world

24
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Prohibition

A

18th admendent

25
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bootlegger

A

criminals who sold illegal stuff

26
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Speakeasies

A

illegal bars

27
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Liberal

A

noting or pertaining to a political party advocating measures of progressive political reform ( believed in gov action & equal opportunity)

28
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Conservative

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disposed to preserve existing conditions, institution or to restore traditional ones, and to limit (believed in individual liberty and did not want to role of gov to be provided)

29
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Warren G. Harding

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Wants “good old days.” Limited role of gov, Limited immigration, Isolationism, & protects US business (tariffs)

30
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Calvin Coolidge

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Wanted to keep taxes down and business profits up and he was all about pro business policies, & in 1921-1929 the output of industry nearly doubled

31
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Herbert Hoover

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(president) believed in individualism. Believed in pro business. He lent up to $2 billion to large businesses and companies. (Good neighbor policy)

32
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Dust Bowl

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Series of storms that hit the mid west, causing enormous clouds of dust created by highwinds

33
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Farmers

A

new machinery caused overproduction

34
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Black Tuesday

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Oct. 29,1921 (stock market crash)

35
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FDR

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3 R’s (Relief, Recovery, & Reform)

36
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xenophobia

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fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers

37
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Great Depression

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period of low business prices in the US