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quiz Tommorow Flashcards

1
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What was the 18t amendment

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the Nobel Experiment, it banned the sale and manufacture of alcohol.

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Bootlegging

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The making and selling of alchohol

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3
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Speakeasies

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Illegal Bars

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4
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Turfwars

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Gang fights

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5
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Elliot Ness

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Federally agent, sent to challenge Capone, his group was known as the untouchables

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What did the 1920’s sensus show

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That Urban Areas(cities) were in higher population than Rural areas(Coutry sides)

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Rural Area

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Country sides, farm areas.

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Urban Area

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Cities

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Who was Margaret Sanger

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The First advocate for birth control, woman’s rights, and unfortunately eugenics.

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10
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Xenophobia

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Hostility Towards Immigrants

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Assimilation

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Youc come in as your old ethnicity, come in as your new.

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How did the US solve the Immigration crisis?

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The National Origins act of 1924 (set a quota on the amount of immigrants that could come in)

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13
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How did WW1 Spark Mass racial Conflict?

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  1. Americans grew frustrated at African americans fighting in the war
  2. The Great Migration
  3. The KKK reached their peak
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What was the order of the presidents:
Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Warren G. Harding, FDR, Woodrow Wilson

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  1. Woodrow wilson,
  2. Warren G. Harding,
  3. Calvin Coolidge,
  4. Herbert Hoover,
  5. FDR
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15
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What did A. Mittchel Palmer do?

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He was the attorney general who rounded up mass numbers of communists and arrested them. They’re called Palmer Raids.

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16
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Who was J. Edgar Hoover

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The Man who led the Palmer Raids. He was the Director of the FBI.

17
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What was black Tuesday?

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The day when the stocks market had crashed.

18
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What were the two causes of the great crash?

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  1. Overspeculation
  2. Buying on the Margin
19
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Depression

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Severely reduced economic activity characterized by high unemployment

20
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What did the great crash cause?

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  1. Millions of Americans would become homeless
  2. Major stocks fell by 75%
  3. Thousands of Buisnesses would close, along with even more lost jobs
  4. Hundreds of banks would close.
21
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What Caused farmers to be hit the worst?

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The Dust bowl

22
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What Caused the dust bowl

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Improper farming techiques

23
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Why was Hoover a bad fit for the Depression?

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He was a quaker who refused to take credit for good deeds, making Americans think he did nothing/didn’t care.

24
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What are the 3 levels of US government

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Top: National - (Washington DC)
Middle: State - (Springfield)
Bottom: Local - (Jersey county)

25
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What was herbets Party?

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Republican

26
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What was FDR’s Party?

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Democrat(THEY TOOK CONGRESS)

27
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What did the CCC do?

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Employed young men (14-25) with physical labor jobs and payed 30 a month (3 dollars in pocket, 27 to his home).

28
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What did the TVA do?

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Created massive projects to help the poverty stricken region of the Tennessee Valley.

29
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What did the WPA do?

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It was a 4.8 billion dollar relief program that built Hospitals, schools, airports, and roads. It also helped left out groups like Women, College Graduates, and Artists.

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What were the 4 main groups of the Social Securty act.

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  1. Monthly pension to retired people over 65
  2. Federal assistance to the unemployed
  3. Federal Assistance to the disabled
  4. Gave Survivors benefits for spouses and orphans
31
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What was the most important cause of WW2

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The World Wide Depression.

32
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Mr. Gracey’s first rule of History?

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Nations with sever economic hardship do unexplainable and silly things - - Including supporting odd individuals and flexing their muscles

33
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Totalitarianism?

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A dictatorial government that controls every aspect of life.

34
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How did Facism Differ from Communism

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  1. Facism was nationalisitc Vs. Comunism believed in no nations
  2. F used religion to promote and was ok with it Vs. C- was atheistic
  3. F - Believed in Survival of the fittest Vs. C- Equality among all
  4. F- Ok with Private proterty Vs. C- Shunned Private Ownership
35
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Traits of fasism

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  1. Intense Nationalism
  2. A belief that loyalty to the state came before all else(including Ones own being)
  3. Survival of the fittest
  4. Glorifcation of militarism, Violence, and Emotion.
36
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What did Italian soldiers return to after WW1?

A

A depression, a faling democratic government, a popular communist party, very low moral among fellow soldiers.

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