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(normalcy) a … of progressive reforms
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rejection
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(normalcy) a retreat from …
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world affairs
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(normalcy) laissez fair economics: government follows a “…” policy; the … determines things
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hands off; free market
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(election of 1920) woodrow wilson is …., served .. terms, disabled by …
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done; two; massive stroke
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(election of 1920) james cox: ohio …, continue …, promote …
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governor; wilson’s progressive policies; league of nations
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(election of 1920) warren g.
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harding
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(election of 1920) results … as well
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slide
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(harding’s economic policies) cut federal spending: 1918- … billion; 1925: … billion
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$25; $3
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(harding’s economic policies) cut regulations: the rules that …
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business must follow
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(harding’s economic policies) hiked tariffs, the goal of which is to
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protect american industry
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(president harding)was a … man; but not esp. … or …
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likable; intelligent; detail-oriented
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(president harding) relied on .. and … from Ohio
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friends; advisors
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(president harding) relying on friends and advisors from ohio: appointed to .. positions and heads of …
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cabinet; departments
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(president harding) harding hung out and played … with many of these ohio men and they were known as the “…”
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cards; ohio gang
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charles forbes- dept. of ….; wasted …. and bought …
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veteran affairs; hundreds of millions $; 100 years worth of floor cleaner for $70,000
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forbes neglected …, approved claims for … while … had been wounded and failed to provided promised …
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veterans; 47,000; 300,000; vocational training
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harry daugherty was … and accepted …
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attorney general; bribes from criminals
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(teapot dome scandal)… in California and Teapot Dome, Wyoming were dedicated to the … as a ..
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oil fields; Navy; reserve
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(teapot dome scandal) secretary of interior … arranged to have these oil fields transferred from …
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albert fall; navy to his department
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(teapot dome scandal) fall leased the oil fields to
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private companies in exchange for bribes
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(harding’s role) harding not directly … or knew … of any scandals but knew his friends were up to no good; woories kept him “…”
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involved; details; walking the floor at night
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stress of … too much for harding; he had a … and died on …
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office; heart attack; august 2, 1923
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scandals went … after harding’s …
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public; death
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vice-president .. takes over
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calvin coolidge
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coolidge was .., ..., and ... and he trusted ...
quiet; honest; frugal; business
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coolidge believed government was no place for ...., but he was no friend of ...
tricksters; progressivism
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coolidge was president from ... to ...
1923; 1928
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(coolidge's economic policies) created a ... economy; reduced ...; cut .. and ... and reduced national ...
pro-business; federal spending; taxes; regulations; debt
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the nation's debt was owed from
ww1
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results of coolidge's presidency was six years of
economic boom
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farmers suffered from
falling prices after war
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factory workers; wages didnt ... and conditions were ..
rise much; still poor
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african-americans continued to suffer ... esp. in the ...
discrimination; south
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african-americans suffered ..., ... and ..
economically; politicaly; socially
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coolidge didn't believe it was the government's job to fix
african americans' problems
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nations of the world scarred by ... and ... of ww1
death; horror
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"..." was the common theme
never again
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created international organizations to
settle disputes without war
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league of nations was ... by us
rejected
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world court created to make judgments in ....
international disputes voluntarily submitted by nations
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the world court was ... by US
rejected
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washington naval conference: 1921-22; ...., ...., and ... diplomats met to prevent a
american; european; japanese; naval arms race
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washington naval conference: limited size of ... and established ... for the size ...
ships; ratios; navy each nation could have
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kellogg-briand pact 1928: ... nations (including U.S) signed a pact that outlawed ... as a ....--> ultimately ...
