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USA booklet 2: Intolerance Flashcards

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1
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When did the USA enter WWI which helped women to gain more jobs?

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1917

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2
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What year did women gain the vote?

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1920

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3
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How many women workers were there by 1929?

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10 million

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4
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What had happened to the divorce rate by 1929?

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Doubled to 200000

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5
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What colour did the Model T Ford come in to appeal to women?

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Different colours

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6
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Name an actress from a 1920s film

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Theda Bara, Clara Bow

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7
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Name a 1920s film

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Up in Mabel’s Room, When a woman sins

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8
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How many immigrants came from Great Britain?

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5 million

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9
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How many immigrants came from Russia?

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2.7 million

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How many immigrants came from Italy?

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3.2 million

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11
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How many workers went on strike in Boston?

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400,000

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12
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How many towns were there race riots in?

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25

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13
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On what date was the bomb let off in Milwaukee?

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Apr-19

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14
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How many people did the bomb in Milwaukee kill?

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10

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15
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Whose house was blown up in the Red Scare?

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Mitchell Palmer

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What date was Mitchell Palmer’s house blown up?

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Jun-19

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17
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How many bombs were posted to prominent Americans?

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36

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18
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In what month were the letterbombs posted?

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May 1919

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19
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How many files did Hoover build up on immigrants?

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60,000

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20
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In what year were people told that they were going to be deported from the USA?

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1919

21
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How many people were told they were going to be deported by Hoover?

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10,000

22
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When did Palmer predict there would be a Red Revolution?

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May 1920

23
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Name the Italian American men who were executed after an unfair trial

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Sacco and Vanzetti

24
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What date were Sacco and Vanzetti arrested?

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1920

25
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What date were Sacco and Vanzetti executed?

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1927

26
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What was the act called which fixed immigration at a quota per year?

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Johnson Reid Act

27
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What was the immigration quota?

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150,000 per year

28
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When were the first black people taken to America as slaves?

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17th Century

29
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What laws were passed to make blacks ‘separate but equal’?

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Jim Crow Laws

30
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When was the KKK formed?

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1860s (1850s)

31
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How many members did the KKK have by 1924?

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4.5 million

32
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Name one high profile black person that emerged in the 1920s

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Marcus Garvey, Paul Robeson, Zora Hurston, Countee Cullen

33
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Where became the centre of black pride and culture?

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Harlem

34
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What does the NAACP stand for?

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National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People

35
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How many branches did the NAACP have?

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300

36
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How many members did the NAACP have?

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90,000

37
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Who founded the UNIA?

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Marcus Garvey

38
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How many members did the UNIA have by 1921?

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Over a million

39
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How many black people were lynched per year?

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50

40
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What was the life expectancy for black people?

A

48

41
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What was the name of the first university for black people?

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Howard University

42
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When was the Monkey Trial?

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1925

43
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In which state was the Monkey Trial held?

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Tennessee

44
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What was the name of the man who led the fundamentalists during the Monkey Trial?

A

Williams Jennings Bryan

45
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What was the name of the biology teacher who intentionally broke the law and taught evolution?

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John Scopes

46
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How many Native Americans served in WW1?

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12,000

47
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When was the Indian Citizenship Act?

A

June 2nd 1924

48
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When was the Meriam Report written?

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1928

49
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How many native Americans were left in the USA by 1920?

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250,000

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