Social change 1920s and 1930s

Question 1

Who were Sacco and Vanzetti

Answer 1

Italian anarchists who were convicted of murder 1920 and executed 1927 with limited evidence

Question 2

How many attended the 1925 KKK march in Washington

Answer 2

30,000+

Question 3

What caused the KKK to die down

Answer 3

1925 David Stephenson (leader) was convicted of rape and manslaughter

Question 4

What was the monkey trial and when was it

Answer 4

1925
Butler Act prohibited teaching evolution
John Scopes He was convicted but didn’t go to prison

Question 5

When was the proposed anti-lynching bill

Answer 5

1921

Question 6

Which group did Huey Long form, when, and how many members did it have

Answer 6

founded 1934
Share our wealth
7m

Question 7

What % of Chicago’s population was black in 1940

Answer 7

8%

Question 8

What was the Ford Massacre

Answer 8

1932
Police fired on a strike

Question 9

What was the population of LA by 1930

Answer 9

1m

Question 10

When were Native Americans given citizenship

Answer 10

1924

Question 11

When was the Indian New Deal

Answer 11

1934

Question 12

What was the UNIA, when was it set up and who set it up

Answer 12

Universal Negro Improvement Association
Marcus Garvey
1920

Question 13

When was Garvey deported and what happened after

Answer 13

1927
UNIA declined

Question 14

Who resisted black membership

Answer 14

Trade Unions

Question 15

Why was FDR reluctant to support civil rights

Answer 15

In case he lost the support of the ‘solid south’

Question 16

Who was the female governor of Wyoming and when

Answer 16

Nellie Ross 1924

Question 17

Who was the first female mayor and when

Answer 17

Bertha Landes 1926

Question 18

When was the equal rights amendment passed and what did it do

Answer 18

not in the 20s or 30s
tried to get equal rights for women

Question 19

How many women were killed yearly from backstreet abortions

Answer 19

50k

Question 20

Which female actress was the star of silent movies

Answer 20

Clara Bow

Question 21

What proportion of uni degrees were given to women

Answer 21

1/3

Question 22

What % of uni proffs were women

Answer 22

4%

Question 23

How did the supreme court hinder women’s rights

Answer 23

refused to set minimum wage for women until 1938

Question 24

What was the 4th largest employer in the country in the 1920s

Answer 24

Hollywood

Question 25

Which places prohibited playing Jazz in public

Answer 25

NY and Cleveland

Question 26

Who was a famous jazz singer

Answer 26

Louis Armstrong

Question 27

How much had alcohol-related deaths decreased by by 1921

Answer 27

80%

Question 28

How many died from poisoned alcohol

Answer 28

50k

Question 29

How many gang murders in Chicago 1927-30

Answer 29

227

Question 30

How many speakeasies in NYC

Answer 30

30k

Question 31

What % of smuggling was intercepted by agents 1925

Answer 31

5%

Question 32

How many workers did the international revenue service have and what did they do

Answer 32

2.5k max enforce prohibition

Question 33

How much did Al Capone illegally make

Answer 33

up to $100m annualy (estimated)

Question 34

who did the US support in the Russian civil war

Answer 34

the 'whites'

Question 35

what inspired the Palmer raids

Answer 35

a wave of bombings in 1919 e.g sent to the Mayor of Seattle

Question 36

# 3 what happened during the palmer raids

Answer 36

offices of 'radical' organisations were raided in 12 cities across the countries and documents seized 248 radicals were deported back to Europe continued into January 1920 with further action in 33 cities and 300 Russians sent back to Russia

Question 37

further examples of anti-communism after the Palmer raids

Answer 37

cities passed 'red flag' laws gangs operated against union activity in Washington State and California

Question 38

when was the espionage act and what did it do

Answer 38

1917 forbid passing on information which could harm America

Question 39

when was the sedition act and what did it do

Answer 39

1918 unlawful to encourage revolution or mutiny

Question 40

when were the immigration acts

Answer 40

1921 set quotas and limits on immigration from each country to 3% of the population of that nationality currently in the US extended in 1924 reduced to 2%

Question 41

what was the red summer and when was it

Answer 41

1919 summer Chicago 25 race riots

Question 42

how many lynchings in 1918 and 1919

Answer 42

64 83

Question 43

what did the Indian New Deal do

Answer 43

gave loans created job opportunities gave more self-governance

Question 44

when was the Harlem Reneissance and what was it

Answer 44

1920s and 1930s celebration of black culture

Question 45

when was the first successful black union formed and what was it called

Answer 45

1925 Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

Question 46

when were in-house company unions banned

Answer 46

1933

Question 47

why was being a railroad porter a desirable job for African Americans

Answer 47

could travel the country better paid than most jobs

Question 48

what did railroad porters do for civil rights

Answer 48

transported black newspapers from the North down South to spread news and advertise the better quality of life in the North

Question 49

pros and cons of segregation in pullman sleeping cars

Answer 49

did not officially segregate as it would be too expensive to create black-only carriages some refusal to sell tickets to African-Americans in the south but some black middle class did travel on them