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1
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who shot archduke ferdidnand and when was he shot?

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June 1914 Gavrillo Princip

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Why did America join WWI?

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because the Germans sunk the lusitania in 1915

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When did Russia leave WWI?

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January 1918

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How much did Germany have to UK pounds?

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6.6 billion quid

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What were the military terms of the treaty of Versailles?

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6 battle shipsno airforce100,000 menno armoured vehiclesno trades weaponryno stockpiling nuclear or poisonous weapons

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What were the territory terms of the treaty of Versailles?

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the Rhine was to be demilitarisedthe Polish Corridor would be given to PolandWest PrussiaAlsace Lorraine went to FranceSaar went to the league of Nations for 15years and france was given mining rights

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What did the Treaty of Versailles demand Germany say about blame?

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the treaty demanded that Germany take full responsibility for the war.

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what were the 5 other treaties and who were they with?

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Saint Germain - AustriaTrianon - HungaryNeuilly - BulgariaServers - Turkey in 1920Lausanne - Turkey 1923

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State who the Saint-Germain treaty was with and what were the terms?

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Austriathe Austro Hungarian empire was broken up and smaller countries were made from itArticle 88 forbade an alliance with Austria and Germanyconscription was abolished and they were allowed an army of 30,000 menreparations weren’t set of Austria went bankrupt

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State who the Trianon treaty was with and what were the terms?

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Hungaryno navylimited to 35,000 meneven though reparations were set the had no money so they never paid apart from a few shipments of coal

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State who the Neuilly treaty was with and what were the terms?

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BulgariaThey were cut off from the sea as west Thrace went to Greecethe had to pay £100 million in reparationstheir army was limited to 20,000 men

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State who the Serves treaty was with and what were the terms?

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Turkeyhuge chunks of the Ottoman Empire were given to Greece, Italy, England and FranceLimited to 50,700 menno airforce was allowedthe allies controlled the countries finances and banking

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State who the Lausanne treaty was with and what were the terms?

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Turkeythe borders of Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey were settledTurkey gave up claim to Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, Syria and Iraqno reparationsno military restrictions

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14
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What were the four parts of the league?

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the councilthe assemblythe Secretariatthe commissions

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what were the jobs of the council?

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The permanent group of powers the were at first: England, France, Italy and Japan then later Germany. They were their to be a guiding powers and military strengths of the world to keep everyone in check because of this they were given Vito which means if an argument was raised they could Vito it and all discussions on the topic would stop

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what were the jobs of the assembly?

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They met once a year or in times of crisis. Their job was to use unanimous voting to agree on a solution everyone is happy with

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what were the jobs of the commissions?

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There were different commissions which did different things like Slavery commission (who tried stopped slavery)

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what were the jobs of the Secretariat

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the completed files and reports on issues and day to day activities of the league

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Name the successes of the league

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-the slavery commission stopped a huge amount of human trafficking-the Aland Island between Sweden and Finland where both claimed as their own. the league decided that it should belong to Finland even though 95% of the population were ethnic Swedes-The Corfu incident was were an Italian ambassador was shot and killed in Greece when inspecting the border in an act of rage (not war or so he claimed) Mussolini ordered occupation of Corfu. In need Greece appealed to the league and after an inspection it was decided that Greece would pay 50million lire as they didn’t do a throw inspection of the shooting

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20
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What the three crisis that highly damaged the league

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The Great DepressionAbyssiniaManchuria

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21
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What were the 5 international’s policies hitler had achieved by 1929

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1925 the Saar1926 the Rhineland1926 Spanish Civil war1928 Alliance with Austria (Anchulus)1928 Sudeten land

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22
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by how much did the Gross National Product increase by in the period 1922 - 1929?

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40%

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23
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how many people arrived in the USA during 1900-1920?

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14million

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24
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by the mid 1920s how many cars was ford making a day?

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7,500

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25
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what is the famous Ford quote on mass productions?

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keep everything in motion and take the work to the man not the man to the work

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26
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what did the price of a model T ford game from in 1908 to in 1927

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$1000 - $300

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27
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By mid 1920s how many cars were the in ratio to people

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1:5 in america 1:43 in Britain

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28
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how much did the average wage rise from 1923 to 1929?

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8%

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29
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what was the name of the policy the Republican Government followed? (its french)

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laissez-fair

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30
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by how much had the US road network grown by 1930?

