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78 Cards in this Set
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In U.S. History the decade of the 1920s stands out as a time of ________.
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rapid change
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Shattered a sense of optimism that had grown in the West since the Enlightenment.
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World War I
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Another name for the "Roaring Twenties."
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Jazz Age
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During the 1920s many young people who had been disillusioned by the war rejected the moral values of the __________.
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Victorian Age
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Symbol of the rebellious Jazz Age youth.
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flapper
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Nickname given to young women of the 1920s who defied convention and broke norms.
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flapper
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Though relatively few in number, in the 1920s they symbolized women's desire to break with the past.
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flappers
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During the 1920s many women felt freer to experiment with bolder _____.
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styles and manners
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The new morals and manners of the 1920s were reflected in women's ___.
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fashions
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In the 1920's, the status of women in the workplace changed _______.
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very little
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They did not feel comfortable voting, they could not leave their children and go to the poles, their families discouraged them from voting.
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reasons many women didn't vote when they first won the right
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Statistics that describe a population.
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demographics
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One group that suffered economically during the 1920s was the _______.
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farmers
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Because they were needed as laborers farm children were less likely to go to ______.
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high school
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In the 1920s jobs for African Americans in the South were ____.
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scarce and low paying
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Many southern factories refused to hire ________.
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African Americans
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African Americans migrated north in the early 1900s mainly because of an ___________.
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industrial boom
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During the 1920s, Congress acted to limit immigration especially from ____.
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Southern & Eastern Europe
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After immigration laws were tightened, many low-paying jobs went to immigrants from _________.
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Canada & Mexico
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Became a magnet for migrants from Mexico.
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Los Angeles
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A Spanish-speaking neighborhood.
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Barrio
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In the late 1800s enabled people to live in the suburbs and commute to the cities.
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trolleys
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In the 1920s, trolleys to the suburbs were largely replaced by ____.
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buses
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A major demographic shift of the 1920s was movement away from the urban areas to the ________.
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suburbs
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Many Americans became fascinated with heroes in the 1920s because they longed for symbols of __________.
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old-fashioned virtues
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In Charles Lindbergh and other heroes, Americans recognized the virtues of the _______.
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"good old days"
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One of the most popular heroes of the era was baseball star ___.
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Babe Ruth
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Native American Sports hero who won Olympic gold medals in the pentathlon and the decathlon and went on to play pro football.
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Jim Thorpe
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Became a national hero after flying nonstop from New York to Paris.
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Charles Lindbergh
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In 1932 she was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
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Amelia Earhart
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The rapid development of the mass media during the 1920s promoted the creation of a __________.
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national culture
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The growth of radio and other mass media in the 1920s produced a _______.
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national culture
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In the late 1920 movies changed with the introduction of ____.
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sound
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The rise of films, radio broadcasting, and the news media all helped to bring about a ______
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national culture
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Methods of communicating information to large numbers of people.
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mass media
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Jazz was brought to northern cities by ________________.
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southern African Americans
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African Americans combined Western harmonies with African rhythms to create____.
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Jazz
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Clubs in the Harlem district of New York City were among the hottest places to listen to ________.
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jazz
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Name of the new dance popular with the flappers that embodied the spirit of the Jazz Age.
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Charleston
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One of the most celebrated jazz musicians of the 1920s was a pianist, composer, and bandleader.
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Duke Ellington
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Popular jazz trumpeter and singer who popularized a style known as "scat."
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Louis Armstrong
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Using the voice to replace words with nonsense syllables.
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"Scat"
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Name for the 1920s after a popular and influential form of music.
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Jazz Age
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Young adults in Europe and America in general, and writers in particular, who had become disillusioned with the world and Western values after World War I.
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the Lost Generation
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Was the term for expatriate writers who were repelled by American popular culture and society in the 1920s.
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Lost Generation
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Members of the Lost Generation left the ___________.
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country to live in Paris
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Small towns, the medical business, and dishonest ministers were all targets of novelist ___.
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Sinclair Lewis
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African American literacy movement of the 1920s.
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Harlem Renaissance
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Writers James Weldon Johnson and Zora Neale Hurston took part in a movement called the ____.
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Harlem Renaissance
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Harlem writer who gained fame for writing the novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God."
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Zora Neale Hurston
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Republican President elected in 1920, promised a "return to normalcy."
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Warren Harding
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The fact that many people opposed the freer lifestyle of the Jazz age was demonstrated by _______.
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Prohibition
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Outlawed the production and sale of alcohol in the U.S.
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Prohibition (18th Amendment)
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Suppliers of illegal alcohol during Prohibition.
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bootleggers
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Illegal bars that operated behind storefronts and pool rooms.
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speakeasies
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One result of Prohibition during the 1920s was the rise of ______.
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organized crime
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Engaging in an illegal business, usually a part of organized crime.
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racketeering
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Racketeering was one of the unforeseen results of _________.
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Prohibition
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Chicago gangster nicknamed "Scarface."
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Al Capone
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Al Capone who ran Chicago's largest organized crime gang in the 1920s evaded charges against him until he was finally convicted of _____.
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income-tax evasion
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A set of beliefs based on a literal interpretation of the Bible.
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Fundamentalism
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A set of beliefs held by religious traditionalists.
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fundamentalism
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In the 1920s, fundamentalist gained attention for their belief in a literal interpretation of the ____.
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Bible
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Some states banned the teaching of evolution in the schools because the theory seemed to contradict the ____.
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Biblical account of creation
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Case about the teaching of evolution in schools.
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Scopes trial
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John Scopes was encouraged to teach evolution in order to test the ________.
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constitutionality of laws against the teaching of evolution
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Supporter of free speech in the Scopes trial.
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Clarence Darrow
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Defense attorney in the Scopes trial.
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Clarence Darrow
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Took up the cause of fundamentalist Christians as the prosecuting attorney at the Scopes trial.
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William Jennings Bryan
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Trial over the legal right to teach evolution in schools.
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Scopes trial
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Group that lost some momentum as a result of the Scopes trial.
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fundamentalists
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Jamaican-born leader of movement promoting African American pride.
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Marcus Garvey
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Led a movement in the 1920s to build up African American self-respect and economic power.
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Marcus Garvey
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Marcus Garvey urged African Americans to return to _____.
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Africa
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Marcus Garvey was a black ______.
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nationalist
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In the summer of 1919, mob violence between white and black Americans erupted in about 25 cities.
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"Red Summer"
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The race riots in Chicago in 1919 were partially the result of overcrowded _____.
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neighborhoods
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African Americans, Catholics, Jews, and immigrants were the main targets in the 1920s of the newly revived _____.
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Ku Klux Klan
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