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the red scare

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1919- Russian revolution– czars are overthrown by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks. America is terrified by the spread of communism

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palmer raids

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A. Mitchell Palmer - US Attorney General that had agents hunt down suspected communists, socialists, and anarchist. the raids trampled on people’s civil rights by invading private homes/offices, and they also jailed suspects without legal counsel.

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Sacco and Vanzetti

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Italian immigrants arrested and charged with robbery and murder in Massachusetts

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List the three major strikes in the 1920s

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  • Boston Police Strike
  • Steel Mill Strike
  • Coalminers Strike
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In 1919 _______ strikes and __ million workers walked off the job, and employers labeled strikers as __________

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3,000
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communists

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describe the boston police strike

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  • the police officers hadn’t had a raise since before WW1 and can’t unionize. (cost of living went up during and after war, yet wages stayed the same)
  • those who asked for a raise had been fired
  • Massachusetts Gov. Calvin Coolidge called in the National Guard
  • workers who striked were not allowed back to work
  • Coolidge “saved Boston”
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describe the steel mill strike

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  • workers wanted shorter hours and a livable wage and the right to unionize
  • 300,000 walked off of the job
  • company hired strikebreakers to work while ppl were striking
  • company also used force by having the strikers beat by police, federal troops, and state militias
  • in end strikers got a 8hr work day but union
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describe coal mines strike

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John L. Lewis = leader of United Mine Workers of America

- protested for low wages and long workdays    - Palmer obtained a court order sending miners back to work, but workers defied the court order. in the end, workers received a 27% wage increase
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state facts about the KKK

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  1. 5 million members in 1924
    - believed in 100% Americanism
    - no immigrants and keep blacks in their place
    - no catholics, jews, muslims,
    - dominated state politics in several states
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WASP America

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White Anglo Saxon Protestants

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what was the Emergency Quota Act

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Emergency Quota Act of 1921

  • set up quota system
  • est. max the # of ppl who could enter US from foreign country
  • act was in response to exponential immigrant growth in US (1919-1924 the number of immigrants grew 600%)
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Japanese Immigration Policies

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the emergency quota act of 1921 prohibited Japanese immigration. before japan had limited access to entrance in US due to Gentleman’s Agreement

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Washington Naval Conference

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  • to discuss arms control, war debts, and reconstruction of war torn countries in 1921
  • major powers invited but not Russia bc communist
  • Sec of state Charles Evans Hughes called for no more ships be built for 10 yrs
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Dawes Plan

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US investors loaned Germany $2.5 to pay back Br/Fr with annual payments. Br/Fr paid back US with its own money

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describe the urban growth

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1920 census - 51.2% lived in communities with populations 2,500 to 1 million

2 million leaving farms and rural areas for urban cities a year

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prohibition

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18th amendment = prohibition

  • Jan 1920
  • promoted WASP America
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Volstead Act

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est. a prohibition bureau in treasury dept

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aimee semple McPherson

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used Hollywood showmanship to preach the world to homesick Midwestern migrants and devoted followers of her radio broadcast

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scopes trial

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March 1925 it was illegal to teach evolution in Tennessee. John T. Scopes was a biology teacher who taught evolution and was arrested

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describe new women’s work

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work in offices, factories, stores, teachers, nurses, librarians, clerical workers. new appliances also reshaped the roles of housewives

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Margaret Sanger

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opened 1st birth control clinic in the US in 1916. founded American Birth Control League in 1921. she also fought for the legal rights of physicians to give out birth control

22
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when was the great migration

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1910-1920

23
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what are the five major causes of the great depression?

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farm problems, bank failures, uneven distribution of income, tariffs, and the stock market crash

24
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describe the uneven distribution of wealth

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  • top 1% got a 75% increase of wealth in the decade
  • the average American got a 9% increase
  • 70% of Americans made less than $2,500/year(poverty line)
25
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what tariffs were causes of the great depression?

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-Fordney McCumber
-Hawley- Smoot
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26
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describe the Fordney McCumber tariff

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passed by Coolidge and raised rates by 60%

27
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describe Hawley-Smoot tariff

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passed by Hoover

28
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what was the economic outcome of tariffs in the 20s?

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retaliatory tariff war

volume of international trade drops 40%

29
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why did the stock market crash?

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crashed bc stocks by the end of 20s bc stocks became overvalued stocks gain value by the gap between the actual value and the perceived value

30
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how did the govt contribute to the stock market crash?

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  • Federal Reserve- low interest rates allowed ppl to invest in stocks with borrowed money
  • govt didn’t regulate stock market
  • companies didn’t disclose actual value of company(no federal regulations)
  • govt. cut taxes on the wealthy(more money to spend in stock market)
31
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what was the economic outcome of the uneven distribution of income

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no demand

32
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how were farm troubles a cause of the depression

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-increased production in WW1 so farmers took out loans for equipment to ramp up production and also put additional acres under cultivation. after war, the demand went down and prices dropped 40%

33
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how did the govt contribute to farm issues?

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  • the govt had to encourage war production

- Coolidge vetoed the McNary Haugen bill twice

34
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what was the economic outcome of farm problems>

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400,000 farms foreclosed and some banks began to fail

35
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describe bank failures

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giving out risky loans and investing depositers money in the stock market

36
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what governmental actions contributed to the bank failures

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banks weren’t regulated bc the govt was trying to promote laissez faire

federal reserve dropped the prime rate of interest which encouraged borrowing and spending

37
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what were the economic outcomes of the bank failures?

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11,000 of 25,000 banks failed and people who had their money in banks lost their money.

38
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what was the rate of unemployment in the depression?

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20%

39
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the global trade went down by how much?

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40%

40
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how many farms were foreclosed?

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400,000

41
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how many banks failed in the country

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11,000 of 25,000

42
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how many businesses failed?

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90,000 to 100,000

43
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the GNP dropped almost in half from ________ to _________

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104 billion to 59 billion

44
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what was the Mc Nary Haugen Bill?

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called for federal price supports for key agricultural products. the govt would buy surplus crops at guaranteed prices to sell in the global market

45
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UNIA

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universal negro improvement association

46
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who founded the UNIA?

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marcus garvey

47
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who was the first woman to swim the English channel?

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Gertrude Ederie in 1926

48
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what were conservatives trying to protect?

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  • fundamentalist Protestantism
  • laissez faire capitalism
  • strict constructionism
49
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what were nativists trying to protect?

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WASP America

50
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when was black Tuesday?

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oct. 29,1929

51
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what was black Tuesday?

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the day the stock market crashed

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