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it doubled

31
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who was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic and when did they do this?

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Charles Lindbergh in 1927

32
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how tall was the Chrysler Building (New York) and when was it completed?

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319m 1930

33
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how tall was the Empire state Building (New York)?

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381m

34
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give an example of a cheap fibre that replaced textile?

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rayon

35
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how much did a bushel of hay go from and to (give the years as well)?

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1920 $183 to 1929 $0.38

36
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how many farmers were bankrupt by 1924?

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600,000

37
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how many farmer workers lost their jobs by 1924?

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over 1 million

38
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when was the McNary-Haugen farm release bill introduced and what was it?

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1924 and it was a federal farm board to buy a surplus of food but the president vetoed the idea as he didn’t want the government to meddle with nearly perfect economy

39
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in 1930 how may farmers weren’t connected to the electric grid?

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90%

40
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how much of the US population lived in the country side?

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just under half

41
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a survey in 1929 said that how many people (with percentage) live in poverty?

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18million (15%)

42
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how much of the profit from the industry went to how much of the population in 1929?

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78% of the profit went to 0.3%

43
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how many unemployed americans weren’t able to enjoy the luxuries of 1920s America?

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2 million

44
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what percentage of homes had a radio set by 1930

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40%

45
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how many cinema tickets we being sold each week?

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100million

46
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when was the first immigrant quota passed and what was it?

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1921 - the number of each ethnicity of immigrants must be equal 3% of that ethnicity living there 10 years earlier

47
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what immigrant quota was released in 1929?

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only 150,000 immigrants were allowed in in total and asians were completely banned

48
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How many suspected communist and anarchists were arrested in the 1920 ‘Palmer Raids’?

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6,000

49
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when was the Sacco Vanzetti case and when were they executed

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1921 and 1929

50
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what was the Jim Crow Law?

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a law that enforced segregation in public facilities and transport

51
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in 1925 how many followers did the Ku Klux Klan have?

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5 million

52
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who was David Stephenson and what was his famous quote?

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“I am the law of Indiana” and he was a leading member of the Ku Klux Klan who was put on trial for rape and assault of a African American women who sadly died.

53
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When was the NAACP made and what does it stand for?

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1909 National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People

54
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What did the christian fundamentals want banned?

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the teaching of evolution as they believed god created the world in six days and used the seventh to rest

55
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When was the first ‘Monkey-Trial’ and what was it?

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1925 a teacher called John Scopes taught evolution and was taken to trial.

56
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why was prohibition introduced?

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because religious campaigners like the anti-saloon league argued that since the 19th century alcohol had created poverty and undermined family life and morals

57
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what amendment make the transport, selling and manufacturing of intoxicating liquors (defined by the Volstead act as any alcohol stronger then 0.5%) illegal and when was it passed?

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in 1919 the 18th amendment to the constitution was passed

58
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how many rival gang members did Al Capone kill in the St Valentine day massacre and when was it?

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1929 and 7 were killed

59
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what was the 19th amendment?

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the amendment saying that women had equal voting rights to men

60
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Who founded the congressional Union and when was it?

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Alice Paul and Lucy burns in 1912

61
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when was the first birth control centre made and who made it?

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Margret Sanger in 1923

62
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how much did the amount in female employment go to and from in the 1920s

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20.4% -> 22%

63
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Who were the 3 presidents in the 1920s

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Harding, Hover and Coolidge

64
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what fraction of average wages were coal miners paid?

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1/3

65
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Average wages of farm workers in 1919 was $13.50 what was it in 1930?

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$7.50

66
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what was the percentage of people who owned in 1930:a) radiob) vacuumc) washing machine

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a) 40%b) 30%c) 24%

67
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skilled workers wages went from___ to ___?

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$22.3 $28.6

68
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Where and who were the monkey Trials?

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Tennessee in a town called Dayton and it was a teacher called John Scopes

69
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What 3 states banned the teaching of evolution?

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TennesseeArkansasMississippi

70
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Who was the first ever female state governor?

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Nellie Tayloe Ross

71
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What was the vote ration for prohibition?

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282 : 128

72
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What was the WONPR?

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the Women’s Organisation for National Prohibition Reform

73
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What did WONPR do and how many people joined the movement?

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they protested against prohibition and has 1.5 million members

74
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Who lead the WONPR?

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Pauline Sabin

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