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| occurred during 1919 to 1920 when Palmer hunted down suspected Communists, socialists, and anarchsits. They trampled on people's civil rights, invading private homes, and deported immigrants without trial. |
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| an economic system in which there is private ownership of national resources and capital goods. |
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| an economic system based on one- party rule, government ownership of the means of productions, and decision making by centralized authorities. |
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| a person who opposes all forms of government. |
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| a system that sets limits on how many immigrants from various countries a nation will admit each year. |
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| a fee charged for goods brought into a state or country from another state or country. |
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| Espionage & Sedition Acts— |
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| two laws, enacted in 1917 and 1918, that imposed harsh penalties on anyone interfering with or speaking against U.S. participation in WW1 |
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| a set of regulation, enacted by Congress in 1922, that raised taxes on imports to record levels in order to protect American businesses against foreign competition. |
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| is a treaty that declared that war would not be used “as an instrument of national policy.” |
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| the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People—an organization founded in 1909to promotes full racial equality. |
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| one of the free-thinking young women who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the 1920s. |
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| a set of principles granting greater sexual freedom to men than women |
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| a person who smuggled alcoholic beverages into the U.S. during Prohibition. |
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| the period from 1920-1933 during which 18th Amendment forbidding the manufacture and sale of alcohol was in force in the U.S. |
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| – a place where alcoholic drinks were sold and consumed illegally during prohibition. |
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| a policy that seeks to correct the effects of past discrimination by favoring the groups who were previously disadvantaged. |
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| – a flowering of African American artistic creativity during the 1920s centered the Harlem community of New York City. |
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| one of a number of fashionable entertainment clubs in Harlem. |
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| a preoccupation with the purchasing of material goods. |
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| the unplanned and uncontrolled spreading of cities into surrounding regions. |
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| established a Prohibition Bureau , which involved tracking down illegal stills (or equipment for distilling liquor), monitoring highways for truckloads of illegal alcohol, etc. |
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