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nickname for American women who symbolized the freedom and independence through shorter hemlines, bobbed hair and cigarettes
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Flappers
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bars that operated illegally during the time of Prohibition
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Speakeasies
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nickname for American women who symbolized the freedom and independence through shorter hemlines, bobbed hair and cigarettes
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bars that operated illegally during the time of Prohibition
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flew from New York to Paris in one flight
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was a cultral movement that took place from 1920-1930
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-combined West African rhythms, African Americans work songs and spirituals,and European harmonies-Armstrong was a famous horn player of Jazz -Ellington was a composer, pianist & big band leader
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-Bobby jones was a golf player who almost won every golf championship-Bill Tilden and Helen Wills were famous tennis players-Gertrude Ederle was the first woman to swim across the English Channel-Jack Dempsey reigned as world heavyweight boxing champion-Babe Ruth set a home run record in baseball
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Was an African American leader, publisher, and journalist
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common culture experienced by a large number of people
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The Jazz Singer was the first talkie movie it brought a new era to movies.
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Movies started to become more poular and with sound.
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people who leace their own country to live in a foreign land
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To keep cut off from the world
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buying on credit
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pay only part of the cost of the stock when they make th purchase
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a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
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over production, weakness in the banking system, and people going bankrupt
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-too many goods/food produced-people bought too much on credit
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a highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school
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-When value of stock fell so low-people were left with huge debts-banks ran out of money and closed, -people lost jobs-Start of Great Depression.
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group of shacks in which the homeless lived in during the great depression
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Army men that wanted a bonus they were promised
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-Region of the Great Plains that experienced a drought in 1930 -lasting for a decade-leaving many farmers without work or substantial wages
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The programs and policies to promote economic recovery and social reform introduced during the 1930s by President Franklin D. Roosevelt Bank Failures
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-Marked by a flurry of legislation.-Dozens of bills were passed, some contradicted each other -Gave Americans hope once again.
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Agricultural Adjustment Act
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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Civilian Consevation Corps
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Federal Deposit Insurance Coperation
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Works Progress Association
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National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA). Nation Recovery Act (NRA).
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federal government pays people who : are unemployed, retired, can't work, can't afford health insurance. National Debt Soars
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Jan 1935-Sept1935- Reorganized federal program for jobless relief. Assistance to rural poor, support for organized labor, social welfare benefits for elderly, stricter business regulations, heavier taxes on wealthy.
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sports, movies, prohibition, organized crime, more liberal fun, more spending
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the total sum of money the government owes
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the government was spending more than it took in
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the New Deal helped overcome the Great Depression
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a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers
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(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
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An economic slowdown of the economy which results in rising unemployment, increased business failures, declining economic growth and higher personal bankruptcies.
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A policy of favoring native-born individuals over foreign-born ones
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dramatic expansion due to nativism and The Birth of a Nation; favored White supremacy and restrictions on immigration; hostile towards immigrants, Catholics, Jews, and African Americans