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| Red Scare | the fear or threat of communism in America. Provoked by Russian Revolution |
| A Mitchell Palmer | Attorney General who made it his mission to hunt down communists in America. |
| Immigration Act of 1924 | Bill introduced to place a quota system on all incoming immigrants EXCEPT those from Canada and Latin America. |
| Cultural Pluralists | Theory that immigrants should be able to retain their traditional cultures rather than blend into a single American "melting pot." |
| Volstead Act | 18th Amendment, outlawed the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol in America for about 10 years. |
| AlCapone | Chicago leader of the most vicious bootlegging gang that developed in America. |
| John Dewey | "Father of Pregressive Education" . He believed that it was the job of the teacher to educate a student for LIFE. |
| John Scopes | Tennessee teacher who broke the law by teaching evolution in the class. |
| Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial | Trial argued the merits of fundamentalism Christians who disbelieved evolution against scientist and others who believed it to be true. |
| Bruce Barton | Author of THE MAN NOBODY KNOWS. Book makes the controversial statement that Jesus Christ was not really religious but the best advertising man of all time. |
| Henry Ford | Changed the automobile industry by using the ASSEMBLY LINE which resulted in cheap automobile for the average American for the FIRST time. |
| Charles Lindberg | 1st man to fly solo across the Atlantic. The perfect hero whose wholesome image and honesty contrasted deeply with the scandals and corruptness of the time. |
| The Jazz Singer | The First Talkie movie of the time. |
| Margaret Sanger | Famous for her advocacy of birth control to women. |
| Sigmund Freud | Psychologist who influenced the change of American attitudes towards sex. |
| Marcus Garvey | Founder of the United Negro Improvement Association who believed that blacks should return to Africa, have pride in their culture and develop businesses. Sent to prison for fraud. |
| Buying "On Margin" | Purchasing stock but only with a small down payment, not the whole amount. Led to the speculative rise in price for stocks. |
| Court cases MULLER and ADKINS | Both cases centered on the question whether women should be given special legal and social treatment. |
| Teapot Dome Scandal | Involved the corrupt mishandling oil reserves. |
| McNary-Haugen Bill | Bill intended to help farmers and labor unions |
