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U.S. History Chapter 7 Study Guide Event Flashcards

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Anarchists

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Advocates of anarchism or anarchy

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Double Standard

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Unfairly applied rule or principle to different people or groups

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Communism

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Political theory advocating class war and public ownership of property

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Charles A. Lindbergh

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American aviator who made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris

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Louis Armstrong

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Influential American jazz trumpeter and vocalist

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Calvin Coolidge

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30th president of the United States

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UNIA

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Black nationalist organization founded by Marcus Garvey

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Marcus Garvey

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Jamaican political activist and founder of UNIA

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Emergency Quota Act

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Legislation limiting immigration to the United States

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Dawes Plan

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Resolution of Germany’s reparations issue after World War I

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Quota System

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System of limiting immigrants by nationality or minority group members in a business or school

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Isolationism

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Political philosophy opposing involvement in other countries’ affairs and wars

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Speakeasy

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Illicit establishment that sold alcoholic beverages during Prohibition

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Ohio Gang

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Group of politicians and industry leaders surrounding President Warren G. Harding

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Teapot Dome

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Bribery scandal involving President Warren G. Harding

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Installment Plan

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Arrangement for payment by installments

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Washington Naval Conference

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Disarmament conference called by the United States

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Effect of automobile on US

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Increased freedom of choice and independence

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Harlem Renaissance

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Intellectual and cultural revival of African American art and literature

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Kellogg-Brian Pact

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International agreement on peace

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Beliefs of fundamentalists

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Belief in biblical infallibility and literal interpretation of scripture

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KKK

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Historical white supremacist terrorist organization in the United States

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NAACP

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Civil rights organization for African Americans

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John L. Lewis

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American labor leader and president of the United Mine Workers of America

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Great Migration

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Movement of six million Black people from the American South to Northern, Midwestern, and Western states

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Boston Police Strike

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Strike by Boston police officers seeking recognition for their trade union

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Women’s roles in the 20s

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Challenges faced by American women in the 1920s

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A. Mitchell Palmer

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American attorney general known for overseeing the Palmer Raids

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Sacco & Vanzetti

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Italian immigrant anarchists controversially convicted of murder

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Charles Evans Hughes

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11th chief justice of the United States

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Albert B. Fall

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United States senator involved in the Teapot Dome scandal

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Prohibition

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Nationwide constitutional law prohibiting the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages

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Bootlegger

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Person who illegally makes, distributes, or sells goods

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Scopes ‘Monkey’ Trial

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American legal case concerning the teaching of evolution in schools

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William Jennings Bryan

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American lawyer, orator, and politician

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Fundamentalism

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Religious belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture

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Clarence Darrow

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American lawyer involved in the Leopold and Loeb murder trial and the Scopes trial

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Red Scare

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Public hysteria over the rise of leftist ideologies, especially communism

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Union Membership in the 1920s

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Decline in union membership during the 1920s

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1st peacetime use of airplanes

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Carrying mail

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Cause of urban sprawl

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Increase in urban population and demand for housing

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Fordney-McCumber Tariff

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Law raising American tariffs to protect factories and farms

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