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| favoring the interests of native born people over foreign born people |
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| opposition to political and economic entanglements with other countries |
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| an economic and political system based on one party government and state ownership of property |
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| a person who opposes all forms of government |
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| italian born radicals who ere convicted of committing murder during robbery, despite the fact tat they had alibis & the judge was a bigot |
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| leader of the United Mine Works Union |
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| a structure that sets limits on how many immigrants from various countries a nation will admit each year |
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| a series of actions taken by the Attorney General to round up people with unpopular political beliefs (claiming them to be reds), hold them without due process and then deport them from the U.S. |
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| secret organization who directed hate crimes against a wide variety of people including but not limited to: blacks catholics mexicans jews immigrants |
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| president who served booze in the white house (during prohibition), had a mistress & promised a return to normalcy |
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| 1916 republican presidential nominee and later secretary of state under the president that followed Wilson; eventually this man was appointed to supreme court |
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| an agreement between nations to renounce war as a national policy |
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| U.S. banks loan germany money then the germans pay the allies (mostly european) their reparations and those countries then pay their war loans to the us |
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| Affair in which the secretary of the interior , in exchange for bribes, allowed two oil companies to lease land that was reserved |
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| Secretary of the interior who illegally leased oil companies in return for bribes; he became the first cabinet secretary to be convicted of a felony |
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| president from vermont who was known for seldom speaking, he was pro-business; he said the person who builds a factory builds a temple and those who work there worship at the temple |
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| highway that crossed the midwest and the southwest from chicago to Santa Monica; this was the "mother road" of highways |
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| this legislation established into law the federal government paying half of states' highway construction |
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| the unplanned and uncontrolled spreading of cities into surrounding regions |
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| American humorist who often poked fun of the president and events of the day |
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| a delayed payment plan in which a purchaser puts a small amount of money down and pays the balance over an extended time |
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| the banning of the sale and manufacture of alcoholic beverages |
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| a place where liquor was sold and drunk in violation of the federal law |
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| people who made,sold,or transported illegal liquor into the U.S. |
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| protestant movement that believes the bible is the inspired word of God and should be interpreted literally |
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| one of the founders of the ACLU and defense lawyer for John Scopes |
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| 3 time presidential candidate who testified for the prosecution in the Tennessee trial on evolution as an expert on the bible |
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| a publicity case in tennessee that tested the law against the teachin of evolution in public schools, this case started as a friendly trial but drew huge crowds and quickly got out of control |
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| famous chicago gangster, he organized the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre in an effort to dispose of the organised crime rival "Bugs" Moran and his north side gang, seven people were murdered in the gangland shooting |
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| 1920's girls who bobbed their hair, lifted their hemlines, wore looser clothes, and embraced new attitudes of the time |
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| Dance with crossing hands, flying beads, and knocking knees, this was the dance craze of the era and is virtually synonymous with the 20's |
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| singer of the blues and jazz, she was known as the empress "Empress of the Blues," in 1927 this singer became the highest paid african american artist in the world |
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| self taught musician,pianist, and composer who developed his skills playing at family socials. At age 15 he wrote his first song and started his first band at 22; his five years at the cotton club, his radio appearances, and his touring made him and his band world famous |
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| First person to fly solo across the atlantic ocean |
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| an american writer of novels and short stories, whose works are evocative of the jazz age, a term he couned himself. He is widely regarded as one of the twentieth century's greatest writers; he finished four novels, including the Great Gatsby |
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| American composer and pianist. He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother. He composed songs for both Broadway and the classical concert hall |
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| the first commercial radio station in the U.S. |
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| founder of the negro nation league, he is considered "the black father of black baseball |
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| American baseball player in the 1920's and 30's remembered for his prowess as a hitter and the longevity of his 2130 consecutive games played record, which stood more than half a century. Popularly called "The Iron Horse" for his durability, he set several major league records |
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| the first talking motion picture |
