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Roaring 20's Test
Test of the 1920's
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History
11th Grade
02/23/2010

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Define Trenches

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long, narrow ditches dug by soldiers to hide and cover them in war

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Define Pacifist

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people who are against all war

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Define Victory Gardens

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a program to encourage people to raise food in their backyards to help with the war

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Define Propaganda

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biased, one-sided information

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Define Reparation

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payments made for damages suffered

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Define Flappers

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women in the twenties who dressed and lived in a new bold style

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Define "Speakeasies"

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where people went to drink alcohol illegally

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Define Stock

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buying a share to own part of a corporation and get a share of its future profits

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Define Harlem Renaissance

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the flourishing of music and art that came from the black community of New York City

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Define Bootleggers

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people who smuggled in alcohol illegally

 

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Define Nativist

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anti-immigrant supporters who wanted to U.S. to be made of only the first wave of immigrants

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Define Fundamentalism

 

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a Protestant movement that rose in reaction to modernism and the belief that the bible is a literal historical record

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Define Installment Plan

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to buy a product with a small initial amount and then paying the rest of the cost in small payments over a long time

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Define Protectorate

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the relation of a strong state toward a weaker state or territory that it protects and partly controls

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Define Fordney McCumber Tariff

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A 1920’s law that raised taxes on imports by up to 50%

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Define Allies

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a group of nations that have promised to defend each other if they are attacked

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Define Militarism

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to believe in having a strong army, to glorify soldiers and warfare

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Define Nationalism

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devotion to your country, its culture, language and arts; defining your identity strongly with your country and its interests

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Define Isolationism

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policies in which countries choose to focus inward and do not get involved with other country’s conflicts, politics, or economies

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Define Self-Determination

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the right of each ethnic group to decide who will govern it

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What was the name of the law limiting speech during WWI?

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Espionage & Sedition Acts 

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I became a national hero after I successfully made the first solo transatlantic flight

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 Charles Lindbergh

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I was a famous singer with a gravelly voice and trumpet player who was one of the most popular jazz musicians of all time.

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Louis Armstrong

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 I was a black leader who believed blacks should have pride in themselves and should support the growth of black neighborhoods and black businesses. I began the "Back to Africa" movement.

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Marcus Garvey

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I was a black poet who was part of the Harlem Renaissance. I tried to copy the mood and rhythm of blues and jazz in my poems.

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Langston Hughes

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I was the heir to the throne of the Austria-Hungary empire. I was killed by a Serbian terrorist who wanted Serbia to gain independence.

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 Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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What law was a significant factor in the rise of organized crime in America?

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Prohibition

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What is lynching?

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A violent form of murder toward minority groups to scare them

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The 1924 Immigration Act and the Palmer Raids illustrated the fear of which group?

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Communist or Russians

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What was the Scopes Monkey Trial about?

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A science teacher named Mr. Scopes was fired for teaching about evolution. Also he was criticized for saying that humans evolved from monkeys.
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Name three groups the KKK threatened or attacked.

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 African Americans, Catholics, Jews, foreigners, and labour unions
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What are three things that was different about the flapper style clothing?

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Short hair, knees and arms exposed, no corset, straight narrow clothing, taped down chest, feather

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Name three popular forms of entertainment during the 1920’s

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movies, sports, music on the radio, jazz, dancing

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Describe three new technologies which became common in people’s households during the 1920s

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radio, car, vacuum, toaster, electricity, stove, washing machine

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What famous club in Harlem was the center of the rise in popularity of jazz?

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The Cotton Club

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Describe two ways that public education changed during this era

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more students staying through high school, school buses, less one room school houses, more teacher education and licensing requirements, factory model of teaching subjects

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In the Spanish-American war, the U.S. helped support which nation’s independence movement?

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Cuba

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Name two reasons why was America involved in the Spanish-American war?

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The USS Main had been blown up, had businesses there, wanted to support Cuban independence
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What was the name of the volunteer fighting force Theodore Roosevelt led?

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The Rough Riders

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The largest causes of American deaths in Cuba was what?

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bad food, disease, and unsanitary conditions.
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As soon as the U.S. declared war on Spain, Commodore George Dewey sailed to what country?

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The Philippines

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Which came first: WWI or the Spanish-American War?

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 Spanish- American War

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Even before the sinking of the American battleship, the American public's indignation at Spain had been whipped into frenzy by what?

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William Randolph Hearst's sensational newspaper stories of Spanish atrocities in Cuba.

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Define Jingoism

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Extreme, emotional patriotism

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List four regions the U.S. took over or had significant influence in after the Spanish American War

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Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam, Philippines

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Name three countries that were part of the Allied forces and three countries that were part of the Central Power

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Allies = Russia, Britain, U.S., France, Belgium

 Central=Austra-Hungary, Turkey, Germany

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Name two things that made the 20's Golden

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New Inventions, Business was prospering, money was available to finance, industrial growth, stock prices rose, many bought stock or margin, unemployment was down, govt. policy was conservative, pro-business, new industries
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Name two things that made the 20's NOT so Golden

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Red Scare, U.S Isolationism, Opposition to Women's movement, growth of racism
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Name two new weapons used World War I

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Machine gun, tank, Airplane, observation balloons, poison gases, antiaircraft

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Name two famous writers during the 1920's

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F. Scott Fitzgerald. Langston Hughes, Sinclair Lewis
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Name three of the four Presidents during the 1920’s

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Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover
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Name two factors that led to the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920's?

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massive immigration, minor depression, rapidly changing morality

 

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What does U.N.I.A. stand for?

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United Negro Improvement Association

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