62; war; national policy; unsuccessful
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(foreign policy) u.s. tried to avoid ... and ... by following a policy of ...
war; foreign entanglements; isolationism
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isolationism is a policy of ...
withdrawing as much as possible from foreign affairs
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u.s. only got involved when
necessary or easy
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the roaring twenties was the decade when
modern american society was born
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roaring tweenties brought about modern
technology, culture, economy, landscape
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henry ford did not invent ... or .../...
car; mass production/assembly line
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ford revolutionized ..., perfected ..., made cars ..., and changed ...
production; assembly line; inexpensive; america
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mass production: rapid manufacture of
identical items in large quantities
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ford studied how ... and ... were made through mass production
typewriters; sewing machines
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scientific management: experts review every step in production to reduce
time, effort, and expense
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as a contribution to scientific management, ford studied
meat plants in Chicago
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ford combined ... and ... to ...
mass production; scientific management; assembly line
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assembly line is an arrangement of .. and ... in whcih work passes from operation to operation in a ... until the ...
workers; equipment; direct line; product is finished
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ford began making cars in
1908
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within two years, production of a Model T car went from ... to ..
12hrs; 90 min
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(model T) cost: 1908-..., 1927-....
$850; $290
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(model T) availability: 1919-... of americans owned one; 1927- ... of americans owned one
10%; 56%
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(ford's workers) in 1914: raised worker pay from ... a day to ... a day
$2.35; $5.00
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(ford's workers) in 1914: reduced workday from ... to ...
9 hrs; 8 hrs
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(ford's workers) in 1914: gave workers ... off
saturday/sunday off
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(ford's workers) in 1914: most workers word .. or ... days a week
6; 7
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(ford's workers) ford's purpose for bettering conditions was to have ..., ... employees and they would be beter workers if they are ...
better; hard-working; rested
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things that are around because of the automobile
paved roads; stoplights; gas stations; parking lots; drivethroughs; highways; bridges/tunnels; suburbs; malls; car part stores/washes; motels
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(impact of the automobile) economic ...
boom
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(impact of the automobile) auto industry and ... industries expand:
steel; glass; rubber; asphalt; oil; service stations
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(impact of the automobile) migration from ... to ... began
cities; suburbs
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(impact of the automobile) .. change: americans had a new sense of ... and ...; affected how we .. and ...
cultural; freedom; mobility; work; play
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(consumer revolution) a flood of .. and ... products became available
new; affordable
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(consumer revolution) many new items possible due to
spread of electricity
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(consumer revolution) new innovations:
washing machines; refrigerators; vacuums; radios; irons
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(consumer revolution) growth of advertising: did not focus on ... instead focused on "..."
people's needs; desires and fears
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(consumer revolution) forms of advertising: print ... in ... and ...; and ... advertising as well as
ads; magazines; newspapers; radio; billboards
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installment plan: purchase of goods for a .... the balance is paid ... with regular ...
small down payment; overtime; monthly payments
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U.S. cities continued to
grow
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(1920) for the first time in US history, more people lived in
cities than in rural areas
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technological advances with ... allowed for ... to be constructed
steel beams; enormous buildings
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.. served as symbols of American ... and ...
skyscrapers; prosperity; economic power;
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chrysler building in 1928 remained the ... for some time
largest building in the world
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chrysler building was eclipsed by ... in 1931
empire state building
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chrysler building was able to be built under ... and ahead of ... despite ...
budget; schedule; depression
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(charles lindbergh) 1st man to
fly the atlantic solo, non0stop
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(charles lindbergh) flew from ... to ... for .. hours in May 1927
new york; paris; 33.5
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(charles lindbergh) sparked interest in ... and accelerated ...
aviation; development of early airlines
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babe ruth: NY .., ...
Yankees; home run hitter
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jack dempsey: ... champ (1919-26); first ... gate
heavyweight boxing; $1 million
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before 1920s, women expected to center their lives around
home and family
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after 1920, some (not all) women began to feel they had the same
political and social rights as men
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women got the right to vote in
1920
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some women fully embraced this attitude and felt
"liberated" from past norms
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flappers- young women who
defied traditional rules of behavior and dress
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examples of u.s. getting involved only when necessary or easy:
washington naval conference; kellogg briand pact; dawes plan (& financial advantages)
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(flapper- new behavior) ... and ... styles; ... and ... in public; ... whom they wanted
dress; hair; smoked; drank; dated
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not all women became ..
