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| Attorney who led "witch hunts" and convicted over 6000 suspects of "radicality" |
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| The color of red, unionism and strikes, socialism, and using violence to provoke change were all classified as ... during the 1920s and beyond |
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| Communism, radicalism, Bolshevism |
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| ship that carried 249 alleged alien radicals to be deported to "workers' paradise" of Russia. |
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| Antiredism and antiforeignism were reflected in the criminal case of...which ended with an execution indicted by a prejudice judge and jury |
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| the Italians and "radicals", Sacco and Venzetti |
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| What acronym basically summarizes the KKK? |
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WASP, the "old stock"
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| What restrictions did the Emergency Quota place on immigration? A percentage? |
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| restricted to 3 percent of the current nationality (population) in America. Greater proportions of Northern Europeans(old stock) due to already large nationalities. |
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| The immigration act of ____ changed the quota from 3% to... |
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| 1924; 2%, Japan was banned completely |
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| What replaced Saloons (beer stores) during Prohibition era? |
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| Professor John _____ was an advocate for Progressive Education |
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| The Scopes Trial, despite ruling in favor of the fundamentalists, resulted |
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| really a victory for the liberals/evolutionists. Scopes was fined $100 but did not have to pay it. |
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| _________ was first used during this era to sell mass produced items. How did it convince people? |
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| advertisements; it made people want more and more |
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| ... was another new feature of the postwar economy. Prosperity thus accumulated an overhanging cloud of debt, and the economy became increasingly vulnerable to disruptions of the credit structure. |
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| The automobile industrial started an industrial revolution in the 1920s. It yielded a new industrial system based on ... methods and ... techniques |
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| assembly-line; mass-production |
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| List some new industries and products spawned by the automobile |
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| petroleum and rubber; led to development of highways; caused railroad to decline and RR companies to lose influence |
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| Two major setbacks for Railroads during the 20s were |
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| development of automobile and airplane |
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| this man flew across the atlantic, and his achievement revolutionized the airplane industry |
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| Describe the impact of the radio; while automobiles drove people out... |
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| it kept people home and made important contributions to education and politics |
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| ... led a birth-control movement. |
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| The Fundamentalists lost ground to the ... who believed that God was a "good guy" and the universe was a friendly place. |
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| The 1920s witnessed an explosion in sex appeal in America. Young women, "...," rolled their stockings, taped their breasts flat, and roughed their cheeks. Women began to wear one-piece bathing suits. |
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| this form of music thrived in the 20s |
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| ... founded the ... to promote the resettlement of blacks in Africa. |
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| Marcus Garvey; United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) |
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| What did Marcus Garvey, founder of UNIA, encourage blacks to do? in terms of business |
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| do business with blacks only |
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| This secretary of treasury believed in low tax rates to help the rich and encouraged stock market growth |
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| Similar to buying on credit, buying on... was applicable to stocks, where down payment was not required |
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| ... was inaugurated in 1921. He, like ..., was unable to detect immoral people working for him. He was also very soft in that he hated to say "...," hurting peoples' feelings. |
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| Warren G. Harding;Grant; no |
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| Harding's recruitment of SC justices led to... |
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| a conservative Supreme court that reverse many progressive legislation s and upheld a laissez-faire government |
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| The Supreme Court ruling in ... (1923) declared that under the 19th Amendment, women were no longer deserving of special protection in the workplace. It reversed which SC ruling? |
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| Adkins v. Children's Hospital; Muller V. Oregon |
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| In 1921, Congress created the ... to operate hospitals and provide vocational rehabilitation for the disabled. |
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| This ratio limited battleship building for Americans, british, japanese |
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| The ... of 1922 stated that the British and Americans would refrain from fortifying their Far Eastern possessions, including the Philippines. The Japanese were not subjected to such restraints in their possessions. |
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| in 1928,...was signed by 62 countries to outlaw war. It created a false sense of security |
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| Congress passed the ... Tariff Law in 1922, raising the tariff from 27% to 35%. Problem? |
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| Fordney-McCumber; Europeans couldn't pay off their debt without American consumers purchasing European goods |
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| The most famous politial scandal of the era was the ... |
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| Vice President ...took over the presidency following Harding's death. |
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| Senator ... from Wisconsin leapt forward to lead a new liberal Progressive party |
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| the ... of 1924 rescheduled Germany's debts by private investments into the country |
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| IMPORTANT The ... Tariff of 1930 started out as a mild tariff before 1,000 amendments were added to it. It raised the tariff to 60%, becoming the nation's highest protective tariff during peacetime. |
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| Herbert Hooveer, president after Coolidge (1928) believed in... where people should fend for themselves, but he eventually invested in the economic philosophy of... |
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| rugged individualism; trickling economics |
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| biggest handicap of league of nations and why it couldn't stop Japan's aggression in china |
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President Hoover brought better relations with America's Latin American neighbors. An advocate of international goodwill, he withdrew American troops from Latin America.
He had engineered the foundation of a .... |
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| who was the lawyer that defended John T. Scopes? His prosecuter? |
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Clarence Darrow
William J. Byrans |
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| What was Roosevelt's plan to appoint a new justice on the SC for every one over 70 that wouldn't retire? |
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| Supreme Court "Packing" Scheme |
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| legislated national prohibition |
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| forced japs into internment camps |
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| Warren G. Harding campaigned for a "return to..." |
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| Author of the "American Mercury" |
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| What happened in the Teapot Dome scandal? |
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| SoINT leased federal oil lands in return for a 100k bribe |
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