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mocked people who made herd of animals in the machine-age society
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poet who saw world of "hollow men"
wouldend with a whimper |
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| disappointment in the way things were after WWI |
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| depicted the absurdities of life in small-town America |
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| someone who believes the government should partly own and control production and distribution of goods |
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applying science to management
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| against liberal actions, believed in theological-based rule |
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| belief that communist party should control all aspects of life |
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boxer who held the world heavyweight title
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| Prohibition agent known for enforcing in Chicago; led law enforcement agents nicknamed "The Untouchables" |
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what Browder called the idea of capitalism w/o violence
can't make omlet w/o breaking eggs, can't overthrow captalism w/o violence |
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| general secretary of Communist party; said capitalism could not be overthrown w/o violence; omlet theory |
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| rythms unexpected and deviate from regularly spaced notes |
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| predicted crash against optimism of others |
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illegal business of smuggling alcohol
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| baseball player set 90 major league baseball records |
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| tennis player; one of first women to befamous as an athlete |
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| competitive swimmer; first woman to swim across English Channel |
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| popular figure due to baseball success and charity |
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| women who began to rebel against the traditional image of women in the '20s |
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| banning of using and producing alcohol |
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| disease that paralyzes or deforms once in central nervous system; gave Roosevelt sympathy for the less fortunate |
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| Roosevelt reached out by radio to American people in informal chats to raise optimism |
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| Hoover in last months of office; officeholder with little influence |
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| 1932 Democratic candidate; pledged New Deal, hero of the common man |
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| historian who described the scene of troops removing the Bonus Army from D.C. |
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| General Douglas MacArthur |
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| commander of the troops sent to remove veterans in Washington |
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| Hooverville near Potomac River set up by veterans |
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| photographer whose photos for FSA revealed effect of poverty on rural Americans |
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| villages of makeshift shacks where people who lost their homes in the Depression lived |
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| steel industrialist who was afraid of losing values |
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| did not aid China in invasions by Japanese; said U.S. would not recognize any territorial agreement violating the Kellog-Brand Pact |
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| Secretary of State under Hoover; urged cancellation of war debts and reparations |
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| reduction of size, equipment of military forces |
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| 1930 London Naval Conference |
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| attempt by Hoover for disarmament; set ratios for U.S., British, Japanese navies, but France and Italy did not sign |
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| wrote the Clark Memorandum; Under-secretary of State |
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| written by Clark; said Monroe Doctrine could not justify American intervention in Latin America; led to withdrawel of troops but did not ease anti-American sentiment in L. America |
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| vetoed by Hoover; would put gov. in business of electricity in Tennessee Valley, creating competition for private companies |
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| vetod by Hooer because of gov. reliance; would havve given fed. relief to unemployed |
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| 1932 Reconstruction Finance Corporation |
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| made loans to corporations but not individuals; looked for projects that would eventually pay them back |
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| highest protective tariff in peacetime history; raised duties on agric. materials; passed by Hoover to maintain Republican values |
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| Attorney General under Hoover; led committee investigation Prohibition; thought it was ineffective and cause crime, but recommended continuation |
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| Democratic candidate in 1928 election; represented urban interests; smeared for being Catholic |
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| 1928 Republican; represented rural interest; blamed for Depression and not doing enough; avoided involving government in business |
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| Black Tuesday; day stock market crashed |
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| agreement where by purchaser made downpayment and paid the rest of the cost in periodic regular instllments which interest is added |
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| Oct. 29; day bottom fell out of stock market; 16 mil. shares sold to try to stabilize market; followed by continuous drop in values |
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| buying stock with small down payment and borroed money from a stockbroker; could repay loans when stock sold for higher than it was purchased for |
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| engaging in a risky buiness venture to chance that a quick/large profit can be made |
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| created by Agricultural Marketing Act; established national cooperatives such as Livestock Marketing Association and American Cotton Coopertive Association and loaned them money |
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| 1929 Agricultural Marketing Act |
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| created Federal Farm Board to help farmers |
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| outcome of new spirit among African Americans after the war; led to many highly successful African Americans |
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| aided anti-evolution forces in prosecuting Scopes |
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| leader of African Americans from Jamaica; "Negro Nationalism" axalting culture and traditions; formed Universal Negro Improvement Association; told followers to go to Africa, no one interested |
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| African American novelist |
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| African American novelist |
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| African American novelist |
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| poet during Harlem Renaissance |
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| African American economist |
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| African American sociologist |
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| African American singer-actor |
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| Universal Negro Improvement Association |
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| formed by Marcus Garvey; stimulated pride in African Americans, tried to lead them back to Africa |
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| someone who believes communist party should control the political, economic, cultural, and social life;control all means of production and distribution |