"rebels"
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many women continued to follow ... and some adopted some parts of "..."
tradition; flapper-style
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the "..." persisted (stereotypes and crap) still a "man's world" for ...
double-standard; jobs/education
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many americans felt ... after WW1
disillusioned
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... and ... hugely impacted younger generation
war experience; death
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the .. generation
lost
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(dawes plan) germany was going to .. on their ...
default; loans
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(dawes plan) america ... to Germany to help ...
lends money; pay British and French
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(dawes plan) this is an effort to
avoid conflict
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lost generation: american ... of the 1920s who lost faith in ... and ...; books searched for
authors; traditional beliefs; values; new meaning
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the lost generation consisted of (example works and people):
the great gatsby: fitzgerald; hemingway- a farewell to arms; sinclair lewis- main street
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art deco: a ... yet ... art style that refelcted the ...
lavish; modern; mood of the 1920s
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art deco was ... into the late ...
popular; 1920s
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characteristics of art deco:
linear and angular; decorative; symmetry; eclectic (varied) styles
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anti-... groups
liquor
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(anti-liquor groups) 19th century ....; ... churches; ...; ... ; included ..
women's movements; christian; rural people; employers; henry ford
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lost generation reflected a .... that was less ... and more ...
new writing style; wordy; direct
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prohibition also resulted from ...
anti-german feelings
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(prohibition) ... wrong; hurt ... and ...; .... voters: how ... was passed; these voters ... for only one issue
morrally; society; business; single issue; prohibition; support/opposed politicians
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(18th amendment) banned ..., ... and ... of alcohol; effective ...;
manufacture; sale; distribution; jan 1920
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(18th amendment) volstead act: law that provided for.... ; ... agents
enforcement of ban; treasury department
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(prohibition) many people did not... ban;
support
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(prohibition) alcohol was part of ... for many groups: ... for germans, irish; ... for italians
cultural heritage; beer; wine
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(prohibition) ignoring law not a major "..." for most people because something ... was taken away
moral hurdle; normal
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(prohibition) bootleggers: people who made ... or ... for ...
homemade alcohol; smuggled alcohol; sale to consumers
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(prohibition) speakeasy: an ... that sold ... to consumers during prohibition
illegal bar; liquor
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(prohibition) millions of americans became
criminals
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(prohibition) big profits for .. and ...
bootleggers; speakeasies
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(prohibition) officials took ... to "..."---> ... prevalent
bribes; look the other way; corruption
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al capone represented the rise of
organized crime
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small time ... had existed in ...
gangs; big cities
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big profits from bootlegging led to ... and ... gangs
larger; more organized
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organized crime was often
violent
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(st valentine's day massacre) fe. 14...
1929
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(st valentine's day massacre) capone's men disgusised as ... went to ...
police; rival's headquarters
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(st valentine's day massacre) assuming the "..." gangsters not ...
usual shakedown; alarmed
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(st valentine's day massacre)lined against .. and ..
wall; murdered
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(st valentine's day massacre)capone was in .... and so he was not ...
florida; charged
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(capone) lived openly at ...
fancy hotel
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(capone) estimated ... in annual revenue
$100 million
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(capone) convicted of ... in 1931
tax evasion
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(capone) spent ... in prison
7 years
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(prohibition ends) a failure with
unintended consequences
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(prohibition ends) prohibition wasn't workikng as ... and ...
drinking continued; hypocrisy became an issue
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(prohibition ends) wanted to reduce ...
crime/ corruption
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(prohibition ends) not until 1933: during the great depression: economics: create ..., tax ...
jobs; revenue
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in the past, nation had been ...: north vs. south; west vs. east
divided;
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in 1920, more people lived in .. than ... for the first time
urban areas; rural areas
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new division: ... vs..
