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The Jazz Age Time of Turmoil
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Marcus Garvey Began to lead African Americans in search of equal rights
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Treaty that was to end WWI Was never ratified
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An economic system based on private property and free enterprise
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People who believe there should be no government
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The period where the government went after the communists
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The attorney general who wanted all communist arrested
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To send someone back to their home country
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Two Italian immigrants that were sentenced to death for robbery They didn’t get a fair trial
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Massachusetts Governor
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Started the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters African American Union of railroad workers
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Founded by Marcus Garvey Promoted racial unity and pride
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Warren G. Harding
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First election what women were allowed to vote in
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Were democratic nominees for president in 1920 They lost
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Became Secretary of Commerce
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Was a symbol of corruption
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Coolidge becomes President Nicknamed “Silent Cal”
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Coolidge wins with a landslide victory He got 54% of the vote
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Refusal to join the League of Nations
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Limited the size of the Navies Agreed by The U.S., Japan, Britain, France, and Italy
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Outlawed war Couldn’t enforce it
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A Booming Economy
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An economic downturn What we have right now
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The total value of all goods and services that are being produced Electricity allowed us to produce more stuff
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Hiring experts to figure ways to increase production
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The amount of work that each worker can do
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Created by Henry Ford Made production quicker and easier
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When workers buy stock in the company they work for
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Moms buying Washers and Dryers Dad’s buying cars Parents having Kids These all take money
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Putting things on Lay- A-Way Buy Now- Pay Later
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Auto Capital of the World
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Invented the Assembly Line And the Model-T
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MODEL T-SOLD FOR 300.00 THE MODEL A – CAME IN DIFFERENT COLORS
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Americans demanded better roads Which industries grew? Steel, Rubber, Glass, and Oil
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Cotton and Grain prices feel Farmers lost their farms Textile factories shut down What is cause and effect?
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The Roaring Twenties Flappers,Gangsters and Moonshiners Big Band Music
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First man to fly alone across the Atlantic He flew from New York to Paris
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Women's suffrage The right to vote
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Liberated women Short bobbed hair Short dresses Heavy makeup
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Mass Media Communication that reaches the masses
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Led the U.S. as the fastest growing industry
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At first movies were black and white The first movie with sound was called a Talkie Discuss the picture
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Radios were more affordable More homes had radios than T.V.s Grand Ole Opry was one of the first shows Ryman Auditorium
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Baseball Babe Ruth 1927 - 60 home run record
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Red Grange scored 4 touchdowns in 12 minutes
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1 st woman to swim the English Channel
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Margret Gorman
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The 1920’s Louis Armstrong
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Created African American pride in their culture Langston Hughes
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Writers who questioned American values
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Wrote The Great Gatsby
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18 th Amendment- outlawed Liquor sales and production The Volstead Act Promoted mostly by Christian Women
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Making illegal liquor
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The Original Scarface Ran the Chicago Mob
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Recalled Prohibition
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The belief that native born Americans are better than others
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The KKK Founded in the 1860’s in the south Originally opposed any one who wasn’t a white American
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Limited the number of immigrants from each country
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No Promises in the Wind Evolution – the scientific theory that humans evolved over time Introduced new Ideas Charles Darwin
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American Civil Liberties Union
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WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANCLARENCE DARROW
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HERBERT HOOVERALFRED E. SMITH
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Ready for the Great Depression
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