Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

History: America 1910 - 1929 > Short History > Flashcards

Short History Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
AP® U.S. History flashcards European History 101 flashcards AP® European History flashcards AP® World History flashcards World History 102 flashcards U.S. History 102 flashcards World History 101 flashcards U.S. History 101 flashcards
1
Q

How many people emigrated to the USA in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

A

40 million

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

USA immigration policy fact file

A
  • Open door policy up to 1917
  • 1917 literacy test, no Asian immigration, $8 immigration fee
  • 1921 emergency quota act, 3% of 1910
  • 1924 national origins act, 2% of 1890
  • 1929 immigration act, 150,000 p/y, no Asians, 85% old immigrants
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

How many strikes were there in 1919

A

3600

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

What organization led a strike in Seattle

A

IWW (international workers of the world)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

What is an example of an anarchist attack

A

On the home of Mitchell Palmer (attorney general) in 1919

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

How many suspected communists were arrested during the Palmer raids

A

6000

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Sacco and Vanzetti fact file

A
  • Arrested 5th May 1920
  • Charged with murder of Fred Parmenter
  • 45 day trial
  • Biased judge
  • 875 witnesses called to court
  • Electrocuted August 1927
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Who’s an example of a fundamentalist preacher and what did she do

A

Aimee Semple McPherson who raised $1.5 million for her Angelus Temple

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Which act made teaching teaching evolution illegal and where

A

The Butler Act - Tennessee

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Monkey Trial fact file

A
  • John Scopes was the biology teacher taken to court
  • Trial was in July 1925
  • Defended by Clarence Darrow
  • Prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan
  • Scopes fined $100 but Darwinists won
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Which act gave citizenship to native Americans

A

The 1924 Indian Citizenship Act

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Which report argued that native americans should be given life skills and not just european values

A

The 1928 Meriam Report

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

How many Americans were lynched in a period you will have to name

A

430 between 1915 and 1922

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

How many black americans served in ww1

A

360,000

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

When was the KKK revived and why

A

After The Birth of a Nation in 1915

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

What were leaders of the klan called

A
  • The leader was the imperial wizard

- Officers were klaliffs

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

How many members did the kkk have in 1925

A

Over 5 million

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Which states had governors that were members of the KKK

A

Oregon and Oklahoma

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Give an example of a klan victim

A

George Arnwood had learning disabilities and was black. Accused of assaulting an 82 year old white woman, dragged from jail and beaten to death

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

When and why did the klan decline

A

After 1925 when David Stephenson (a leader) was convicted of rape and mutilation of a woman on a train in Chicago, and the governor of Indiana refused to pardon him

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

How many black americans moved north in the Great Migration

A

1 million between 1916 and 1920

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

How many black americans did ford pittsburgh hire in 1926

A

10000

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

How many people died in the 1919 race riots

A

62

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

NAACP fact file

A
  • national association for the advancement of coloured people
  • set up in 1909 by William Du Bois
  • wanted equal opportunity for all
  • 90000 members in 1919
  • focus on legal methods
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

UNIA fact file

A
  • Universal Negro Improvement Association
  • Set up by Marcus Garvey
  • 250,000 members at peak
  • encouraged black people to celebrate blackness
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

Give an example of an organization that promoted prohibition

A

the Anti-Saloon League

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

What nickname was beer given during ww1

A

The kaiser’s brew

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

Who was responsible for enforcing prohibition

A

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

Which act really started prohibition and when

A

The Volstead Act, 1920

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

What did doctors do to help people drink

A

They prescribed medicinal whisky

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

Prohibition key terms

A
  • Speakeasy
  • Bootlegger
  • Bathtub gin
  • Still
  • Moonshine
  • Rum runner
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

How many speakesies were there in New York by 1930

A

30000

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

A positive and negative alcohol statistic

A
  • 50,000 died from poisoned alcohol by 1926

- Deaths from alcoholism fell by 80%

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

How many breweries did St Louis have before and after prohibition

A

22 and 9

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

How many people were in the IRS

A

2500

36
Q

When was prohibition abolished and why

A

December 1933 because people were aware of the consequences of illegal alcohol

37
Q

What gun was used by gangs

A

The Thompson sub machine gun, nicknamed the chicago piano

38
Q

Al Capone fact file

A
  • Nicknamed scar face
  • Took over Jonny Torrio’s operations in Chicago
  • Half of Chicago’s employees on his payroll
  • Controlled the mayor and fixed local elections
  • Had 200 rivals killed
  • Opened soup kitchens after wall street crash
  • Arrested in 1931 for $200,000 of income tax fraud
39
Q