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| this is the first mickey mouse film released and the first cartoon with synchronized sound. It threw silent animation into obsolescence, and launched an empire |
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| Novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. HE was part of the 1920's expatriate community in Paris, and one of the veterans of World War I later known as "The lost Generation". He wrote the Sun also Rises and A farewell to arms |
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| AFrican AMerican author, politician, diplomat, critic, journalist, poet anthologist,educator lawyer, songwriter early civil rights activistm and prominent figure in the harlem renaissance. He is best remembered for the lyrics to lift every Voice and sing |
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| American folklorist and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for the 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. She also worked with fellow anthropology student Margaret Mead |
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| African American poet born in God's country he was one of the first to use jazz and blues themes and rhythms in his poetry |
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| african american actor, athlete, concert singer, writer civil rights activist who attended rutgers university between 1915 to 1919 where he experienced both fame and racism. In trying out for the varsity football team, where blacks were not wanted, he encountered physical brutality |
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| trumpet player who was perhaps the most famous,influential, and important jazz musician of all time |
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| The man who encouraged African Americans to build a separate society and eventually to return to africa to establish a country and government on their own |
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| African american literary and artistic movement that had is center in a section of new york city |
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| Jamaican writer and poet whose writings urged african americans to resist prejudice and discrimination expressed the pain of life in black ghettos and the strain of being black in a world dominated by whites |
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| Although the place of his birth is uncertain he was abandoned by his parents at birth raised by his grandmother until her death when he was unofficially adopted by reverend Fredrick Ashbury Cullen, minister at Salem Methodist episcopal church, this person rose to become one of the central figures in the Harlem renaissance he won more major literary prizes than any other black writer of the 20's |
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| American poet and playwright whose poems celebrated youth and a life free from traditional constraints. She was the first woman to receive the pulitzer prize for poetry. She was also known for her unconventional, bohemian lifestyle and her many love affairs |
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| time period following the WWI in which people were concerned that communists might take over the U.S.; Foreign born individuals and folks with unpopular views had their civil liberties violated |
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| friends of Harding, some of whom were corrupt who came to Washington and got jobs or contracts with the government |
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| Baseball player who was one of the greatest players of all time but because of the color of his skin he was not allowed to play in the majors. He played center-fielder and manager in baseball's negro leagues from 1915-1945 |
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| Democratic nominee for president in 1920 |
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| Rising star in the democratic party of the early 1920's, he was a former assistant secretary of the Navy in WWI and the vice-presidential nominee for the democrats in 1920 |
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| Head of the veteran's bureau who was caught illegally selling government and hospital supplies to private companies |
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| Automotive company owner who introduced the assembly line to car production |
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| the 1928 democratic nominee for president, he was the first roman catholic nominated by a major political party |
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| Gamblers promise to pay baseball players to throw the 1919 World Series |
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| baseball player who is considered to be one of the top natural hitteres in the game of baseball; his swing was so perfect babe ruth was reported to have copied it; in spite of the fact he hit .375 in the 1919 series he was banned for life |
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| The notoriously cheap owner of the chicago white sox |
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| the man who became the first commissioner of baseball, he banned eight white sox players for life |
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| 3rd basemen whow as not in on the fix; an excellent fielder this player was known as the only third basemen in the league that Ty Cobb would not bunt against. He batted .324 in the 1919 world series, tallying 11 hits |
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| pitcher born in Aurora, Missouri who won 23 games in 1919 regular season but before the series first baseman Chick Gandil offered him $10000 to help throw the world series. this person at first said he wasnt interested |
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| pitcher who won 29 games in 1919, he was supposed to have a bonus if he won 30 but the owner held him out of the rotation so that he couldnt win his 30th to get money to buy a farm he agreed to throw the world series |
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| the secretary of commerce, leader in the red cross effort to relieve suffering during the 1927 Mississippi river flooding and the 1928 republican presidential nominee; he was from iowa |
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| The first underwater passagway designed specifically for motor vehicles |
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| Female pilot born in atchison,Kansas, she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic she set many other records and wrote best selling books about her flying experience |
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| American novelist, short-story writer and playwright whose novel Babbitt ridiculed Americans for their conformity and materialism. in 1930 he became the first american to be awarded the nobel peace prize in literature |
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| 3rd wealthiest man in the country, he was the secretary of treasury in the 1920's and believed in reduced taxes and reduced role of government |
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