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Question 1

Scottsboro boys

Answer 1

1931
9 young black men in Alabama accused of rape
Communist party sent a team of lawyers to their aid, preventing the electric chair
Fight on train between teens and white men resulted in two white women yelling rape.
After a one day trial 8 of the boys were sentenced to death, the youngest life in prison
Women found to be prostitutes, later admitting the story was a lie to avoid issues with crossing state lines
Communist party gets involved and takes the case to the supreme court.

Right to Counsel - boys were denied effective counsel
Right to Jury - ended all white juries in

Question 2

Good Neighbor Act

Answer 2

1933
- Foreign Policy specifically aimed at Latin America
- Secretary of State Cordell Hull formalized pledge that no nation had the right to intervene in the affairs of another
- Military forces no longer used for influence
- Reciprocal trade Agreements Act (1934)
Gave president power to reduce tariffs on imports from nations that agreed to lower their tariffs on US exports.

Redefined views on Latin Americans.
Brought back non-interventionism
US doubled exports to Latin America

Question 3

Triple Entente

Answer 3

1907

Great Britain, France, Russia

(A)Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia.
(E)Russia backs serbs.
(A)Germany attacks Russia and France.
(E)Great Britain declares war on Germany.
(E)Japan declares war on Germany.

Question 4

Johnson-Reed Act

Answer 4

1924

• Limited number of immigrants per year. Gave nations a quota based on 2% of the people currently living in the US.
• Prevented new races of immigrants by setting quotas.
• Allowed Great Britain 62000 entries w/ only 2000 Russian entries
• Connected to Red Scare
• Immigration in North America maintained, 500,000 Mexicans crossed border

Question 5

Eighteenth Amendment

Answer 5

1920
Propaganda used against German beer makers - Schlitz, Pabst, Anheuser-Busch
Argued alcohol would make the cause of democracy powerful and pure
Loopholes: Doctors could prescribe alcohol, farmers ferment “fruit juice”
Unintended consequences:
Separated people, dry vs wet
Crime SOARED! Organized crime - Al Capone
More people drank during prohibition.
St Valentines Day 1929 - Capone vs Irish mob
REPEALED in 1933 with Twenty First Amendment