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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is installment? | a credit system by which payment for merchandise is made in installments over a fixed period of time. |
| nativism | prejudice against foreign-born people that swept the nation |
| isolation | a policy of pulling away from inrolement in world affairs |
| communism | an econimic and political system based on a single party government ruled by a dictatorship. put an end to private property, substituting government ownership of factories, railroads and other businesses |
| demographics | statistics that describe a population |
| speakeasis | underground hidden saloons and nightclubs. they were called that because when inside, one spoke quietly, or easily, to avoid detection |
| bootleggers | smugglers who carried liquor in the legs of their boots, who smuggled it in from canada, cuba and the west indies |
| fundamentalism | the protestant movement grounded in a literal, or non symbolic, interpretation of the bible. |
| theory of evolution | a theory stating that plant and animal species had developed and changed over millions of years. |
| flapper | an emancipated young woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the day. |
| what was the red scare? | when the U.S public grew fearful that the communists were going to take over the U.S. due to thousands of americans (secretly) forming a communist party, mailed bombs to government and business leaders. |
| what were the palmer raids? | palmer, hoover( J. Edgar Hoover) and their agents hunted down suspected communists, socialist, and anarchists- people who opposed any form of government, they trampled peoples cicil rights, invaded private homes and offices, and tail suspects without |
| allowing them legal counsel | .. |
| who became president in 1921? | warren G. Harding |
| what was the teapot dome scandal? the name and position of the person most involved by the scandal? results? | the government had set aside oil-rich public lands at teapot dome, wyoming, and elk hill, california, for use by the U.S. navy./ alber fall=secretary interior/ most spectacular example of curruption |
| who became president in 1923?why? | calvin coolidge/ because harding had died suddenly likely from a heart attack of stroke on august 2, 1923 |
| what was the prohibition? what amendmaent was it? | during which the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages were legally prohibited, 1920-1933/ 18th amendment |
| what was the scopes trial? | a young biology teacher in dayton, tennesse, accepted the challenge. in his class scopes read this passage from civic biology." we have now learned that animal forms may be arranged so as to begin with the simple one-called forms and culminate with a |
| group which includes man himself." scopes was promptly arrested and his trial was set for july. | .. |
| what was the harlem renaissance? | a literary and artistic movement celebrating african-american culture. |
| charles lindbergh | entered the U.S. flying school at san antonio. texas in 1924. then convinced a group of businessmen to back him iin an attempt to win $25,000 prize which had been offered for the first non-stop transcontinintal flight between new york and paris. |
| jack dempsy | heavey weight champion from 1919-1926 when he was defeated by gene tunney. fight against georges carpentier in 1921 was the first fight to take in millions of dollars in ticket sales. |
| marcus garvey | born in jamaica , but came to new york in 1916 to establish new headquarters for his UNIA, univeral Negro Improvement Association, which sought to build up african american self respect and economic power.he urged all african americans to return to africa |
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