urban dwellers vs. rural
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(urban dwellers) enjoyed ...: new ... such as ... and ...
prosperity; consumer products; cars; appliances
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(urban dwellers) new ... such as ... and
leisure activiites; sports events; movies
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(urban dwellers) open to ... and .new ...
change; scentific discoveries
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(rural population) ... down; limited enjoyment of ... and ... due to lack of ...; held more ... due to focus on ...
farm prices; consumer products and leisure activiites; electricity; traditional values; christian beliefs
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(modernism) general belief in ... and ...
science; secular values
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(modernism) secular means unrelated to
religion
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(modernism) favored by
urban dwellers
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(fundamentalism) movement that stressed ... and ... following of the ...
strict; literal; christian bible
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(fundamentalism) belieed that answers to all questions can be
found in the christian bible
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(fundamentalism) favored by
rural populations
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darwinism was accepted by
scientists
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darwinism: complex forms of life, such as humans, evolved from
simpler forms of life
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darwinism classhed with
fundamentalist beliefs
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creationism: christian god created the ... and ... over .. days
world; everything in it (including humans); 6
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(scopes trial) also called the
monkey trial
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(scopes trial) tennessee outlawed the
teaching of darwinism in public schools
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(scopes trial) the ACLU convinces a high school biology teacher, john scopes, to
challenge the law by teaching Darwinism anyway
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(scopes trial) scopes was arrested and
put on trial
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(scopes trial) ... a .. presidential candidate, assisted the ...
william jennings bryan; 3x; prosecution
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(scopes trial) clarence darrow: most famous ... represented mr. scopes
defense attorney in the nation
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(scopes trial) the trial received
national attention in the media
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(scopes trial) bryan's (prosecution)
| s argument: scopes did indeed ...; and darwinism was an attack on ...
break the law; christian values
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(scopes trial) darrow (defense) argument: that science and reason was to be ...; that scopes should not ..
held higher than personal (religious) beliefs; be punished
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(scopes trial) scopes found .. and ...
guilty; fined $100
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(immigration) many felt american was
changing too much
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(immigration) too many
immigrants
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(immigration) immigrants frm souther and eastern europe ...
main groups 1890-1920
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(immigration) red scare after ww1 raised fears that ...
communists and socialists were among them
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(immigration) chinese exclusion act in effect since
1882
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(immigration) emergency quota act of 1921: temporary quota system aimed at ...
reducing immigration especially from southern and eastern europe
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(immigration) national origins act of 1924: permanent restriction of immigration to ... of a nation's ... in the US as of ...
2%; presence; 1890
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(immigration) national origins act skewed immigration to
northern and western europe
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(immigration) national origins act reduced
immigration in general
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(immigration) national origins act: mexican immigration ... (were a source of ..)
not limited; cheap labor
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1924: english- ...%; irish- ...%; german- ...%; italian- ...%; slavic-...%; Jewish-..%; other-..%
12; 18; 23; 17; 17; 5; 8
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1890 (demographics used for the quota act): english- ...%; irish-...%; german-...%; italian-...%; slavic-..%; jewish-...%; other-...%
25; 20; 30; 5; 5; 1; 14
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Ku Klux Klan: organization that promotes ... adn ... against specific ... and ...
hate; discrimination; ethnic; religious groups
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original kkk established
after civil war
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original kkk used ... and ... to restrict rights of ....
terror; violence; former slaves in the south
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original kkk faded out by the
1880s
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many people did not like the changes in america:
new immigrants; urbanization; modernism
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in 1915, the KKK was reborn in ... in rection to ...
Georgia; these changes
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the KKK grew quickly into the 1920s: ... members at peak; mainly in the ... but also the... and ... even in ...