What happened in the Valentine’s Day Massacre

A
  • Happened in 1929
  • Buggs Moran escaped death but 7 others died
  • Capone was in Florada with an alibi
40
Q

What nickname was Harding’s cabinet given

A

Ohio gang

41
Q

Albert Fall fact file

A
  • Appointed secretary of the interior (1921)
  • Resigned (1923)
  • Imprisoned over teapot dome scandal (1929)
42
Q

Which scandal disgraced Harding’s government

A

The Teapot Dome Scandal

43
Q

How much did Fall get in bribes in exchange for what size oil reserves

A

$409,000 in cash bonds, for $100 million of oil reserves

44
Q

What did the FBI do to Thomas Walsh, leader of the senate investigation into the teapot dome scandal

A

They tapped his phones and opened his mail, and made anonymous threats to his life

45
Q

What happened to the amount of electricity consumed in the 1920s plus statistics for home electricity use please

A

It doubled, 16% had electrically lit homes in 1912, 63% in 1927

46
Q

When was the hoover invented

A

In 1926, saving housewives time

47
Q

When was the production line invented by Ford

A

1913

48
Q

Detroit production line statistics

A

1913 - one car per 3 minutes

1920 - one car per 10 seconds

49
Q

How much did ford cars cost by 1926

A

$295

50
Q

How many cars were produced in 1929

A

27 million

51
Q

How many radios were there in 1920 compared to 1929

A

60,000 to 10 million

52
Q

Who were the presidents in the 1920s

A

Warren Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbet Hoover
- They were all republican

53
Q

What are the two main interventions of the government in the 1920s

A
  • The Fordney McCumber Tariff 1922

- Cutting income taxes

54
Q

What are the long and short term reasons for the Wall Street Crash

A 
Long term:
- Overproduction
- Falling demand for consumer goods
- The boom in land and property values
Short term:
- Overspeculation
- The availability of easy credit
55
Q

What was the value of the stock market in 1925 and 1929

A

27 billion and 82 billion

56
Q

What triggered the Wall Street Crash

A

Industry experts started selling their stocks and everyone else followed

57
Q

WSC timeline

A
  • 19th October, prices begin to fall
  • 24th October, Black Thursday - 13 million shares traded
  • 25th October, banks seem to restabilise situation
  • 29th October, Black Tuesday, 16.5 million stocks traded
58
Q

How many people were unemployed in 1929

A

2.5 million, 5% of workforce

59
Q

What was the trend in goods sold between 1929 and 1933

A

They halved

60
Q

What was a slogan used by farmers against Hoover

A

In Hoover we trusted now we are busted

61
Q

How much did Rockerfeller and Churchill lose in the depression

A

80% of his wealth, churchill lost $500,000

62
Q

How many cinemas were there by 1930

A

303,000

63
Q

What was the annual film output in the 1920s

A

800

64
Q

Rudolf Valentino fact file

A
  • First actor to be sold on sex appeal
  • Women fainted when they saw him
  • Died 1926
  • 100,000 fans lined the streets during funeral
65
Q

What was the first talkie and when was it released

A

The Jazz Singer, 1927

66
Q

When did film making start happening in LA

A

The first film was in 1910, and then most films by 1915

67
Q

Which code kept morality in Hollywood

A

The Hays Code

68
Q

What is the name of an article that criticised jazz for a decline in moral standards

A

“Does jazz put the sin in syncopation?”

69
Q

Which city prohibited public jazz performance

A

NYC

70
Q

Who was a famous jazz musician

A

Louis Armstrong

71
Q

What was the first american radio station

A

KDKA (1920)

72
Q

What proportion of US homes had a radio set

A

40%

73
Q

What national broadcasting company was set up

A

NBC

74
Q

Who did the radio bring to fame

A

Babe Ruth (baseball)

75
Q

When did the sale of gramaphones peak

A

1921

76
Q

What’s a fun dance from the 1920s

A

The black bottom

77
Q

Who started the trend for dance marathons

A

Alma Cummings who danced for 27 hours non stop

78
Q

What is an example of a speakeasy

A

Smalls Paradise in Harlem

79
Q

How many women helped with the war effort

A

Over a million

80
Q

How many women served with the US in Europe

A

90,000

81
Q

Give an example of a group that fought for womens’ suffrage

A

The Congressional Union for Womens’ Suffrage

82
Q

Which amendment gave the right to vote to women

A

The 19th

83
Q

When was the first woman elected as governor of a state

A

1924

84
Q

Who was the most famous flapper

A

Actress Joan Crawford

85
Q

Which groups criticised the flapper lifestyle

A

The Anti-Flirt League

History: America 1910 - 1929 (33 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions