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Unit 2: social tensions Flashcards

1
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Emergency quota act

A

1921
restricted to 3%
SE Europe reduced by 75%

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2
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Johnson- reed immigration act

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1924
reduced 2%

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3
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which race was considered ‘undesirable’

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Asian

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4
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what was the cause of rising immigration levels

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nationalism after world war 1

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5
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what led to new fears of immigrants spreading racial ideas

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the red scare

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6
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what were the radical ideas they were scared of

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anarchism and bolshevism

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7
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WASPs

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white anglo-saxon protestants

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8
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what did WASPs wanna do in america

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preserve their dominance in America

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9
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how many states passed the eugenics laws

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12

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10
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what are consequences of the immirgration quotas

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  • restricted immigration from SE Europe and Asia
  • led to increase of racial prejudice
  • radicalism led to the Red scare
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11
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when was the general strike in seattle

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february 1919

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12
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bombs mailed to over 30 prominent americans

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included General Palmer and John D Rockerfeller

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13
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bomb explosions in 8 US cities

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June 1919

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14
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Race riots in chicago and washington

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July 1919

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15
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Boston police strike

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september 1919

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16
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Palmer raids

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november 1919 and january 1920

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17
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how many people were suspected of being radicals

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10,000

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18
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how many people did Hoover make files on

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150,000

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19
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how many people were deported after an investigation

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556

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20
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warning of revolutionary uprising by palmer

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1st may 1920

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21
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what did the Bolshevik revolution lead to

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led to increase fear of communism and anarchism

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22
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who was held responsible for the stikes and bombings

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anarchist followers of Galleani

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23
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who was the driving force of the scare

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General Palmer

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24
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how did Edgar Hoover rise to power

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prominence for his role in investigating and keeping records of radicals

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25
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who were the 2 italian immigrant anarchists who were famous

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Nicola Sacco and Bortolomeo Vanzetti

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26
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what were the 2 italina immigrants accused for

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two murders in an armed robbery in the 1920

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27
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who was actually innocent

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Vanzetti

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28
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when were the italian immigrants executed

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1927

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29
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what were the consequences that the judge has to face

A

he had his house bombed

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30
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in which amendment was alcohol prohibited

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18th amendment

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31
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how many states had banned alcohol by 1918

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18

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32
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in which act were “intoxicating liquors” defined in

A

volstead Act

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33
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when was prohibition enforced

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16th January 1920

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34
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when did prohibition end and why

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volstead act legalized beer
January 1933

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35
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what was the temperance movement

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group that campaigned for prohibition

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36
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which 2 groups led the temperence movemenr

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  • Anti Saloon League
  • Womens Christian Temperence Union
37
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what did the temperence movement argue

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alcohol led to violence, crime, madness and health problems
- husbands neglected their families
- increase workers productivity

38
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who supported the temperance movement

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the church

39
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where was beer imported from

A

Germany

40
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why did prohibition make USA look like

A

patriotic

41
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how much did consumption of alcohol fall by

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30%

42
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A
43
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how many people were arrested during prohibtion

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60,000

44
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how many gallons of liquor was destroyed

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10m

45
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who were famous agents who arrested 4,392

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Isadore Einstein and Moe Smith

46
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what was the illegal liquor US ppl made called

A

Moonshine

47
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what were alcohol smugglers called

A

bootleggers

48
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how many speakeasies did New York have

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30,000

49
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which was a famous speakeasie

A

cotton club

50
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who was a famous bootlegger who made $60m

A

Al Capone

51
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what were famous gang leaders

A

Lucky luziano
bugsy moran
dan o’banion

52
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what triggered protests in chicago

A

the murder of Dan o’banion

53
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when was the St. Valentines Day Massacre

A

1929

54
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how many agents were there during prohibition

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4000

55
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which arms did gang members use against police

A

sub-machine guns

56
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how much did enforcing prohibition cost

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$500m

57
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when was prohibition abandoned

A

1933

58
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when was the Monkey Trial

A

1925

59
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who was the teacher who broke the Butler act

A

John Scopes

60
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what was the butler act

A
  • Law passed in 1925 in Tennessee
  • Made the teaching of evolution in school illegal that denied the biblical story of creation
61
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who argued for the prosecution in the Monkey trial

A

William Jennings

62
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who was the judge in the monkey trial biased towards

A

biased AGAINST Darrow

63
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when were black slaves given freedom

A

1865 in the 13th amendment

64
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when was Plessy VS. Ferguson

A

1896

65
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how many states followed the jim crow laws

A

17

66
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how many blacks were registred to vote in Mississppi

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5%

67
Q

what did blacks suffer from

A

discriminaiton in employment, education, justice and housing

68
Q

KKK

A
  • white supremacist group founded to preserve white rule
69
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when was KKK revived

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1915

70
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which movie glorified the klan

A

The birth of a nation

71
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who was the imperial wizard of the KKK

A

William Simmons

72
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how many people were in the KKK in 1924

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4.5 million

73
Q

who was elected as governor of Oregon and Oklahoma

A

Klansmen

74
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why did KKK decline and when

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1915 because the leader (DC Stephenson was convicted of rape and murder)

75
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lyching

A

extrajudical public killing by mobs, including hanging or burning
- blacks were typically lynched

76
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when did lynching reach its peak

A

19th century

77
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how many lynchings of blacks from 1990-1951

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3,437

78
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who blocked the anti-lynching bill to congress in 1918

A

southern senators

79
Q

what inspired the song Strange fruit

A

1930 lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith

80
Q

how many blacks migrated to the north (1910-1930)

A

4 million

81
Q

why did blacks migrate to the north

A

searching for jobs and education

82
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new negro movement

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aimed to challenge racial prejudice with literature to rival white

83
Q

which jazz singers became increasingly popular

A

Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington

84
Q

Tulsa Race riot

A

1921
black street walls
100-300 killed

85
Q

who founded the NAACP

A

National association for the advancement of colored people
founded by W,E,B DuBois

86
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what did the NAACP campaign for

A

law against lynching

87
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UNIA

A

Universal Negro Improvement Association
- 1 million members

88
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what did the UNIA support

A

supported and promoted black business

89
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what happened to Marcus Garvey (founder of UNIA)

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Arrested and deported to Jamaica

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