Intolerance knowledge test Flashcards

1
Q

when did the USA enter WW1 which helped women gain more jobs?

A

1917

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2
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what year did women gain the vote?

A

1920

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3
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how many workers were there by 1929?

A

10 million

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4
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what had happened to the divorce rate by 1929?

A

it doubled to 200,000

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5
Q

what colour did the Model T Ford come in to appeal to women?

A

different colours

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6
Q

name an actress from a 1920’s film

A

Clara Bow

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7
Q

name a 1920’s film

A

Up in Mabel’s room

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8
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how many immigrants came from Great Britain?

A

5 million

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9
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how many immigrants came from Russia?

A

2.7 million

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10
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how many immigrants came from Italy?

A

3.2 million

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11
Q

how many workers went on strike in Boston?

A

400,000

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12
Q

how many towns were there race riots in?

A

25

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13
Q

on what date was the bomb let off in Milwaukee?

A

April 1919

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14
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how many people did the bomb in Milwaukee kill?

A

10

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15
Q

whose house was blown up in the red scare?

A

Mitchell Palmer

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16
Q

what date was Mitchell Palmer’s house blown up?

A

June 1919

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17
Q

how many bombs were posted to prominent Americans?

A

36

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18
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on what date were bombs posted to prominent Americans?

A

May 1919

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19
Q

how many files did Hoover build up on immigrants?

A

60,000

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20
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In what year were people told that they were going to be deported from the USA?

A

1919

21
Q

how many people were told that they were going to be deported?

A

10,000

22
Q

when did Palmer predict there would be a Red Revolution?

A

May 1920

23
Q

The Italian American men who were executed after an unfair trial?

A

Sacco and Vanzetti

24
Q

what date were the Italian American men who were executed after an unfair trial arrested?

A

1920

25
Q

what date were the Italian American men who were executed after an unfair trial executed?

A

1927

26
Q

what was the act called which fixed immigration at a quota per year?

A

the Johnson Reid Act

27
Q

what was the quota of the act which fixed immigration at a quota per year?

A

150,000 per year

28
Q

when were the first black people taken to America as slaves?

A

17th century

29
Q

what laws were passed to make blacks “separate but equal”?

A

Jim Crow laws

30
Q

what decade was the KKK formed in?

A

1860s

31
Q

how many members did the KKK have by 1924?

A

4.5 million

32
Q

name one high profile black person that emerged in the 1920s?

A

Marcus Garvey

33
Q

where became the centre of black pride and culture?

A

Harlem

34
Q

what does the NAACP stand for?

A

National Association for the advancement of coloured people

35
Q

how many branches did the NAACP have?

A

300

36
Q

How many members did the NAACP have by 1919?

A

90,000

37
Q

who founded the UNIA?

A

Marcus Garvey

38
Q

how many members did the UNIA have by 1921?

A

over 1 million

39
Q

how many black people were lynched per year?

A

50

40
Q

what was the life expectancy for black people?

A

48

41
Q

what was the name of the first university for black people?

A

Howard University

42
Q

when was the Monkey Trial?

A

1925

43
Q

in which state was the court case held?

A

Tennessee

44
Q

what was the name of the man who led the fundamentalists?

A

William Jennings Brian

45
Q

what was the name of the biology teacher who intentionally broke the law and taught evolution?

A

John Scopes

46
Q

how many Native Americans served in WW1?

A

12,000

47
Q

when was the Indian Citizenship Act?

A

June 2nd 1924

48
Q

When was the Meriam Report written?

A

1928

49
Q

how many Native Americans were left by 1920?

A

250,000