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Navatism
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 favors the interests of certain established inhabitants of an area or nation
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isolationism
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seperating yourself or your country from everything
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Communism
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a social, political and economic movement that aims at the establishment of a classless and stateless communist society structured upon common ownership
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Anarchist
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Someone who is aganist ann anarchy or any archy
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Sacco and Vanzetti
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two anarchists that were men convicted of a murder in the 1920s during an armed robbery
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quota system
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a system put in place for manning british naval ships
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John Lewis
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Warren Harding
Definition
29th president of the U.S.
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Charles Hughes
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american statesman, leader in the progressive movement and opposition to the new deal
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Fordney McCumber Tariff
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raised american tariffs to protect facotires and farms
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ohio gang
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group of politicians that was associated with warren harding
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Teapot Dome Scandal
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a bribery inccident that occured during harding's presidency
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Albert Fall
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u.s. senator under harding and involved with the teapot dome scandal
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calvin coolidge
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30th president of the US
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Urban Sprawl
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separated the suburbs to the rural areas and outskirts of town
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installment plan
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also known as a hire purchase, a legal term for a contract
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prohibition
Definition
practice of prohibiting the maufacturing, transporting, import or exporting of sales
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speakeasy
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place where illegal alcohol substances can be sold
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bootlegger
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secret innovation within an organazation
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fundamentalism
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strict belief in basic ideas
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clarence darrow
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defended the scopes trial
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scopes trial
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high school teacher was teaching unlawful things like evolution
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Flapper
Definition
young western women who wore short skirts and had bobed hair cuts
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Charles Linbergh
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airmail services
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George Gershwin
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american composer and pianist
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Georgia O' Keeffe
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american artist
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Sinclair Lewis
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first writer to ever recieve the nobel peace prize
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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american author during the jazz period
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
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American lyrical poet
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Ernest Hemingway
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author and journalist
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Zora Neale Hurston
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american folklorist, anthropologist during the harlem rennaissance
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Marcus Garvey
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wanted to move blacks back to africa
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Harlem Rennaissance
Definition
new negro movement
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Langston Hughes
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wrote jazz poetry
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Louis Armstrong
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american jazz trumpeter and singer from new orleans
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Duke Ellington
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big band leader
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Price Support
Definition
price control of higher and lower prices
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Credit
Definition
a representation of credit worthiness
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Alfred Smith
Definition
american statesman and 42nd governor of new york
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Dow Jones Industrial Average
Definition
Stock market index
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Speculation
Definition
finacial action that is not safe
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Buying on margin
Definition
buying securities from a broker
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Black Tuesday
Definition
wall street crash of 1929
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Smoot- Hawley Tarriff
Definition
raise taxes on over 20,000 imported goods
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Dust Bowl
Definition
dust storms across prarie lands
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Herbert Hoover
Definition
31st president
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Boulder Dam
Definition
built in honor of roosevelt during the great depression
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Federal Home Loan Bank Act
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to lower the cost of home ownership
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RFC
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Bonus Army
Definition
ww1 families, soldiers, and groups that marched on washington demanding their money
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FDR
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32nd president who changed alot of current events within a short period of time
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New Deal
Definition
 a series of economic programs implemented in the United States between 1933 and 1936
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Glass- Steagall Act
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federal deposit insurance, interest rates on savings accounts
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Federal Securities Act
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to recieve accurate information and safe security before investing in the stock market
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Agricultural Adjustment Act
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to fix prices not to plant crops to kill off livestock that is unneeded
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Definition
public relief program for the unmarried and unemployed in between ages 18-25
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National Industrial Recovery Act
Definition
to regulate an industry and permit monoplies to get things back on track the proper way
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Deficit Spending
Definition
the amoun being spent is exceeding the income over a period of time
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Huey Long
Definition
senator, governor, backed roosevelt
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Definition
First lady of the U.S.
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National Growth Administration
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Wagner Act
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employers can take what precautions that need to be made to make employees listen
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Social Security Act
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limits dangers for americans that were foreseen
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Frances Perkins
Definition
U.S. Secretary of Labor
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CIO
Definition
Congress of Industrial Organizations
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Gone With The Wind
Definition
romantic novel
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Grapes of Wrath
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novel based near the time of the great depression
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FDIC
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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SEC
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U.S. Securites and Exchange Commission
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NLRB
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National Labor Relations Board
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TVA
Definition
broadcasting
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