4-5 million; south; mid-west; north; new jersey
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the kkk targeted many groups- anone who was not ... (...) and ..
white; anglo-xaxon; protestant christian
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kkk targeted:
african0americans; jews; catholics; immirants
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KKK used ... and ... against targeted groups: burn ...; boycott...; .. or even ...
violence; intimidation; crosses on property; businesses; beatings; lynchings
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the klan became ... as leaders ...
corrupt; stole member dues ($)
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many kkk people were arrested for crimes:
violence; attempted bribery
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the kkk faded out again by the ... but still exists today on the fringe
late 1920s
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(great migration) millions of african-americans had moved from the south to northern cities to escape the ... and to get ...
worst racism; industrial jobs
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(great migration) the north was not free of
racism and discrimination
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(marcus garvey) born in ... with humble origins
jamaica
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(marcus garvey) travelled around:
the caribbean, london
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(marcus garvey) came to ... in 1916: ..., ..., and ...
nyc; businessman; newspaper publisher; ciivil rights activist
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(marcus garvey) his experience told him
black people were exploited everywhere
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(marcus garvey) established the
united nwegro improvement association (UNIA)
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(marcus garvey) UNIA: within the US, sponsored ... and .. to bolster African0americans ..
black-owned stores; businesses; economically
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UNIA sponsored the
back star line steamship company
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(UNIA) ... million members; did not want blaks to ...
2-4; integrate intwo white-dominated society
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(UNIA) urged a ... for blacks in america- ... by blacks
separate society; controlled by
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(UNIA) loose goal: for all blacks in western hemisphere to form their
own country in africa- potentially liberia
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(garvey) very different ideas from
W.E.B. Dubois and Booker T. Washington
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(garvey) dubois refers to garvey s "either a ... or a ..." and "the most ..."
lunatic; traitor; dangerous enemy of the Negro race
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(garvey) garvey met with
imperial grand wizard of the KKK
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(garvey) garvey survived an
assassitnation attempt
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(garvey) by mid-1920s: garvey charged with
mail fraud
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(garvey) garvey is .., ... and ... and then he writes the "..."
convicted; imprisoned; deported; first message to the negroes of the world from atlanta prison
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(garvey) mlk jr said that garvey was the first man on a masss scale to ive negroes a sense of ... and ... and make them feel like ..
.dignity; destiny; he was somebody
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(garvey) garvey's ideas of black pride and pride n african culture
live on
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(garvey) later groups such as ... and ... inspired by hsi ...
nation of islam; black panthers; separatist ideas
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(harlem renaissance) period in the 1920s when african-american writers, poets, artists and musicians
celebrated their culture through the arts
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(harlem renaissance) harlemn in NYC had become the .... as ... african-americans had settled ther
focal point of this movement; 200,000
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(harlem renaissance) literature and the arts reflected both: ... in african0american ... and ...; the ... of ...
pride in african-american culture and heritage; the pain of racial prejudice
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(harlem renaissance) cotton club: historic harlem ...; all ... were african0amerian
jazz club; entertainers/staff;
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(harlem renaissance) cotton club was owned exclusively by ... and had exclussively .. customers
whites; white
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for thousands of years commnication had to be
in person or physical--> spoken/written word
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in the mid-1800s, the telegraph permitted ...: station to station using ...
limited messages; morse code
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the late 1800s, the telephone was a
huge advancement
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telephone had allowed person to person vocal communication over
long distances
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(radio) marconi and tesla separately contributed to ... sincethe ..
radio tech; 1890s
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(radio) no one knew quite what to do with
radio technology
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(radio) even during ww1, no one figured out that radio had
military uses
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(radio) by 1920, the u.s. military beamed out the
time to bases and ships at sea
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(dr. conrad) conrad worked for ... in pittsburgh, pa
westinghouse company
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(dr. conrad) conrad's hobby was ...
radio tech
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(dr. conrad) bought cheap radio to listen to
military communications
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(dr. conrad) riged up ... and began to beam out .. from his record collection
radio transmission system; jazz music
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(dr. conrad) friends bought cheap ... and word spread in town
radio receivers
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(dr. conrad) record store offered onrad the records for free if he
mentioned their store on his "broadcasts"--> birth of radio advertisements
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(dr. conrad) westinghouse convinced him to set up stronger system on ... to sell more of their ...
roof of their building; radio receiver devices
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(dr. conrad) first commercial broadcast was ...-
november 2, 1920-election night
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within 3 years, ... radio stations set up around the country and ...
