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USA 1910-1929 Flashcards

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What is the American constitution?

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A supreme law of the USA, signed in 1787

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What are states?

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Place in America, each has it own government, courts, laws and police force

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What is a constitution?

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The rules by which America is to be run, it makes sure no one has to much power

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What is the Supreme Court?

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The highest court in America, makes sure laws don’t break constitution

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What is a Congress?

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They have to agree to all new laws, split into two house the senate and the House of Representatives

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What is a federal law?

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These are laws that are created at a national level and apply to the whole nation

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What is a state law?

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These are laws created at a state level and apply to a certain state

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Who was president in 1920?

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Harding

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Who was president in 1924?

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Coolidge

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Who was president in 1928?

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Hoover

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Who was president in 1932?

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Roosevelt

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What is an economic boom?

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When the economy of a country suddenly does well. People become richer and the standards of living are improved because people are being paired more

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What is the laissez-faire

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The government didn’t interfere with businesses

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What is an assembly line?

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A line of workers and machines in a factory assembling products

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Who was Henry Ford?

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He led the way in introducing new methods of production

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What was the first model car?

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The Ford model T, it only came in one colour…….. Black

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Who didn’t benefit for the boom?

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The farmers and people in rural areas, because they didn’t work in factories

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18
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Why were immigration restrictions introduced?

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By 1920 there were 105 different nationalities in America, it wasn’t what they thought

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Why did people move to America?

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People moved to America from Europe after ww1 to escape poverty

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Why didn’t Americans like immigrants?

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Americans felt swamped by the immigrants and they offered little to American society and many didn’t speak English, WASPS looked down on them and everyone had different cultural beliefs

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What was the literacy literacy test?

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All immigrants had to pass a literacy test in English

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What was the immigration act?

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Introduced in 1929 it restricted immigration to 150,000 per year

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23
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Why did the Russian revolution effect America?

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America’s were frightened because there were lots of communists coming to America

24
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When were Sacco and Vanzetti arrested?

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On the 5th may 1920,

25
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When was the Sacco and Vanzetti trial?

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The trial took place at the start of the red scare, the process dragged on for six years and on the 24th August 1927 Sacco and Vanzetti were electrocuted

26
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What is segregation?

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Separating people apart from others because of their skin colour, religion and culture

27
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What were the Jim Crow laws?

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The Jim Crow laws formalised racial discrimination from the 1890’s saying black Americans had to be treated separate but equal

28
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Where did most black people live in 1910?

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75% of Black people lived in the south

29
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How many Lynchings took place between 1915-1922?

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There were 430

30
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What was the NAACP?

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A group which challenged white supremacy, end segregation laws. 90,000 members

31
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What was the UNIA?

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Campaigned against lynching, Jim Crow laws and denial of black voting, over 1 million members

32
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What is Prohibition?

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The prevention by law of the manufacture, sale and transport of alcohol

33
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Why was Prohibition introduced?

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Concerned about employees
Seen as an evil sin by religious people
Led to violence and crime

34
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Why didn’t Prohibition work?

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People used speakeasys

Bootleggers imported illegal liquor supplies

35
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What are Gangsters?

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People that carry out violent attacks usually ending in murders

36
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Who was Al Capone?

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One of the most famous gangsters of all Tim he was involved in the St valentines day massacre

37
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Why was Al Capone arrested?

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He was arrested for income tax evasion in 1931 he owed $200,000 in taxes

38
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Where did Al Capone go to prison?

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Alcatraz

39
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How corrupt were the 1920’s?

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Very. People bribed the police, the government drank, there were gang wars and the number of speakeasy rose to 30,000

40
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Who was the president at the time?

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Harding

41
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What was the Ohio gang?

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Harding cabinet which was made up of his mates from Ohio, some of which used there position to get money

42
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What was the Teapot Dome scandal?

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A scandal over the teapot dome oil field in Wyoming

43
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Who was Albert Fall?

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Hardings secretary of interior, he leased oil fields to friends in exchange for money (Bribes)

44
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Who was Harry Sinclair?

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Head of mammoth oil company, he obtained leases to drill at teapot dome

45
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Who was Edward Dohney?

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Owner of the Pan American petroleum and transport company. he aquired leases for reserves at elk hills, California

46
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How many cinemas where there in 1910?

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8000

47
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How many cinemas where there in 1930?

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303,000

48
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Why was the cinemas so popular?

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People could afford to go and it was a way to escape

49
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When was the first talkie movie?

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1927

50
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Who was Rudolph Valentino?

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A ver popular Italian-American romantic idol, he died suddenly in 1926 aged 31. People committed suicide when he died

51
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How many people went to Valentinos funeral?

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100,000

52
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By 1930, how many cinema tickets were sold a week?

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100 million

53
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What type of dancing became popular in the 1920’s?

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Dance marathons

54
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What was dancing like?

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It was one of the biggest changes in popular culture, the most well-known dance was the Charleston . which was fast and energetic.

55
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What was the most popular sport?

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Baseball

56
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How did people react to change?

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Many people were outraged at flappers

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