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| Their radical opposition to any and all forms of government led many similar beliefs to be harassed, arrested, and deported during the Red Scare. |
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| This is an economic and political system based on a single party government ruled by a dictatorship. |
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| Although its membership sharply increased as a result of the Red Scare and Nativism, its power declined once its criminal activity and racial violence became exposed. |
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| A new union leader for the United Mine Workers for America, he told the miners to strike on Nov. 1, 1919. President Palmer wanted the court to make them go back to work. Lewis made the miners go back to work, but the next month they had a whole month off. Fdr didn't shorten there work days or hours. |
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| New President, favored government policies would keep down taxes and business profits go up and give businesses more available credit in order to expand.- goal 1. keep government interference in business to a minimum and 2. allowed private enterprise to flourish. High tariffs foreign imports supposed to help American manufactures. Wages were rising because of new technology and so was puducivyity. Coolidge era was built on a paradox- pres. stood for economy and a frugal of life. He never helped with the depression- vetoed twice for help for the farmers. |
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| As Attorney General, he sent government agents out on a series of illegal raids to hunt down suspects radicals. |
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| Italain anarchist immigrants who were arrested for a murder of an police officer. Targeted for political belief and ethical (ancestory). Their trail was both unfair. |
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| This established the maximum number of immigrants who were allowed into the U.S. from each foreign country. |
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| This is a Policy of abstaining from involvement in world affairs. |
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| TRUE OR FALSE: THE DAWES PLAN arranged for loans to be made to Germany so that it could pay war reparations. |
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| TRUE OR FALSE: The Teapot Dome scandal involved the secret leasing of oil-rich lands owned by ALBERT B. FALL to private oil companies. |
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During the 1920s, union membership
A. remained constant.
B. increased slightly.
C. increased considerably.
D. dropped considerably. |
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| D. Dropped considerably; because people thought they turned communist |
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| Protect bank consumers money up to $5,000. |
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| Part of the Red Scare, targeted anarchists and communists and people civil rights. |
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| Creation of the Automobile. |
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The Teapot Dome scandal centered around
A. Gold mines.
B. oil- rich lands.
C. union members.
D. High tariffs. |
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| Why was President Harding popular with the American public despite? |
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| He looked like a real president, go back to normalcy and the yearning for the simpler days before the Progressive Era and WWI. |
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According to Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, what was " eating its way into the homes of the American workman, its sharp tongues... licking the altars of the churches"?
A. Communism
B. Philosophy of Nativism
C. Hopelessness of Poverty
D. Governmental abuse of civil rights |
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Nativists who found fault with the Emergency Quota Acts of 1921 would have been most likely to say which of the following?
A. It did no restrict immigration enough.
B. It threatened industry with a labor shortage
C. It discriminated against the wrong immigrants
D. It violated U.S. principles by resisting immigration. |
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| A. It did no restrict immigration enough. |
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| One of the effects of this was a rise in organized crime. |
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| This is an "underground" saloon or nightclub where liquor was sold illegally. |
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| This was someone who provided illegal alcohol. |
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| Scopes trial (monkey trail) |
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| Teaching of evolution in the state of Tennessee. |
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| This Protestant movement was grounded in the literal, word for word, interpretation of the Bible. |
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| The American Civil Liberties Union hired him to represent John T. Scopes. |
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| In 1927, this singer became the highest paid black artist in the world. |
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| This Jazz pianist and composer won fame as one of America's greatest composers. He wrote such pieces as "Mood Indigo" and "Sophisticated Lady". |
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| Creator of Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) |
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| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) protest against racial violence. |
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| This trumpet player's astounding sense of rhythm and ability to improvise has led many to consider him the single most important and influential musician in the history of jazz. |
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| Best poet and jazz and blues poems |
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| In many of her novels, books of folk-tale, poetry, and short stories, this writer portrayed the lives of poor, unschooled Southern African Americans. |
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| A literary and artistic movement celebrating African American culture. |
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| Blacks moving from the south to the north. |
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| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
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| Founders of W.E.B. Du Bois. |
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The Harlem Renaissance refers to
A. a struggle for civil rights led by the NAACP.
B. a population increase in Harlem in the 1920's.
C. a program to promote African- American owned businesses.
D. a celebration of African- American culture in literature and art. |
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| D. A celebration of African- American culture in literature and art. |
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The NAACP did all of the following except
A. Fight for legislation to protect African Americans.
B. Work with anti-lynching organization
C. Propose that African Americans move back to Africa.
D. Publish The Crisis. |
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| C. Propose that African Americans move back to Africa. |
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F. Scott Fitzgerald described the 1920's as the
A. Harlem Renaissance.
B. Jazz Age.
C. Prohibition Age.
D. Roaring Twenties |
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John T. Scopes challenged a Tennessee law that forbade the teaching of
A. Biology.
B. Evolution.
C. Creationism.
D. Fundamentalism. |
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| True or False: The NAACP was founded by Marcus Garvey. |
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| True or False: Fundamentalists in the 1920's supported a literal interpretation of the Constitution. |
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Ernest Hemingway, author of The Sun Also Rises, introduced__. (This writer and this book represented "the Lost Generation of Americans who were unsure about the future because of the poor of war.")
A. a simplified style of writing.
B. an elaborate style of writing.
C. a patriotic movement in literature.
D. glorification of war in literature. |
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| D. glorification of war in literature. |
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What causes led to the dust storms and damage?
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| The top soil was so loose by the crops and dying out the soil. When the wind storm came the top soil was really easy to lift up and picked up the soil causing the big dust storms. Many people had to leave their homes AKA OKIES. |
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| To paying a small percentage of a stock's price as a down payment and borrowing the rest./ paying the rest back later. |
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| Buying stocks and bonds on the chance of a quick profit, while ignoring the risks, trying to make a large profit in that company in the future. |
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Minimum price for a product, established by a government and supported by payments to producers in the event that the market pricefalls below the specified minimum.
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| The Stock Market crashed on October 29, 1929. |
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| Republican won the presidential election of 1928. |
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| Paying a small percentage of a stock's price as a down payment and borrowing the rest, hoping the stock goes up in the future so you don't need to pay the rest. If it goes down then you have to pay the borrowed money. |
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| Dow Jones Industrial Average |
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| The name of the most widely used measure of the stock market's health. |
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The "Great Migration" of 1910-1920 refers to the movement of __.
A. immigrants from Europe to American.
B. people from rural areas and towns to large cities.
C. African American from the U.S. to Africa.
D. African Americans from the South to Northern cities. |
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| D. African Americans from the South to the Northern cities. |
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__ marked the works of many famous writers of the 1920's, including the Lost Generation.
A. Fierce patriotism
B. Celebration of small-town life
C. Critical views of American culture
D. Deep respect for tradition |
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| C. Critical views of American culture |
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All of the following were important causes of the Great Depression except
A. both individuals and businesses built up large debts because of the easy credit.
B. tariffs on foreign imports were lowered.
C. the federal government did not insure people's bank accounts.
D. the stock market crashed. |
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| B. tariffs on foreign imports were lowered. |
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Herbert Hoover's approach to the depression economy was based on a belief in
A. voluntary cooperation.
B. seperation of church and state.
C. the golden rule.
D. direct government relief. |
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| A. voluntary cooperation. |
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| The army had to force Veterans protestors off of Washington D.C. ordered by Hoover - gave him a bad reputation |
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| Shanty towns/ Hoovervilles |
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| In Centeral Park many homeless families would live in tents. They also called it Hoovervilles because President Hoover didn't help with the depression and were protesting. |
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Why does the depression happened?
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| Industry, consumer and Stock market |
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