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| American Civil Liberties Union |
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| raised money to test the anti-evolution law in Tennessee and asked Scopes to volunteer to cause |
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| willing to be arrested for teaching evolution; started battle over science and religion in schools |
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| attorney who defended Scopes; made Bryan look bad;lost |
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| one of early stars of movies |
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| one of first silent-movie stars |
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| one of first stars of motion pictures |
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| one of early stars of motion-pictures |
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| one of first stars of silent movies |
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| international photographer |
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| started with African American Dixieland bands in New Orleans; produced new type of musc that became very popular |
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| wrote A Farewell to Arms about meaningless violence of war; characterized new literary style with direct, simple prose |
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| U.S.s finest playwright; used material from everyday life |
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| poet that examined what was happening in American cities |
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| 1920s writer; tried to recapture spirit and traditions of rural America |
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| writer in 1920s; tried to recapture spirit of rural America |
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| African American woman founded her own college and National Council of Negro Women |
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| wanted education that emphasized learning through experience and experiment |
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| using open shopws to decrease power of unions |
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| shop where workers do not have to join a union |
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| technological unemployment |
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| jobs lost when occupations become obsolete due to technology |
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| introduce savings and reduce expenditures to reduce debt after the war |
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| system to make employees feel more like a part of the business by allowing them to buy stock, profit sharing, and providing benefits |
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| raised import duties; protected agriculture and young industries |
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| postwar president who settled international disagreement and tried to reduce national debt |
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| U.S., France, Britain, Japan Italy, Belgium, China, Netherlands, Portugal; put Open Door policy into treaty |
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| U.S., Britain, Japan, France, Italy; froze navies at 1921 levels; Japan got control nearby waters |
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| Pittsburgh radio station; first commercial radio broadcasts |
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| Republican elected in 1924 after Harding; stay cool; laissez-faire |
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| cousin of T. Roosevelt; assistant secretary of the navy; Cox's running mate |
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| Democrat 1924; opposed Harding |
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| helped breakup railroad and coal strikes in 1922 with injunctions |
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| Ku Klux Klan; intimidated African Americans, Catholics, Jews, immigrants, and "foreign ideas"; force in American politics |
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| act passed to reduce the power of trusts and protect small businesses |
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| signed by U.S., Britain, France, Japan; agreement to respect Pacific holdings |
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| eight-nation conference in D.C. to discuss naval build-ups; resulted in Four-Power, Five-Power, and Nine-Power Treaties |
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| 10.3 owed to U.S.; debtors claimed tariffs too high, U.S. should pay financial cost b/c lost few lives, but U.S. said they had gotten no other reparations |
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| property used as security to guarantee loans |
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| money borrowed from banks by stock market agents |
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| condition of the stock market in which stock values are rising |
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| speculators who buy securities or commodities because they are optimistic that prices will rise |
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| speculators who sell securities or commodities because they expect a price decline |
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| loans that are payable on demand |
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| willingness and ability to buy |
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| political candidate who is unknown or whose chances are not good for winning an election |
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| lines of people waiting for free food |
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| place for underpriveledged to eat |
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| government advisors from the academic world who, often without oficial status, make policy |
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| period of slow economic activity accompanied by low prices and high unemployment |
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| the practice of spending funds raised by borrowing |
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| wear and tear on machinery, buildings, and equipment |
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| people to whom debts are owed |
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| one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risk of a business enterprise |
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| clause in constitutions of some southern states in the late 1800s that allowed persons to vote only if their ancstors had been eligible to vote on Jan. 1, 1867 |
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| advantages such as holidays, pensions, and insurance offered by an employer |
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
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| 1933;primary agency for agriculture under New Deal; suggested farmers grow crops that wouldn't deplete soil; limited goods that could be sent to the market |
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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| 1933; young men worked to manage natural resources |
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National Recovery Administration
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| 1933; designed to bring relief from Depression |
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National Labor Relations Board
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| 1934; created as part of NRA; assisted trade unions to improve relationships between workers and management |
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| located in Treasury Department; used to coordinate policies and programs |
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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| 1933; most important banking reform of the New Deal; made depositors eligible to receive insurance; increased confidence in nation's banks |
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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1933; relief to destitute families in states bordering the Tennessee River; suffered due to poor irrigation and floods
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National Resources Committee
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| 1935; under Emergency Relief Appropriation Act; improving conditions for the betterment of society |
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| 1935; provided variety of jobs for blue-collar workers, artists; improved roads and other public resources |
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