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Chapter 31: American Life in the "Roaring Twenties" 1919-1929 - People

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Attorney General in the Red Scare - the "Fighting Quaker"
two workers convicted of murdering a Massachusetts paymaster and his guard
philospher on immigration - pluralism
critic on immigration - cosmopolitanism - cross fertilization of immigrants
professor at Columbia University, formed the foundation of so-called progressive education
notorious booze distributing gangster
advertised products in relation with religion
"Father of Scientific Management," an inventor, the stopwatch efficiency engineer
aviator who traveled from New York to Paris
feminist leader of the birth-control movement, championed the use of contraceptives
leader of the National Woman's party, campaigned for an Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution
African-American poet of Harlem, wrote The Weary Blues (1926)
Harlem political leader, founder of the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)
the "Bad Boy of Baltimore," wrote the American Mercury, writer who assailed marriage, patriotism, democracy, prohibition, Puritanism
wrote This Side of Paradise (1920) and The Great Gatsby (1925),
war veteran and writer of The Sun Also Rises (1926) and A Farewell to Arms (1929)
wrote "Main Street" (1920) and "Babbitt" (1922)
wrote "The Sound and the Fury" (1929), "As I Lay Dying" (1930), and "Absalom, Absalom!" (1936)
architect who advanced the theory that buildings should grow from their sites and not slavishly imitate Greek and Roman importations
Secretary of Treasury who reduced taxes
Tennessee biology teacher, indicted for teaching evolution - "Monkey Trial" case
made "Birth of A Nation" (1915) - a film that glorified the Ku Klux Klan

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