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Unit 2: social tensions Flashcards

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Emergency quota act

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1921
restricted to 3%
SE Europe reduced by 75%

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Johnson- reed immigration act

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1924
reduced 2%

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which race was considered ‘undesirable’

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Asian

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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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what led to new fears of immigrants spreading racial ideas

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the red scare

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what were the radical ideas they were scared of

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anarchism and bolshevism

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WASPs

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white anglo-saxon protestants

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what did WASPs wanna do in america

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preserve their dominance in America

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how many states passed the eugenics laws

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12

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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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when was the general strike in seattle

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february 1919

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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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what did the Bolshevik revolution lead to

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led to increase fear of communism and anarchism

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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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who was the driving force of the scare

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General Palmer

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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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who were the 2 italian immigrant anarchists who were famous
Nicola Sacco and Bortolomeo Vanzetti
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what were the 2 italina immigrants accused for
two murders in an armed robbery in the 1920
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who was actually innocent
Vanzetti
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when were the italian immigrants executed
1927
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what were the consequences that the judge has to face
he had his house bombed
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in which amendment was alcohol prohibited
18th amendment
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how many states had banned alcohol by 1918
18
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in which act were "intoxicating liquors" defined in
volstead Act
33
when was prohibition enforced
16th January 1920
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when did prohibition end and why
volstead act legalized beer January 1933
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what was the temperance movement
group that campaigned for prohibition
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which 2 groups led the temperence movemenr
- Anti Saloon League - Womens Christian Temperence Union
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what did the temperence movement argue
alcohol led to violence, crime, madness and health problems - husbands neglected their families - increase workers productivity
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who supported the temperance movement
the church
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where was beer imported from
Germany
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why did prohibition make USA look like
patriotic
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how much did consumption of alcohol fall by
30%
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how many people were arrested during prohibtion
60,000
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how many gallons of liquor was destroyed
10m
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who were famous agents who arrested 4,392
Isadore Einstein and Moe Smith
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what was the illegal liquor US ppl made called
Moonshine
47
what were alcohol smugglers called
bootleggers
48
how many speakeasies did New York have
30,000
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which was a famous speakeasie
cotton club
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who was a famous bootlegger who made $60m
Al Capone
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what were famous gang leaders
Lucky luziano bugsy moran dan o'banion
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what triggered protests in chicago
the murder of Dan o'banion
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when was the St. Valentines Day Massacre
1929
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how many agents were there during prohibition
4000
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which arms did gang members use against police
sub-machine guns
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how much did enforcing prohibition cost
$500m
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when was prohibition abandoned
1933
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when was the Monkey Trial
1925
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who was the teacher who broke the Butler act
John Scopes
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what was the butler act
- Law passed in 1925 in Tennessee - Made the teaching of evolution in school illegal that denied the biblical story of creation
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who argued for the prosecution in the Monkey trial
William Jennings
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who was the judge in the monkey trial biased towards
biased AGAINST Darrow
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when were black slaves given freedom
1865 in the 13th amendment
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when was Plessy VS. Ferguson
1896
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how many states followed the jim crow laws
17
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how many blacks were registred to vote in Mississppi
5%
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what did blacks suffer from
discriminaiton in employment, education, justice and housing
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KKK
- white supremacist group founded to preserve white rule
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when was KKK revived
1915
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which movie glorified the klan
The birth of a nation
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who was the imperial wizard of the KKK
William Simmons
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how many people were in the KKK in 1924
4.5 million
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who was elected as governor of Oregon and Oklahoma
Klansmen
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why did KKK decline and when
1915 because the leader (DC Stephenson was convicted of rape and murder)
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lyching
extrajudical public killing by mobs, including hanging or burning - blacks were typically lynched
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when did lynching reach its peak
19th century
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how many lynchings of blacks from 1990-1951
3,437
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who blocked the anti-lynching bill to congress in 1918
southern senators
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what inspired the song Strange fruit
1930 lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith
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how many blacks migrated to the north (1910-1930)
4 million
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why did blacks migrate to the north
searching for jobs and education
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new negro movement
aimed to challenge racial prejudice with literature to rival white
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which jazz singers became increasingly popular
Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington
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Tulsa Race riot
1921 black street walls 100-300 killed
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who founded the NAACP
National association for the advancement of colored people founded by W,E,B DuBois
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what did the NAACP campaign for
law against lynching
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UNIA
Universal Negro Improvement Association - 1 million members
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what did the UNIA support
supported and promoted black business
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what happened to Marcus Garvey (founder of UNIA)
Arrested and deported to Jamaica

USA- 1920s upto 1960s (2 decks)

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