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Women who rejected traditional values and dress Red Scare Laissez-faire Recession Biggest factor behind prosperity of the 1920s Awakening of African American culture Convicted of murder with very little evidence Expanded use of automobile Model T Flew across Atlantic Ocean Harlem Renaissance 18 th Amendment First car middle class Americans could afford Scopes “Monkey Trial” Banned sale of alcoholic drinks Required down payment; charged interest; allowed people to acquire expensive goods Pitted older religious beliefs vs new scientific theories
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Nativism Calvin Coolidge 2 million African Americans went North looking for better jobs Introduced by Henry Ford; made production more efficient President whose laissez-faire approach may have led to the crash of 1929 Belief that human race can be improved through breeding Great Migration Warren G. Harding Fear of Spread of Communism Vacuum, refrigerator, toaster, improved motors Eugenics Buying something hoping to sell it at a higher price later Inventions of the 1920s Minimal government interference into business Speculation Buying on credit
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21 st Amendment President who believed in “rugged individualism” Tin Pan Alley Belief that humans compete for survival like animals in nature In New York City; mixed musical ideas of blues, jazz, and ragtime A focus on peacetime production and prosperity at home Social Darwinism Poet in Harlem Renaissance; attacked racism Return to normalcy Sacco and Vanzetti Defended John Scopes for teaching evolution in biology class Langston Hughes Marcus Garvey Economic downturn Clarence Darrow Charles Lindbergh
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“Lost Generation” Author of 1920s; wrote Jazz Age and Great Gatsby Group of writers who rejected desire for material wealth F. Scott Fitzgerald Ended Prohibition of alcohol Wanted to keep people from South and East Europe out of US Glenn Curtis Assembly line Advocated women’s rights, suffrage, prison reform, prohibition Immigration Acts Designed an airplane that could take off and land on water Herbert Hoover Dislike of foreigners Frances Willard President who called for a “return to normalcy” Encouraged African Americans to set up their own shops Flappers
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