| A meeting of major powers that took place
between 1921 and 1922 which resulted in an
agreement to set limits on the size of each
nation's navy. |
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| This Harlem Renaissance poet and short story
writer expressed the despair of blacks and
demanded social justice. |
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| This 1924 law attempted to facilitate German
reparations payments. By loaning $200 million
in gold bullion to Germany, the U. S. and
its Allies hoped to stabilize the Germany
economy. |
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| This 1925 case involved a Tennessee law against
the teach of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution
in public schools. |
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| This political scandal involved a cabinet
member in President Harding's administration. |
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| A steady downward trend in the prices of
corporate stocks. |
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| This implemented prohibition and defined
an illegal beverage as any one over 1% alcohol
by volume. |
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| Young women of the 1920s who adopted an original
style of dress and challenged traditional
societal values. |
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| This 1928 treaty, signed by 63 nations (including
the U. S.), was an agreement never to use
war as a means of international conflict
resolution. |
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| These slums were inhabited by homeless families
during the Depression. |
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| A steady upward trend in the prices of corporate
stocks. |
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| The name given to a group of American writers
who gathered in Paris after World War I and
who wrote about rebellious people, criticized
society, and attacked materialism. |
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| This 1927 movie was was the first "talkie"
motion picture, ending the era of silent
films. |
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