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Interwar America
America between the wars
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History
Undergraduate 1
12/11/2015

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What 3 things made up mass culture in 1920s America?
Definition

1. Mass circulation of magazines

2. Radio goes from ships to the garage

3. Film takes off=Hollywood takes off

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Why were progressives anti-WW1
Definition
B/c the war would would destroy progressivism
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U.S. Anti-trust Law
Definition
collection of federal/state government laws that regulates conduct and organization of business corps
Term
What role did the NAACP play in WW1?
Definition
Encouraged enlistment of coloured ppl in segregate camps to train as officers
Term
Factory act
Definition
Limited the working hours of women and young people to 10 hrs/day
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Hull House
Definition

Settlement house founded by Jane Addams in 1889

Opened doors to European Immigrants

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WILPF
Definition
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Term
Hague Conventions (1899 and 1907)
Definition
Addressed the conducts of warfare
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WW1 created fears, list and define
Definition

Xenophobia: Dislike for people from other countries

Nativism: Protecting interests of native-born against immigrants

Red scare: Fear of impending Bolshevist mvmt in America

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Volstead Act
Definition
Intent of 18th ammendment to establish prohibition
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Rebirth of KKK (1915)
Definition

Opposed Catholics, Jews and especially immigrants

Rapid expansion in 1921

Term

Galleanists

Wall st.

Definition

Anarchist group

Mailed bombs to ppl

Wall st. bombing killed/injured 180 ppl

Term
I.W.W. values
Definition

-Want Communism

-Abolition of wage system

-Behind Seattle general strike

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Palmer Raids (1919-20)
Definition
Raids by US dep of justice to deport radical leftists, especially anarchists
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J. Edgar Hoover
Definition

Founded the FBI

Enemy Alien Registration

"Round em up"

Palmer raids

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Soviet Ark (1919)
Definition
Used to deport 249 non-citizens to Russia
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What was the cause and some of the results of the Red Summer (1919)?
Definition

Cause: Great migration after war of Black ppl from South to other parts of the US

Competition for jobs

Results: Race riots in 3 doz cities

 

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Jim Crow Laws
Definition
mandated the segregation of public schools, public places, and public transportation
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Progressive era social Darwinism
Definition
Racial Purity law: 1/36 African blood means can't marry a white person
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Racial implications of Imperialism
Definition
Colour bar must be set if black ppl are coming in
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