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| 1971276471 | Roaring Twenties | Popular image of the decade as a period of prosperity, optimism, and changing morals |  | 0 |
| 1971276472 | Return to Normalcy | After World War I 1919-20s, when Harding was President, the US and Britain returned to isolatoinism. The US economy "boomed" but Europe continued to struggle. It was the calm before the bigger storm hit: World War II |  | 1 |
| 1971276473 | Red Scare | A period of general fear of communists |  | 2 |
| 1971276474 | Communism | A theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state. |  | 3 |
| 1971276475 | Teapot Dome Scandal | A government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921 |  | 4 |
| 1971276476 | Warren Harding | 29th president of the US; Republican; "Return to Normalcy" (life as it had been before WWI-peace, isolation); presidency was marred by scandal |  | 5 |
| 1971276477 | Calvin Coolidge | became president when Harding died of pneumonia. He was known for practicing a rigid economy in money and words, and acquired the name "Silent Cal" for being so soft-spoken. He was a true republican and industrialist. Believed in the government supporting big business. |  | 6 |
| 1971276478 | Herbert Hoover | Engineer who organized food production in WWI; Secretary of Commerce. As President, predicted an end to poverty. Believed in 'rugged individualism.' Felt government interference should be minimal in the economy. |  | 7 |
| 1971276479 | Rugged Individualism | Herbert Hoover's belief that people must be self-reliant and not depend upon the federal government for assistance. |  | 8 |
| 1971324465 | Henry Ford | 1863-1947. American businessman, founder of Ford Motor Company, father of modern assembly lines, and inventor credited with 161 patents., he made assembly line production more efficient in his Rouge River plant near Detroit- a finished car would come out every 10 seconds. He helped to make car inexpensive so more Americans could buy them. |  | 9 |
| 1971324466 | Prohibition | the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment |  | 10 |
| 1971324467 | Frances Willard | Became leader of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. She worked to educate people about the evils of alcohol. She urged laws banning the sale of liquor. Also worked to outlaw saloons as step towards strengthening democracy. |  | 11 |
| 1971324468 | Eighteenth Amendment | "Prohibition Law" declared it illegal to make, transport, or sell alcohol in the United States. |  | 12 |
| 1971324469 | Twenty-first Amendment | Ends prohibition by repealing the 18th amendment |  | 13 |
| 1971324470 | Scopes "Monkey Trial" | a high school biology teacher was accused of teaching Darwinism in class instead of the biblical account of creation; the trial that pitted the teaching of Darwin's theory of evolution against teaching Bible creationism |  | 14 |
| 1971324471 | Clarence Darrow | Represented Scopes at the "Monkey Trial" on evolution in 1925 |  | 15 |
| 1971324472 | Immigration Acts | 1921, 1924 & 1929. Basically designed to keep out immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe |  | 16 |
| 1971324473 | Eugenics | A pseudo-scientific belief that the human race could be improved by breeding. It was supposed that superior parents would have even better children. |  | 17 |
| 1971324474 | Flapper | A 1920s term used to describe a new type of young woman; rebellious, energetic, and bold |  | 18 |
| 1971324475 | Tin Pan Alley | Is the name given to the collection of New York City-centered music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 1800's and early 1900's. |  | 19 |
| 1971324476 | Great Migration | Movement of African Americans from the South to the North for jobs. |  | 20 |
| 1971324477 | Harlem Renaissance | A period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished |  | 21 |
| 1971324478 | Langston Hughes | African-American poet and writer during Harlem Renaissance |  | 22 |
| 1971324479 | Marcus Garvey | believed in black-owned businesses; led Back-to-Africa Movement |  | 23 |
| 1971324480 | Charles Lindbergh | First person to fly sold across the Atlantic Ocean; became an international hero |  | 24 |
