quiz Tommorow Flashcards
What was the 18t amendment
the Nobel Experiment, it banned the sale and manufacture of alcohol.
Bootlegging
The making and selling of alchohol
Speakeasies
Illegal Bars
Turfwars
Gang fights
Elliot Ness
Federally agent, sent to challenge Capone, his group was known as the untouchables
What did the 1920’s sensus show
That Urban Areas(cities) were in higher population than Rural areas(Coutry sides)
Rural Area
Country sides, farm areas.
Urban Area
Cities
Who was Margaret Sanger
The First advocate for birth control, woman’s rights, and unfortunately eugenics.
Xenophobia
Hostility Towards Immigrants
Assimilation
Youc come in as your old ethnicity, come in as your new.
How did the US solve the Immigration crisis?
The National Origins act of 1924 (set a quota on the amount of immigrants that could come in)
How did WW1 Spark Mass racial Conflict?
- Americans grew frustrated at African americans fighting in the war
- The Great Migration
- The KKK reached their peak
What was the order of the presidents:
Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Warren G. Harding, FDR, Woodrow Wilson
- Woodrow wilson,
- Warren G. Harding,
- Calvin Coolidge,
- Herbert Hoover,
- FDR
What did A. Mittchel Palmer do?
He was the attorney general who rounded up mass numbers of communists and arrested them. They’re called Palmer Raids.
Who was J. Edgar Hoover
The Man who led the Palmer Raids. He was the Director of the FBI.
What was black Tuesday?
The day when the stocks market had crashed.
What were the two causes of the great crash?
- Overspeculation
- Buying on the Margin
Depression
Severely reduced economic activity characterized by high unemployment
What did the great crash cause?
- Millions of Americans would become homeless
- Major stocks fell by 75%
- Thousands of Buisnesses would close, along with even more lost jobs
- Hundreds of banks would close.
What Caused farmers to be hit the worst?
The Dust bowl
What Caused the dust bowl
Improper farming techiques
Why was Hoover a bad fit for the Depression?
He was a quaker who refused to take credit for good deeds, making Americans think he did nothing/didn’t care.
What are the 3 levels of US government
Top: National - (Washington DC)
Middle: State - (Springfield)
Bottom: Local - (Jersey county)
What was herbets Party?
Republican
What was FDR’s Party?
Democrat(THEY TOOK CONGRESS)
What did the CCC do?
Employed young men (14-25) with physical labor jobs and payed 30 a month (3 dollars in pocket, 27 to his home).
What did the TVA do?
Created massive projects to help the poverty stricken region of the Tennessee Valley.
What did the WPA do?
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.
What were the 4 main groups of the Social Securty act.
- Monthly pension to retired people over 65
- Federal assistance to the unemployed
- Federal Assistance to the disabled
- Gave Survivors benefits for spouses and orphans
What was the most important cause of WW2
The World Wide Depression.
Mr. Gracey’s first rule of History?
Nations with sever economic hardship do unexplainable and silly things - - Including supporting odd individuals and flexing their muscles
Totalitarianism?
A dictatorial government that controls every aspect of life.
How did Facism Differ from Communism
- Facism was nationalisitc Vs. Comunism believed in no nations
- F used religion to promote and was ok with it Vs. C- was atheistic
- F - Believed in Survival of the fittest Vs. C- Equality among all
- F- Ok with Private proterty Vs. C- Shunned Private Ownership
Traits of fasism
- Intense Nationalism
- A belief that loyalty to the state came before all else(including Ones own being)
- Survival of the fittest
- Glorifcation of militarism, Violence, and Emotion.
What did Italian soldiers return to after WW1?
A depression, a faling democratic government, a popular communist party, very low moral among fellow soldiers.
