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ROARING TWENTIES

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Warren Harding"return to normalcy" after World War I
Harding and Coolidgebelieved government should not interfere in business
Calvin Coolidgenicknamed Silent Cal; "the business of America is business."
America's foreign policy after World War Iisolationism
CommunismVladimir Lenin brings this government type to the Soviet Union in the 1920's
Kellogg-Briand Pactineffective pact to keep world peace
Henry Fordmass produced automobiles; assembly line
"On- margin"the ability to buy a stock for 10% of its price per share
installment buyingpeople bought consumer goods by putting some money down and paying off the rest in monthly "installments" with interest
Prohibitionduring the 1920's no alcohol was permitted by law.
Problems associated with Prohibitionled to crime, bootleggers and speakeasies
Harlem RenaissanceAfrican Americans; Harlem, NY; celebrated their culture
Langston Hugheswrote poems and stories to encourage other African Americans to keep going
Harlem Renaissance MusiciansDuke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Bessie Armstrong
Charles LindberghFirst solo flight across the Atlantic
Scopes Monkey TrialScopes was put on trial for teaching the theory of evolution in public school
Babe Ruthfamous Yankee; makes baseball very popular
Ku Klux Klanrises again; this time to discriminate against immigrants
Nativism and Quota Actspeople who wanted America for "Americans;" QUoata Acts restricted immigration from Eastern Europe and Asia
19 th amendmentWomen's suffrage
Sacco and Vanzettitwo men put on trial and sentenced to death with little evidence; accused of being anarchists (anti- government)
Red ScareAmericans were afraid of Communism spreading
Marcus Garvey"Back to Africa"
Flapperyoung lady who cut hair, short dresses; rebelled against stereotypes
Farmerssuffered because of overproduction of food goods



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