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AP US History

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Roaring twenties   new technologies, new consumer products, booming economy  
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red scare   promotion of fear or the potential rise of communism  
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palmer raids   locked up anyone the suspected to be communist  
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Result of red scare   palmer raids, cut back on freedom of speech  
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Sacco and Vanzetti   accused of murdering a Massachusetts paymaster and his guard. They were Italians, atheists, anarchists, and draft dodgers, and the courts were prejudiced against them.  
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New clan reemerges   Klu Klux Klan comes back bigger than before, anti everything  
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why does kkk fail   It was stopped not by the exposure of its horrible racism, but bc of its money fraud.  
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Emergency Quota Act   restricted Europeans to only 3% of their nationality from the US was allowed  
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1924 Immigration Act   changed the emergency quota act from 3% to 2% because they wanted to favor northern Europeans (old immigrants) and it closed the door to Japanese  
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speakeasies   small saloons people went to go drink during prohibition  
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How did prohibition lead to inc crime   Police, judges were bribed, violence broke out between gangs  
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Al Scarface Capone   murderous alcohol distributor, St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, Capone was finally caught for tax evasion.  
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Lindbergh baby incident   led to Lindbergh Law,death penalty to certain cases of interstate abduction  
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America solves production and consumption problem   advertising, which used persuasion, ploy, seduction, and sex appeal to sell merchandise  
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Buying on credit   buy now pay later, many went into debt weakening the economy  
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Birth of a Nation   Film the glorified the kkk and put down blacks  
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How was the film industry used in WW1   used for anti-German propaganda, help sell bonds, and boost moral  
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Harlem Renaissance   Literature movement (poetry) among the blacks  
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lost generation   us writers moved to Europe, because of more cultural freedom  
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court packing scheme   FDR wanted to add a member to the Supreme Court for every member over 70, Congress felt they were losing power, saw it as dictatorship  
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Unemployment during FDR term   went from 25% to 15% still bad, but better  
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Roosevelt Recession   social security taxes, taking a toll on people  
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FDR taking on Keynesian philosophy   better the economy by planned deficit spending.  
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how to humans contribute to dustbowl   dry farming techniques  
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okies and arkies   Oklahoman and Arkansans went to Southern Cali  
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Grapes of Wrath   book portraying peoples lives in the Dust Bowl  
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Indian Reorganization Act   encouraged tribes to have self-government and preserve their culture, many didn't like it felt they were being put on display  
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Wager/National Labor Relations Act   right of unions to organize and to collectively bargain with management  
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Civilian Conservation Corps   government camps, reforestation, firefight, flood, control, and swamp drainage  
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Huey Long "Share the Wealth"   Wanted to give every family 5000 by taxing the rich  
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Work Progress Program   Employment on building public buildings, bridges and roads  
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National Recovery Administration   Assisted industry, labor, and the unemployed. Wanted max hours, min wages, and more rights for labor union members,the right to choose their own reps in bargaining.  
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Scheter Case   demined nra as unconstitutional because ethey could only regulate bug business not small.  
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Public Work Association   industry recovery and unemployment relief, build public buildings/roads  
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