Roaring Twenties Flashcards

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election of 1920

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In the presidential election, Republican Senator Warren G. Harding from Ohio defeated Democratic Governor James M. Cox of Ohio. Harding won a landslide victory, taking every state outside the South and dominating the popular vote

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Warren Harding

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Winner of 1920 eletcion

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3
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Albert Fall

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Sectary under Harding

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4
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Calvin Coolidge

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30th President

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5
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Henry Ford

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founder of ford motor company

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Flappers

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generation of young Western women in the 1920s who wore short skirts (just at the knee was short for that time period), bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior.

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American Birth Control League

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organization that advocated for the legalization of contraception in the United States and promoted women’s reproductive rights and health

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The Great Migration

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movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West

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Harlem Renaissance

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a renewal and flourishing of Black literary and musical culture during the years after World War I in the Harlem section of New York City.

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10
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KKK

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racist whites in robes

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11
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18th Amendment

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“manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors

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21st Amendment

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reversed 18 amendment

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