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| individual who opposes all form of government |
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| a false science that deals with the improvement of hereditary traits |
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| a society set up to restore white Protestant America by terrorizing African Americans and other minorities |
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| law that established a temporary quota system and limited immigration |
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| a young, dramatic, stylish, and unconventional woman |
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| religious movement that focused on the authority of the bible |
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| theory that suggests that human beings had developed from lower forms of life over the course of millions of years |
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| Fundamentalist belief that God created the world as described in the Bible |
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| government's power to contol people and property in the interest of public safety, health, welfare, and morals |
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| bar where people illegally purchased alcohol |
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| an artistic and unconventional lifestyle |
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| a poet who used common speech to glorify the Midwest |
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| an innovative playwright whos plays showed realistic characters and situations |
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| a novelist who presentedd a new literary style characterized by direct, simple, and concise prose |
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| famous writer of the 1920s who created colorful, glamorous characters that chased futile dreams |
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| radio, movies, newspapers, and magazines aimed at a broad, popular audience |
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| the movement of African Americans from the rural South to the industrial North |
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| the flourishing of American American arts |
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| an important writer of the Harlem Renaissance |
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| a writer of the Harlem Renaissance and leading voice of the African American experience in the United States |
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| a style of music influenced by Dixieland music and ragtime |
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| a famous Harlem nightspot |
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| a soulful style of music that evolved from African American spirituals |
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| African American leader and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, who urged African Americans to settle in Africa |
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| the democratic nominee in the 1928 presidential election |
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| a system for buying and selling shares of companies |
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| a long period of rising stock prices |
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| a way of buying stocks by paying only a small percent of the price of the stock and taking a loan from a stockbroker to pay the rest |
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| a demand by a broker for the investor to repay the loan at once |
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| buying shares, betting that the stock market will continue to climb, and then selling the stock to make money quickly |
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| the day, October 29, 1929, that the stock market experienced its steepest dive |
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| monthly payment made on a high-cost item |
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| high tariff that damaged American sales abroad |
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| name given to shantytowns |
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| an unemployed individual who wandered around the country |
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| the dried-up lands of the Great Plains that resulted from a severe drought |
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| producer of the first feature-length animated film |
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| daytime radio shows that were sponsored by the makers of laundry soaps |
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| artist of the regionalist school, who emphasized traditional American values |
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| novelist who wrote about the poverty in the Great Depression |
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| author who used the stream of consciousness technique |
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| government-financed building projects |
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| Reconstuction Finance Corporation |
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| organization set up by Congress to make loans to businesses |
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| money that went directly to people in poverty |
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| taken possession of by creditors |
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| a group of World War I veterans who marched on Washington to demand the paymend of bonuses that Congress promised |
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"traditional values"
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| people feared "new morality" was taking over the ____________ |
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| new morality glorified ________ and __________ |
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| youth and personal freedom |
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| ideals of new morality were: |
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| a loving family and personal satisification |
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| What were working women seeking? |
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| What was a rise in socializing outside of the home? |
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| What were women fashions? |
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| bobbed hair, short flapper style dresses, they pursued social freedom from automobile |
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| What was the Scope's Monkey Trial in TN an example of? |
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| It was an expample of conflict between new morality and traditional values |
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| Who supported Tradtional Values Movement? |
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| What did Art and Literature challenge? |
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| How could you decribe a Bohemian Lifestyle? |
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| artistic and unconventional |
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| What was art in the Jazz Age? |
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| a diverse range of style and a new spin on European influences |
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| What did artist want to express? |
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| They wanted to express how alone the world felt |
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| What was a famous saying about Art and Literature? |
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| "Sometimes in the biggest crowd, you could still feel alone." |
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| Literature varied greatly in what? |
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| It varied greatly in styles and content. |
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| What did Carl Sandburg express? |
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| What did Edna St. Vincent Millay express? |
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| What did T.S. Elliot express? |
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| negative effect on modernism |
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| What did O'Neill express? |
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| What did Hemingway express? |
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| disillusionment and reevolution |
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| What were some major effects of the Jazz Age? |
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Resurgence of Nativism and Racism
New Morality
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Harlem Renaissance and Political and Economic Aspirations. |
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| What were the causes of Nativism and Racism? |
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Economic Recession
Influx of immigrants
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| Why did Nativist feelings increase in the 1920s? |
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| feelings increased b/c many felt it was a threat to "American Society" and competition for jobs for veterans. |
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| How did the Emergancy Quota Act and the National Origins Act affect immigration? |
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| 1st temporary, 2nd set permanent restrictions prejudice and restrictions focused on South Eastern Europeans and on Italians |
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| What things did New Morality stress? |
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| It stressed youth and personal freedom |
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| On what two theories did the Scopes trial focus? |
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| It focused on evolution and teaching it in any schools and also creationalism |
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| What was the purpose of the 18th Ammendment? |
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| It provided for prohibition. |
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| What were some new forms of entertainment? |
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| Sports, Movies, and Radio Shows |
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| What was the subject matter of many artists and writers in the 1920s? |
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| It was American Art, they tried to express the individual, modern experience. Some showed nature, realism, and isolated individuals. |
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| How did the mass media change American Society? |
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| Mass Media helped to expand people's view on teh nation and helped unify the nation as well. It also helped spread news. |
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| Harlem was a city in New York City and it was the center of artistic development, racial pride, and a feeling of community. It also started Harlem Renaissance. |
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| Why did Marcus Garvey call for African Americans to settle in Africa? |
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| He thought they would never find justice in the United States. This caused Garvey to loose a lot of supporters. He encouraged them to go back to Liberia on the continent of Africa. |
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| How did religion play a part in the 1928 presidential election? |
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| Many protestants believed that if Catholics were elected president that the pope would rule this damaged Smith's canidacy. |
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| Why did many banks collapse in 1929? |
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| They collapsed because of Black Tuesday. |
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| How did Hawley-Smoot Tariff contribute to the Great Depression? |
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| It raised taxes, protected American manufactures from foreign competition, and damaged American sales to them. The high tariff deepened the Great Depression. |
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| After the election the stock market _____? |
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| As the bull market continued many investors began buying stocks on ______? |
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| The stockbroker earned a commission on the ___ and _____ on the loan. |
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| Decreasing prices later became a problem to protect the loan the stockbroker issued a __________. This was a demand for the investor to repay the ______ |
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| Why did many farmers in the Great Plains leave their land in the 1930s and head West? |
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| They left because their crop prices decreased and farms were being forclosed. |
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| What part did movies and radio shows play in Americans' lives during the Great Depression? |
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| It gave them entertainment and told them news. |
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| What was the subject of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath? |
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| It was about a farm family who fled the Dust Bowl |
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| Why did President Hoover propose the creation of public works projects? |
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| He hoped that the jobs these government projects would create would make up for the constitution jobs lost in private business |
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