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Standardized Test: immigration, crime & corruption, monkey trial etc Flashcards

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1
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when did Tennessee pass the Butler Act?

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1925

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when did john scopes’ trial take place?

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july 1925

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3
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who defended scopes?

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clarence darrow

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who was in charge of the prosecution?

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william jennings bryan

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5
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how much was scopes fined? how long did the trial last for?

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$100 (now £1.2k)
8 days

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what was the outcome of the trial eventually?

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the trial became a debate between science and religion. Religious fundamentalists appeared stupid and controlling, and the evolutionists’ ideas were projected.

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7
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the ______ C__________ Act was passed in ____

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Indian Citizenship Act
1924

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8
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white reformers argued that Native Americans could only survive by…

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… rejecting their own culture

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9
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special “what” were established for the native indians?

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boarding schools

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what did the Meriam Report of 1928 say?

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that the boarding schools were run too harshly and that they were underfunded.

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why were Jim Crow Laws introduced?

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to control the freedom of black Americans because the whites didn’t want uprisings against slave owners

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12
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between 1915 and 19__ more than ??? black Americans were lynched

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1915 and 1922
430

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in 1920 the KKK has over ???,??? members, and by 1925 it claimed to have over ?million

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-100,000
-5 million

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14
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the KKK were revived after which 1915 film?

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The birth of a nation

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what does WASPS stand for?

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White Anglo Saxon Protestants

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why did the Klan decline after 1925?

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A klan leader was arrested of rape and mutilation of a woman on a chicago train

17
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why did the Klan dress in white robes?

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to show white supremacy

18
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what does NAACP stand for? What does UNIA stand for?

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National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People
Universal Negro Improvement Association

19
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NAACP:
-aims?
-how?
-who?
-when?
-members?

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-abolish segregation, get equal voting rights, better education
-non violent acts (marches/demonstrations)
-William du Bois
- 1909
-by early 1920s, had 90,000 members approx.

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UNIA:
-aims?
-how?
-who?
-when?
-members?

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-believed blacks should aim to set up homelands in Africa
- N/A
- Marcus Garvey
-1914
- claimed to have 4 million members

21
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what was the great migration?

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when many african americans migrated to Northern USA for a better life

22
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how did white americans react to the great migration?

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fearful, didn’t like it, there were riots

23
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name the act passed by Congress that introduced prohibition into America in 1920?

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the Volstead Act

24
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what was patriotism?

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as America declared war on Germany, the Anti-Saloon league thought alcohol to be patriotic as many brewers were German.

25
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What were the main reasons for prohibition?

WRAP

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Work
Religion
Abuse
Patriotism

26
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how many speakeasises were there in New York by 1930?

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30,000

27
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give 2 places alcohol would be smuggled from?

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Canada, Europe

28
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who was responsible for enforcing prohibition?

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IRS (internal revenue service)

29
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when did prohibition end?

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1933

30
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give 3 facts about Al Capone

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  • was given the nickname ‘scarface’
  • left school at an early age
  • was the son of Italian immigrants
    -was found guilty of income tax evasion and was sent to prison for it in 1931
  • had over 200 rivals killed between 1925 and 1929
  • died due to complications of untreated syphillis
  • he owned a bulletproof cadillac
31
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what happened during the St Valentines Day massacre?

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  • 14/02/1929
  • capone’s men entered the HQ of Bugs Moran’s gang
  • they were disguised as police officers
  • they lined up 7 of the gang members against the wall and opened fire with machine guns
  • Capone was in Florida at the time and so had an alibi
32
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who was responsible for the arrest of Capone?

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Elliot Ness

33
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what nickname was given to President Harding and his cabinet?

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The Ohio gang

34
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what was the head of the veteran’s bureau fined and imprisoned for?

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selling veteran’s hospital supplies for personal profit

35
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what was the Teapot Dome Scandal?

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Harry Sinclair gave Albert Fall money in return for leases to drill for oil in the oilfields that were supposed to be kept for the navy. Fall spent the money irresponsibly and people started to get suspicious. President Harding defends fall and the senate demands an investigation and Harding dies of pneumonia from stress in 1923. In 1927 it was ruled that the leases were obtained corruptly. Fall was sentenced 1 year in jail and $100,000 after being found guilty of bribery.

36
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How much did Fall receive in bribes?

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$400,000

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