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post ww1 Flashcards

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domestic affair

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internal issues

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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 war

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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-immigrants-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 right to vote

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great migration

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movement of Africa- American from southern farms to northern cities

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jim crow laws

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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 1920s , jazz, art, poetry, literature

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prohibition

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13-year ban on alcohol

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speakeasy

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a 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 1920 woman

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buying stocks on margin

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

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stock speculation

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buying stock 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 buisnesses & Laissez Faire economics

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