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- 3. the development of the Harlem neighborhood in New York City as a Black cultural mecca in the early 20th Century
- 4. an agreement to outlaw war signed on August 27, 1928
- 5. limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota
- 8. to describe the condition of the United States prior to its entry into World War I
- 10. is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
- 11. was a Jamaican political activist
- 14. period of public fear and anxiety over the supposed rise of communist or socialist ideologies in a noncommunist state.
- 15. sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition
- 18. His economical and understated style—which included his iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his adventurous lifestyle and public image brought him admiration from later generations
- 19. 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929.
- 20. trial reflected our fears of immigration, immigrant crime, and anarchy
- 21. a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
- 23. One of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry
- 24. bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923.
- 25. They created the first airplane
- 26. in which a high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which had made it illegal for teachers to teach human evolution in any state-funded school.
- 27. best known for overseeing the Palmer Raids during the Red Scare of 1919–20.
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- 1. an arrangement where a product is moved from worker to worker, with each person performing a single task in the making of the product
- 2. was one of the largest movements of people in United States history. Approximately six million Black people moved from the American South to Northern, Midwestern, and Western states
- 6. legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1920 to 1933
- 7. he made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles, flying alone for 33.5 hours
- 9. young women known for their energetic freedom, embracing a lifestyle viewed by many at the time as outrageous, immoral or downright dangerous.
- 12. Between 1921 and 1922, the world's largest naval powers gathered in Washington, D.C. for a conference to discuss naval disarmament and ways to relieve growing
- 13. he was one of the most popular sitting U.S. presidents.
- 16. He is best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age
- 17. Founder of Ford
- 22. First famous sports player.