APUSH - Ch. 31 Study Guide Flashcards

1
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Describe American attitudes following World War I.

A

turned inward

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2
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How did businesses take advantage of the Red Scare?

A

they used it to break unions apart

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3
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Who made a huge effort to round up radicals and anarchists during the Red Scare?

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attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer

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4
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Why did the Ku Klux Klan gain membership in the 1920s?

A

because of the post-war reaction

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5
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Why did people want to limit immigration in the 20s? (3)

A

nativism

discrimination / segregation

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6
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The Immigration Act of 1924 was aimed at what group of immigrants?

A

Japanese Immigrants

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7
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During the 1920s and after, many American immigrant ethnic groups

A

immigration was slowed down due to the immigration act of 1924

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8
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What group resisted the enforcement of the Volstead Act?

A

large eastern cities

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9
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What city had a reputation for its gangsters?

A

Chicago

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10
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John Dewey believed that education should focus on what type of learning?

A

Progressive Education

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11
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Basic facts of the Scopes Trial were? What was the result? (4)

A

John T. Scopes = indicted for teaching evolution

defended by nationally known attorney

William Jennings Bryan = prosecutor

Scopes = found guilty and fined $100

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12
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All of the following helped to make the prosperity of the 1920s possible (4)

A

mellonite’s tax policies

automobile

advertising (Bruce Barton)

sports

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13
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Discuss the prosperity that developed in the 1920s

A

new machinery and new industrial revolution

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14
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How did Henry Ford expand the auto industry?

A

Fordism

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15
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What was Frederick W. Taylor’s big contribution to big business?

A

scientific management

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16
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What were some results of the automotive revolution? (7)

A

new industry emerged

jobs for immigrants

speedy marketing of perishable foodstuff = accelerated

prosperity for outlying farms

new roads

opening of churches and schools

greater air and environmental quality

17
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What made Charles Lindbergh an American hero besides the flying accomplishment itself? (2)

A

dramatized and popularized flying

gave a strong boost to the infant aviation industry

18
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What was unique about the movie The Jazz Singer?

A

was the first “talkie”

19
Q

How American life affected by automobiles, radios, and motion pictures? (8)

A

Americans live in mostly urban areas

women found more jobs in the cities

birth control

equal rights movement

churches convert to Modernism

flappers

jazz

movies

20
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Where did most people live—according to the 1920 census?

A

urban areas

21
Q

Margaret Sanger became known for advocating what?

A

birth control

contraceptives

22
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What type of jobs were open to women in the 1920s? (2)

A

low-paying jobs (retail clerking and office typing)

^ = “women’s work”

23
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What was D.W. Griffiths’ Birth of a Nation about?

A

glorified the Ku Klux Klan of Reconstruction days and defamed both blacks and Northern carpetbaggers

24
Q

Describe Marcus Garvey’s life/contributions: (3)

A

founder of United Negro Improvement Association

advocated a constitution to protect the rights of black Americans

inspired blacks to have race pride

25
What did Ernest Hemingway (2), F. Scott Fitzgerald (2), Sinclair Lewis(2), and William Faulkner write(3)?
Fitzgerald - This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby Hemingway - The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms Lewis - Main Street, Babbitt Faulkner - the Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, and Absalom, Absalom
26
What does “buying on margin” mean?
it means paying with a small down payment
27
Andrew Mellon believed in taxing what income group?
middle-income groups