600; 600,000 radios sold
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these radio stations were for
news and talk; music; sports; radio shows-drama/mystery/comedies
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... perforemed ...
radio actors; live broadcast
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in 1925, ... heard ... on the radio by 22 million people
president coolidge's inauguration speech; live;
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in 1926, the first national radio network was established using ...: ...
relay signals; NBC Radio network
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(impact of radio) birth of instant ...: before tv or the internet
mass communication
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(impact of radio) helped establish a ... due to exposure to same .., ..., ...
national mass culture; music; celebrities; sports
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working patterns: 1850- .. hrs for ... days a week
1910- .. hrs for .. days a wek
1930-... hrs for ... dayss a week
70; 7
55; 6;
45; 5
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people now had
leisure time
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movies invented in
late 1800s
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by 1915 movies commonly shown in ... but they were ... as they did not have technology to ...
theaters; silent; connect sound to film
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by 1920s, movies were part of the
consumer revolution
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by 1920s, movie industry had
fully developed
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movie industry based in ... - ... for the ..., ..., and to escape ...
southern california; hollywood; good weather; open space; patent laws
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by 1929, over ... in the U.S.
23,000 theaters
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comedies relied heavily on
slapstick
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in 1927, t... starring ... was the "first" movie with sound
THe Jazz Singer; Al Jolson
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"..." become the norm within 1.5 years
talkies
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many "..." stars failed due to a... and ...
silent ;accents; poor speaking voices
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(the jazz age) jazz came to
symbolize the era
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(the jazz age) everyone listend to jazz and the music perfectly fit the
mood of the times
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(the jazz age) jazz was a
uniquely american music form
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(the jazz age) america is a land of shared ... and ... and jazz is a ... of that sharing
traditions and cultures; symbol
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(the jazz age) african influences:
polyrhythm; call and response; improvisation; blue notes;
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(the jaz(the jazz age) .. and ... influences formed jazz z age) european influences: instruments including ..., ..., ..., ...; ..., and ..
brass, winds, piano, guitar; harmony; melody european; african
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(the jazz age) jazz evolved in 100s of places but mainly born in
new orleans
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(the jazz age) new orleans a ..., ... city founded by French and ruled by Spain for a while
cross-cultural; port
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(the jazz age) new orleans was taken over by ...-.., ..., and ... residents
americans; black; white; mixed
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early jazz begins to take shape in
very early 1900s
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the term "jazz" 1st appeared in
print in 1915
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"livery stable blues" (song)- 1st popular new orleans band to ... this band was ...
be recorded; original dixieland jazz band
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(louis armstrong) born (1901) and raised in new orleans; ... and ... jazz-> he ...
shaped; changed; wrote the "blueprint"
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(louis armstrong) Hot Fives and Hot Sevens (band): made jazz ...- ...; emphasis on ...- especially ...; he was a ... himself; introduced ..- singing ..
swing; rhythmic groove; musicians; soloists; master player; "scat"' non-words
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(duke ellington) armstrong's style greatly affected him; became a ... and ...
master composer; band leader
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(duke ellington) his orchestra was the ... at ... in Harlem
house band; The Cotton Club
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(duke ellington) brought importance of ... back into jaz msic
composer
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(duke ellington) his very large band
influenced later bands
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new media spread jazz ... through ... and ...
around the country; phonogrpaph records; radio
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small-scale social changes: bands remained segregated due to times but- black and white musicians
socialized and traded ideas and influenced each other
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jzz was the ... of america from 1920-1955
popular music
