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Review: Lectures 21-23 Flashcards

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Teapot Dome

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1920s scandal over secret leasing of federal oil reserves

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East St Louis Race Riot (1917)

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Violent conflict in East St. Louis between white mobs and black residents.

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Marcus Garvey

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Jamaican-born Black nationalist leader who advocated for Pan-Africanism and self-reliance.

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Universal Negro Improvement Association

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Global organization founded by Marcus Garvey promoting black self-determination and unity.

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Red Scare 1917

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A period of anti-communist nervousness.

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Palmer Raids 1919

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A series of raids targeting suspected leftist.

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Sacco and Vanzetti 1920

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Italian-American anarchists executed for alleged murder.

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Birth of a Nation 1915

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Controversial epic film glorifying the Ku Klux Klan and racism.

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Kellogg-Briand Pact

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The Kellogg-Briand Pact was a 1928 international treaty renouncing war.

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Sheppard Towner

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a US federal maternal and child health program.

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Second Klan

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a white supremacist organization in the US.

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Immigration Act of 1924

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The 1924 law restricted the number of immigrants entering America.

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Scopes Monkey Trial 1925

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a court case debated the teaching of evolution.

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Black Tuesday

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Devastating stock market crash that occurred on October 29, 1929.

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Herbert Hoover

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President who served from 1929 to 1933 during the Great Depression.

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Great Depression

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A severe economic downturn in the 1930s causing widespread unemployment and poverty.

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New Deal

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An economic and social policy program implemented by FDR in 1930s

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Reconstruction Finance Corporation

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Government-owned entity during the Great Depression that financed economic recovery.

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Bonus Army

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Unemployed veterans who protested for their promised benefits in Washington DC.

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‘Hoovervilles’

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makeshift settlements during the Great Depression, housing homeless and unemployed.

21
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Glass Steagall

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A US law separating commercial and investment banking.

22
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Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

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US law (1933) that paid farmers to reduce crop production.

23
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Tennessee Valley Authority

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US federal agency managing power, economic development, and conservation.

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Eleanor Roosevelt

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Influential First Lady, social and human rights activist.

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Resettlement Act

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provided land to displaced farmers during the Depression.

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National Industrial Recovery Act (NRA)

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a US law promoting industrial recovery during the Great Depression.

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Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)

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A New Deal program employing young men in environmental projects.

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Home Owner Loan Corporation (HOLA)

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U.S. federal agency that assisted homeowners in the 1930s-40s.

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

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The SEC regulates securities markets and protects investors in the US.

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Huey Long

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Huey Long was a populist Louisiana politician and senator.

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Father Coughlin

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American radio personality and political activist.

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Dr. Townsend

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An American physician for senior citizens.

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Social Securities Act of 1935

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established the American welfare state.

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John Maynard Keynes

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British economist who advocated for government intervention in the economy.

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National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

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The National Labor Relations Board is a federal agency overseeing workplace disputes.

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Harlem Renaissance

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Cultural movement of African American arts and literature in 1920s Harlem.

37
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Bonnie and Clyde

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Infamous American criminal duo of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.

38
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Flapper Girls

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Young women in 1920s known for their rebellious behavior.

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18th Amendment 1920

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The 18th Amendment, ratified in 1920, prohibited alcohol in America.

40
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J. Edgar Hoover

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American law enforcement official who directed the FBI for decades.

41
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Charles Lindbergh

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American aviator, author, inventor, and explorer; first solo transatlantic flight.

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Amelia Earhart

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Pioneering aviator and first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.

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Leopold and Loeb

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Wealthy Chicagoans who committed a notorious murder.

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Twenty Inventions of the 20’s

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A book detailing notable inventions of the 1920s

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Aimee Simple McPherson

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pioneering female evangelist and founder of the Foursquare Church.

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