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What was the most controversial of Darwins ideas

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Theory of evolution

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During prohibition what was the largest industry in Detroit Michigan

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Automobile manufacturing

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Who’s writing help create the image of the flapper of the 1920s

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Speakeasies allows citizens to get around the consequences of failing to comply with what

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18th amendment

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Who is the prosecuting attorney and the scopes trial

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William Jennings

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What did prohibition lead to

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Illegal liquor businesses

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What gave Full voting rights to women

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19th amendment

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Which Harlem Renaissance poet dealt with issues of African-American culture heritage

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Langston Hughes

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Why did women in many parts of the United States dislike flappers

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They were more interested in having fun then advanced the cause imported to the equality

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What did ku klux klan members associated their protestant religion with

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Spirit of American independence

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What were the reasons that many people were in favor of restricting alcohol use in 1917

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Source of problems in the country

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What happens when African-Americans soldiers returning from serving in World War I

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There was a shortage of jobs which cause tension between blacks and whites

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What was the scopes trial about

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Outlawing the law To teach kids about theory of evolution

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What was the main goal of the NAACP

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Worked to end discrimination and miss treatment of African-Americans

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What was the common theme in the work of Langston Hughes and other writers active during the Harlem Renaissance

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Jazz music

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How did radio help to create a large common culture in America

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Shared culture in America

17
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In the 1920s the public was devoted to movie stars in idealized whom

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Helen Williams, Bobby Jones, Babe Ruth

18
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Writing about flappers and tycoons which author dubbed the 1920s “The Jazz Age”

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F.Scott Fitzgerald

19
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What was the unofficial capital of African-American culture in the 1920s

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Harlem

20
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Who was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic

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Amelia Earhart

21
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Who was the key leader in the formation of the NAACP

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WEB Dubois

22
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Define fundamentalist

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People whose beliefs were based on a literal interception of the Bible

23
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Who was Ernest Hemingway

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War veteran who wrote about his experiences

24
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Who is Al capone

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Chicago gangster who ruthlessly eliminated his Competition and earned millions of dollars a year through legal alcohol

25
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Describe the 18th amendment

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Made it illegal to manufacture, transport, or sell alcohol in the US

26
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How did most rural women in America feel about flappers

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They disliked them

27
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How did the automobile affects the spread of urbanization

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People could live outside of the urban centers and still make it to work

Rural people could come to town and were less isolated

28
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Describe the John scopes trial

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Scopes was found guilty, but a higher court over turned the ruling due to A technical ?

29
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was where prohibition liquor getting smuggled into big businesses

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In the north Chicago, Detroit

30
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Racial violence irrupt it in a number of cities in the work part of the US after World War I

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Cities in the north

31
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How was American education affected by successful industries in raising household income

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People could afford sending their kids to school other than to work

Some states made kids go to school

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Identify and describe at least three things that contributed to a new American popular culture in the 1920s

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Radio – used to listen to sports, people, and music

Music –People usedThe radio to listen to jazz music and other kinds

Sports - people liked watching and listening To Sports on the radio

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