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Unit 2 Flashcards

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18th amendment

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Prohibition; bolsters act was passed to enforce prohibition

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Radio/kdka

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1st commercial radio station, sales of radios went up enormously, broadcasted the 1920s election

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19th amendment

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Women’s suffrage, did not bring the social change that people thought would happen

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21 amendment

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Repeals prohibition, only admen dement that repeals another amendment

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Immediate post WWI economy

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Was in turmoil from 1919-1921, recession, industries had to adjust, more nations owed us than we owed them

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Automobile impact on economy

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Helps economic growth and the growth of other industries

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Henry ford

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Made the automobile affordable for the average American; introduced the model T

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Warren Harding

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President of the U.S. Was a newspaper piubliser from Marion Ohio. 29th president

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Calvin Coolidge

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Becomes president after Harding dies. Quotable but quiet, economic boost under his presidency

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Herbert Hoover

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Was in charge of the FTC and this was set him up to become president. Served as secretary of commercence. Supported reducing taxes on businesses

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Charles Evan Hughes

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Secretary of State under Harding and Coolidge. He organized the Washington naval conference

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Andrew Mellon

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Secretary of treasury. Longest serving, 12 years and pushes for provisioned policies

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Teapot Dome scandal/Albert Fall

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Was the secretary of the interior, he illegally released oil reserves to oil typhoons. He took bribes which was illegal

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Harry Daugherty

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Tod on Albert fall, attorney general. He told on him cause he was not included in on it. He took bribes and was later fired by Coolidge

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Buyig on Margin

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Buys stock, an individual could pay as low as 10% and can pay the rest off to a stock broker

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Prohibition

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Makes it illegal to manufacture, distribute, or manufacture alcohol, leads to organized crimes

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Fundamentalism

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The Christians reaffirmed their beliefs in religion. Stressed religion over science. Rural

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Modernism

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Stressed science over religion. Promoted the secular. A formal education was important. Urban

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Nativist

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Native born American who did not want immigrants to come to the U.S.

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Scopes trail

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In 1925, the butler act made it illegal to teach the theory of evolution. A subsutite bio teacher John scopes agreed to break the law and was found guilty. Became a trail over religion and science.

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National Origins Act

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States a # of people who can immigrate to the U.S. In 1924. Sought to keep out immigrants.

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2 Italian immigrants who killed 2 men in cold blood and stole $15,000 were found guilty and sentenced to death in the electric chair.

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Sacco and Vanzetti

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Jazz music

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Expressions of the Africans emotion jazz=sad

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Marcus Garvey

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He had no interest for black and whites to work together and he wanted black to go back to Africa.

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The Great Gatsby/F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Shows the “American Drean” ending in 1925

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What industries benefited in the 1920s

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The steel, rubber, asphalt, gasoline, insurance, road construction and bank industries

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By 1929…

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7 million Americans owned stock

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Washington naval conference

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Goal was to reduce the navies of the world

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The Ohio gang

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Harding appoints his friends from Ohio. Ridden with scandals

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Charles Forbes

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Would dwindle the g’ment out of $7 million medical supplies that was intended to go to veterans

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Red scare

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Immigrants were installing communist thoughts into our government

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Ku klux klan

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Revived due to the schism between rural and urban Americans. Cemeteries in the north its goal was to intimate Jews, Catholics, Africans, and immigrants. They believed in law-in-order

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young rebellious women I the 1920s who wore their hair like men, drank, smoked, wore tons of makeup, and treated sex in a casual manner

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Flappers

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What evidence supports the conclusion that Henry ford cards aviu the quality of life for his workers

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Shortened the work day from 9-8 hours, gave weekends off, and doubled their wages

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How did the policies of Presidents Harding and Cookidge favor business growth?

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Slashed business taxes therefore more business would open creating jobs

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What were the most significant scandals during the Harding Presidency and how did they impact his legacy?

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Hughes, Forbes, fall, and this has a negative impact on his legacy because he was blamed

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What role did the U.S. Play in the world during the 1920s

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The U.S. Became the banker and was the world leading creditor nation

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What were the new roles from American women in the 1920s

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They could vote, tired to enter the workforce, and tried to create more equality between men and women

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How did mass entertainment change in the 1920s

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Motion pictures, jazz, radio, culture of Heros, books

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What happened during he Harlem Renaissance

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African Americans migrated both and jazz and blues emerged along with new writers

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How did the relationship between rural American and urban America change in the 1920s?

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There became a growth in urban America became a schism between the two’s values

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How did new laws change U.S. immigration policy in the 1920s?

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Change he number of immigrants who could migrate to the u.s.

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How did the goals of the new KKK differ from the old klan?

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They now wanted to intimidate Jews, Catholics, Africans, and immigrants

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In what ways did prohibition cause more problems than it solves

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Lead to more organized crime and smuggling operations

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