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Chapters 12- 13 Voca
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nativism | Prejudice against foreign-born people |
| Isolationism | A policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs |
| Communism | an economic and political system based on a single-party government ruled by a dictatorship |
| Anarchists | People who opposed any form of government |
| Quota System | Established the maximum number of people who could enter the United States from each foreign country |
| Fordney-McCumber Tariff | Raised tariffs on U.S. imports up to 60 percent |
| Ohio Gang | The president's poker plying cronies |
| Teapot Dome Scandal | Spectacular example of corruption |
| Urban Sprawl | Cities expanding |
| Installment Plan | enabled people to buy goods over an extended period |
| Sacco and Vanzetti | Italian immigrants and anarchists |
| Prohibition | the manufacture, ale, and transportation of alcohol was prohibited |
| Speakeasies | hidden taverns and nightclubs that sold alcohol |
| Bootleggers | Alcohol smugglers |
| Fundamentalism | literal, or nonsymbolic, interpretation of the Bible |
| Scopes Trial | A fight over evolution and the role of science and religion in public schools |
| Flapper | an emancipated young woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the day |
| Double Standard | A set of principles granting greater sexual freedom to men than to women |
| Harlem Renaissance | a literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture |