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1
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What year did the St Valentines Massacre take place?

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1920

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2
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How many people were killed in the St Valentines Massacre?

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6 people

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3
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How many Chicago police were on gang payrolls?

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400 cops

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4
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Which state has not supported Prohibition?

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Maryland

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5
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Why could the Volstead Act never be effectively enforced?

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Congress never allocated enough money

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6
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Why were prohibition agents open to bribery?

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They were paid low salaries

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7
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How did rural areas receive prohibition?

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It was seen as an imposition by Comservatives

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8
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How long was the American coastlines?

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29000 km

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9
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Why did long coastlines make the Volstead Act hard to enforce?

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Harder to patrol with little agents

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10
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What did FERA provide?

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Direct relief

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11
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What was unemployment among the working population in 1933?

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24.9%

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12
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What was unemployment among the working population in 1941?

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9.9%

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13
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When did industry and agriculture levels go back to 1929 levels after the depression?

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1941

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14
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What agency could be criticised as limited and temporary?

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The CCC

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15
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Who did had a cultural significance with alcohol?

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Immigrants, particularly Italians, Irish Catholics and Germans

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16
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How much did Sacramental Wine demand increase by?

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800%

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17
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Who were the KKK’s public relation agents?

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Edgar Young Clark and Elizabeth Tyler

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18
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What was the infamous 1915 silent film by the KKK?

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The Birth of a Nation

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19
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Who made The Birth of a Nation?

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D.W.Griffith

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20
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What was Jim Crow?

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A radical system which caused segregation

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21
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Which group was the KKK linked to?

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The Anti-Saloon League

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22
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What was the KKK called?

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“The extreme wing of the temperance movement”

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23
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Was the KKK in or out of favour with Prohibition?

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Against

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24
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By 1914, how many minutes could a Model T be produced in?

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93 Minutes

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25
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What was the average price of the Model T by 1914?

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$400

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26
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Who came up with Taylorism?

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Fredrick Taylor

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27
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What article originated Fredrick Taylor’s ideas in?

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“The principles of Scientific Management”

28
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What did the “Principles of Scientific Managment” propose?

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It proposed strictly enforced work schedules and worker cooperation

29
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What was the stock market called during the economic boom?

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The Great Bull Market

30
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What is the name for a prosperous stock market?

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A bull market

31
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Who was David Stephenson?

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The grand dragon of Indiana

32
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What was the name of the KKK’s paper called?

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The Fiery Cross

33
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Who set up the 2nd KKK?

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William Simmons

34
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Where was the KKK set up?

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Atlanta

35
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Who was William Simmoms?

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The founder of the KKK and a Methodist preacher

36
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What happened to David Stephenson?

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Was sentenced to 25 years for rape and manslaughter

37
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What did David Stephenson’s arrest to the KKK’s reputation?

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Spoiled their reputation as defenders of womanhood and moral purity

38
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When did Elizabeth Tyler’s death occur?

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1924

39
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What did Elizabeth Tyler’s death do to the KKK?

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Made publicity and marketing less effective

40
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Why did the the Palmer raids take place?

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A fear of Communism
Bombing attack, including one targeting Palmer
Wilson had a stroke and there was no clear leadership

41
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Why did the Red Scare take place in 1919-1920

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Comintern, the fear of America being influenced
Bolshevik Revolution
Immigrants were linked culturally to drinking and there was support for prohibition
Anarchist exclusion act had endorsed scare

42
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What were two long term reasons for the KKK attracting so many members?

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Many had grown up with Jim Crow laws at the end of the civil war
Many were in favour of isolation

43
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What were short term reasons for the KKK attracting so many members?

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Demobilisation had been smooth with many jobs being taken by African-Americans
The PR work of Elizabeth Tyler and Edgar Young Clark
Birth of a nation

44
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Why did the invention of the assembly line boost the American economy?

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Because it made production more efficient, which lowered the cost which increased demand and therefore profit

45
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Why was their an economic boom in America in the 1920s?

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There was a consumer culture which meant more money was spent
A laissez faire economy allowed America to thrive
Andrew Mellon, the secretary of the treasury who kept taxes low
The assembly line

46
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Who was Andrew Mellon?

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The secretary to the treasury from 1921 to 1932

47
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When was the Mellon plan created?

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1923

48
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What did the Mellon plan recommend?

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Reduce national debt and keep taxes low, especially for the rich

49
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When was the Emergency Quota Act created?

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1921

50
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What were the restrictions of the 1921 Emergency Quotas Act?

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3% of the specific country at the 1910 census

51
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When was the National Origins Act created?

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1924

52
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What were the restrictions of the 1924 National Origins Act?

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2% of a specific country at the 1890 census

53
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Why was prohibition undermined during the 1920s?

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Alcohol was popular
There were not enough agents
Many of the agents were corrupt
These agents couldn’t patrol all of America’s coast and borders

54
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What government policies were responsible for prosperity?

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High tariffs
Tax reductions
Fewer regulations

55
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What technical advances were responsible for prosperity?

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The motor vehicle industry

Electrical consumer goods

56
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What new business methods were responsible for prosperity?

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The growth of huge corporations
Management science
Advertising and salesmanship

57
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What were reasons for prosperity?

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Government policies
Technical advances
New business methods
Easy credit
Influence in foreign economies
58
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By 1929, how many goods were sold on credit?

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$7 Billion worth

59
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How many cars were taken out using easy credit?

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75%

60
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Where did the Firestone Corporation develop a rubber industry?

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Liberia

61
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How much was US foreign investment worth by 1930?

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$17,200 million

62
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In what ways was America isolationist?

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Rejection of peace treaties
Rejection of League of Nations
Neutrality Acts
Ludlow Amendment

63
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In what ways was America interventional?

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Washington Conference
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Destroyers for bases

64
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What trade policies were part of America’s foreign policy 1920 onwards?

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Open door

Good neighbour

65
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What was the Good Neighbour policy?

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Cordell Hull, encouraged trade with Latin America

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