post ww1 and 1920s vocab Flashcards
1
Q
domestic affairs
A
internal issues
2
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tariff
A
tax on imported goods
3
Q
isolationism
A
when a country keeps to itself, stays out of world conflicts and wars.
4
Q
protectionism
A
trying to protect native-born American businesses
5
Q
communism
A
the government makes all economic decisions
6
Q
red scare
A
Post-WW1 reaction to communism
7
Q
sacco and Vanzetti
A
italian- immigrants-anarchisit— accused of murder–and executed.
8
Q
anarchy
A
no government
9
Q
palmer raids
A
raids on suspected communist
10
Q
19th amendment
A
gave woman right to vote
11
Q
great migration
A
movement of African-Americans from southern farms to northern cities
12
Q
jim crow
A
segregation laws that kept blacks and whites separate in the south
13
Q
rural area
A
the country/ farm land
14
Q
prohibition
A
13-year ban on alcohol
15
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speakeasy
A
secret bar during prohibition
