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organized crime
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gangsters
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Recession
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an economic downturn
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Eugenics
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Psuedo-science that deals with improving hereditary traits.
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Henery FOrd
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invented the assembly line
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jacob lawrence
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african-american painter whose works depict black life, history, and culture
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3 parlor games
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MahJong, crosswords, contract bridge
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Evolution
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The scientific theory that humans evolved over vast periods of time
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G-men
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government men;agents who worked to find and destroy illegal alcohol
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mass media
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forms of communication, such as newspapers and radio, that reach millions of people
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The Fundamentalist Movement
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a reaction to New Morality
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Speakeasies
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Secret bars where alcohol could be purchased illegally
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Capitalism
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an economic system based on private property and free enterprise
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
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an agreement between 15 nations outlawing war; eventually 48 other nations joined the pact; had no way of enforcing peace.
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Alfred Sloan
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Head of General Motors offered installment plans where consumers bought cars on credit in order to sell higher priced cars.
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Prohibition
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a law forbidding the sale or transportation of alcoholic beverages
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welfare capitalism
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when companies provide incentitives to build better relationships with employees; health insurancem safety standards, buy stock in the company
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flapper
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young woman in the 1920s who rebelled against traditional ways of thinking and acting
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Volstead Act
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The Act specified that "no person shall manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, furnish or possess any intoxicating liquor except as authorized by this act." It did not specifically prohibit the purchase or use of intoxicating liquors
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Installment buying
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a consumers buys products by promising to pay small, regular amounts over a period of time
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Model T
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first affordable car built by Henry Ford; sturdy, reliable, inexpensive, only came in black
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Duke Ellington
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Famous Jazz musician that preformed at Jazz clubs
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T. S. Eliot
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American poet who considered the negative aspects of the modern world. He wrote "The Hollow Men."
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Aron Coplan
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mixed classical and and folk music togather
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quota system
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an arrangement placing a limit on the number of immigrants from each country
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Georgia O'Keeffe
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an artist known for urban scenes and later paintings of the southwest
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Ku Klux Klan
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Founded in the 1860s in the south; meant to control newly freed slaves through threats and violence; other targets: Catholics, Jews, immigrants and others thought to be un-American
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How did modern inventions change family life?
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MORE FREE TIME FOR ACTIVITIES
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What was the governments belief about how to handle big business in the 1920's?
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LAISSEZ-FAIRELET BUSINESS DO AS IT PLEASED
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