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U4- 1920s
1920s
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11th Grade
10/22/2013

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Palmer Raids
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occurred during 1919 to 1920 when Palmer hunted down suspected Communists, socialists, and anarchsits. They trampled on people's civil rights, invading private homes, and deported immigrants without trial.
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Capitalism
Definition
an economic system in which there is private ownership of national resources and capital goods.
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Communism
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an economic system based on one- party rule, government ownership of the means of productions, and decision making by centralized authorities.
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Anarchists
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a person who opposes all forms of government.
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Quota System
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a system that sets limits on how many immigrants from various countries a nation will admit each year.
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Tariff
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a fee charged for goods brought into a state or country from another state or country.
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Espionage & Sedition Acts—
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two laws, enacted in 1917 and 1918, that imposed harsh penalties on anyone interfering with or speaking against U.S. participation in WW1
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Fordney-McCumber Tariff
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a set of regulation, enacted by Congress in 1922, that raised taxes on imports to record levels in order to protect American businesses against foreign competition.
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
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is a treaty that declared that war would not be used “as an instrument of national policy.”
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NAACP
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the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People—an organization founded in 1909to promotes full racial equality.
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Flapper
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one of the free-thinking young women who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the 1920s.
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Double standard
Definition
a set of principles granting greater sexual freedom to men than women
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Bootlegger
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a person who smuggled alcoholic beverages into the U.S. during Prohibition.
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Prohibition
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the period from 1920-1933 during which 18th Amendment forbidding the manufacture and sale of alcohol was in force in the U.S.
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Speakeasy
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– a place where alcoholic drinks were sold and consumed illegally during prohibition.
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Suffrage
Definition
the right to vote.
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Affirmative action
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a policy that seeks to correct the effects of past discrimination by favoring the groups who were previously disadvantaged.
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Harlem Renaissance
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– a flowering of African American artistic creativity during the 1920s centered the Harlem community of New York City.
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Cotton club
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one of a number of fashionable entertainment clubs in Harlem.
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Consumerism
Definition
a preoccupation with the purchasing of material goods.
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Urban sprawl
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the unplanned and uncontrolled spreading of cities into surrounding regions.
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Volstead act
Definition
established a Prohibition Bureau , which involved tracking down illegal stills (or equipment for distilling liquor), monitoring highways for truckloads of illegal alcohol, etc.
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