US History STAAR EOC Terms
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| Marcus Garvey | African-American activists known for his Back to Africa Movement and formed the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
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| Immigration Quota Acts | Designed to limit number of Southern and Eastern European immigrants; passed in 1921, 1924, and 1929.
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| Charles Lindburgh | Popular hero; first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.
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| Great Migration | 2 million African-Americans move out of the south to escape racism and to the North and Midwest in search of jobs.
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| Lost Generation | Group of writers, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, who rejected the idea of material wealth in favor of spirituality.
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| Henry Ford | Entrepreneur who introduced the assembly line production of automobiles. Led to mass production of goods.
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| 18th Amendment | Prohibits the sale, manufacture, and distribution of alcohol.
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| Warren Harding | Elected president in 1920; enacted highest tariff in U.S. history, lowered taxes, and restricted immigration - a return to normalcy.
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| Clarence Darrow | Famous defense attorney; defended John Scopes in the "Monkey Trial" representing modern ideals.
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| Frances Willard | Outspoken women in the temperance movement.
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| Teapot Dome Scandal | Government officials found guilt of accepting bribes for leasing federal land to oil companies.
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| 19th Amendment | Granted women the right to vote.
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| Speculation | The purchase of an item in the hope of selling it later at a higher price.
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| Eugenics | Belief that the human race could be improved by breeding.
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| Flappers | Women who rejected the traditional fashion and lifestyle; favored shorter hair and dresses.
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| Return to Normalcy | President Harding's campaign slogan that emphasized peacetime production and prosperity.
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| Calvin Coolidge | Pro-business President who is known for favoring businesses as the chief interest of American government.
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| Rugged Individualism | President Hoover's belief that America's greatness was made possible by the ideas of equal opportunity, free education, and an individual will to succeed.
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| Red Scare | Wave of panic and hysteria caused by a fear of Communism and anarchy.
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| Scopes "Monkey" Trial | Courtroom battle over the teaching of modern scientific theories and the traditional religious beliefs.
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| Ku Klux Klan | Hostile group that was anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic, anti-Jewish, and anti-African-American.
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| Tin Pan Alley | area of New York City where song writing and music ideas mixed together to form popular American music
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| Prohibition | The time period where alcohol was banned; citizens regularly broke laws through bootlegging and speakeasies to access liquor; organized crime increased.
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| Roaring Twenties | post WW1 time period known for isolationism and economic prosperity.
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| Langston Hughes | Famous African-American poet known for expressing pride in his heritage and attacking racism.
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| Herbert Hoover | President blamed for continuing pro-business policies and not doing enough to remedy the economic depression at the end of the 1920s.
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| Harlem Renaissance | Celebration of African-American culture, including jazz. art. and poetry that created new optimism.
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| Palmer Raids | Fear of communists resulted in the arrests of 4,000 suspects and deportation of 600 others directed by Attorney General Plamer.
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| Nativism | Dislike of foreigners; shown through the fear of communists and New Immigrants in the 1920s.
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| Sacco and Vanzetti | Two Italian immigrants falsely accused and executed for a murder due to the Red Scare and Nativist beliefs.
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| Buying on Credit | Purchasing goods and promising to pay the bill at a later date.
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