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American Dream
National ethos of the United Sattes, a set of ideals including democracy, rights, liberty and equality, and equal opportunity to get rich.
Rugged Individualism
The belief that all individuals, or nearly all individuals, can succeed on their own and that government help for people should be minimal
Laissez Faire
abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the free market
Open Door
Anyone is allowed in without any checks or quotas.
Melting Pot
Different cultures melting together to form one common culture.
Ellis Island
Busiest immigration inspection and processing station in the United States.
1917 Literacy Test
Required immigrants to be atleast fluent in English, limiting the number of people who could immigrant.
1921 Immigration Act
Restricted the number of immigrants admitted from any country annually to 3% of the number of residents from that country living in the United States as of the 1910 Census.
1924 Immigration Act
Banned Asian immigrants and total immigrant was capped to 165,000. Reduced from 3% to 2%.
Quota System
a system, originally determined by legislation in 1921, of limiting by nationality the number of immigrants who may enter the U.S. each year.
Xenophobia
dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries.
Anarchists
someone who believes that government shouldn’t exist
Red Scare
a fear of communism and anarchism that came around.
Communism
the belief that everyone should be equal, in salary, social class and possessions.
Palmer Raids
Raids conducted during late 1919 and early 1920 to catch and arreest suspected socalists, anarchists and communisms and deport them from the United States.
Sacco and Vanzetti
Two italian immigrants who were controversially convicted of murdering Alessandro Berardelli and Frederick Parmenter.
Religious Fundamentalism
Taking the bible literally
Bible belt
Group of southern American states who deeply believe in Catholicism
Johnny Scopes
Teacher from Tennesee, taught Darwin’s theory when it was illegal
Monkey Trial
A trial to see if Darwin’s Theory of Evolution could be taught in schools.
Native Americans
The Native inhabitants of America
Slavery
The capturing of black people for forced labour
Segregatiuon
Seperating people based on race
Jim Crow Laws
Laws permitting the seperation of people based on race
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People.
William du Bois
Founder of NAACP
UNIA
Universial Negro Improvement Association
Marcus Garvey
Political Activist, founded UNIA
KKK
Far right terrorist organisation who killed black people
Temperance Groups
Wanted a ban against alcohol
Anti-Saloon league
Group of people who protested against bars
Wets
Anti-prohibition
Dries
Supported prohibition
Volstead Act
Set alcohol limit at 0.5%
18th Amendment
Banned alcohol
21st Amendment
Revoked the 18th
Speakeasy
Illegal clubs that sold alcohol
Moonshine
DIY Alcohol
Bootlegger
Made and sold alcohol illegally
Al Capone
Mobster from Chicago, became very rich from selling alcohol
Chicago
Home of mobsters and crime bosses.
St Valentine’s Day Massacre
Murdering of competition in Chicago by Al Capone
Warren Harding
29th President, was bribed a lot.
Ohio Gang
Friends of Warren that bribed him for oil money.
Teapot Dome Scandal
Was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923
Hire Purchase
Method of finance, installment plan
Credit
Money borrowed from a bank to buy stuff with, paid back over time.
Mass production
The making of a product done mass scale
Assembly Line
Efficent way for creating goods.
Fordney-McCumber Tariff
Law that raised tariffs on imported goods
Protectionism
Government policies which limit international trade to help domestic industries
Woodrow Wilson
American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921
On the belt
On the production line
Overproduction
Too much of a product is produced, more then demand
Market Saturation
No more in demand so no more profits
Stocks and shares
Buying and selling parts of ownership of a company
Wall Street
Where you buy and sell shares
Speculation
Prediction of the stock market
Black Thursday
Day the wall street crash began, panic selling.
Wall Street Crash
Crash of stocks and shares due to panic selling
Buying on the margin
Buying assets by borrowing money and then paying off the loan by profiting on the asset.
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