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post ww1 + 1920's Flashcards

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domestic affairs

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internal(national) issues -stuff that happens in America

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tariff

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tax on imported goods

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isolationism

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when a country keeps to itself and stays out of world conflicts and ww1

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protectionism

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trying to protect native-born Americans and American businesses

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communism

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the government makes all economic decisions

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red scare

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post ww1 reaction to communism -driven by fear and mistrust

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sacco and Vanzetti

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italian-immigration-anarchists-accused of murder-and executed

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anarchy

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no government

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palmer raids

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raids on suspected communists

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19th amendment

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gave women the right to vote

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great migration

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movement of African-Americans from southern farms to northern cities

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jim crow

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segregation laws that kept blacks and whites separate in the south

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urban areas

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cities

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rural areas

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the country

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harlem renaissance

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A celebration of African-American culture in the 1920’s jazz, art, poetry, Literature

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Prohibition

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the 13-year ban on alcohol (the 1920s)

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Speakeasy

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Secret bar where people drank during prohibition

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Popular culture

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The stuff most people do and like

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Consumerism

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Buying more and more all the time

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Installment Plan

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Buying stuff on payments (instead of paying cash upfront)

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Flapper

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Young, modern, 1920s woman: Short hair Short dresses Smoked Drank Alcohol

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Buying Stocks on margin

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Making a down payment on a stock & trying to sell it for a profit (before paying for the rest)

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Stock Speculation

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Buying stocks in anticipation that their price will go up (regardless of the true value of the stock)

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Herbert Hoover

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President 1929-1933 All about businesses & Laissez Faire

economics

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