Roaring 20s

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Roaring 20s
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A general strike is
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a strike by members of all unions.
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The Red Scare involved
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the fear that Communism would take over the
country.
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Sacco and Vanzetti were
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two anarchists accused of armed robbery and
murder.
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The quota system involved
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limiting the number of people who could immigrate.
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The Teapot Dome scandal involved
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bribes to the Secretary of the Interior for oil
leases in Teapot Dome, Wyoming.
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Parity referred to
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equality between the standard of living that
farmers had enjoyed in good years and the
standard of living that came in bad years.
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Henry Ford started the manufacturing system known
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the assembly line.
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The Harlem Renaissance was
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the creativity of black writers, poets, artist,
and musicians(jazz).
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Marcus Garvey was the leader of the movement
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urging American blacks to go back to Africa.
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Expatriates were
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American writers who left the country to work in
Europe.
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KDKA was the
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first licensed radio broadcasting station which
operated out of a barn in East Pittsburgh.
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Silent movies were
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movies which had no soundtrack.
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The first talking movie(1927) was
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The Jazz Singer.
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Match the sport to the athlete.
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Gertrude Ederle
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swam the English Channel
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Charles Lindbergh was
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first to fly from New York to Paris.
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Barney Oldfield was
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a car racing champion.
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Jack Dempsey was
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boxings heavyweight champion.
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Babe Ruth was
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baseballs home run champion.
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Ty Cobb was
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a baseball hitting champion and a great base
stealer.
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Red Grange was
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the greatest football player of his timeThe
Galloping Ghost.
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A flapper was
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a new woman, refusing to follow traditional
rules, shocking her elders with her clothes,
slang, and dancing.
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Prohibition referred to
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the Eighteenth Amendment which prohibited the
manufacture, sale, and transportation of
alcoholic beverages.
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The Scopes trial involved
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a young biology teacher, John Scopes, who was
arrested for teaching the theory of evolution in
his classes.