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When was prohibition introduced?

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1920

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When were Sacco and Vanzetti executed?

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1927

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When was first talking film released?

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1927

Jazz singer

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When was Wall Street crash?

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1929

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When did Roosevelt defeat Hoover?

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1932

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When was Pearl Harbor attacked?

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1941

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What does Pearl Harbor attack signify?

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Start of WW2

USA declares war on Japan

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Who takes over from President Roosevelt?

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Vice President Harry Truman

1945

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Who becomes president in 1952?

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Dwight Eisenhower

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After which case in 1954 did racial segregation in schools become illegal?

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Brown vs Board of education of Topeka

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When did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat ?

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1955

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When does JFK become president?

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1960

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Who delivered I have a dream speech in 1963?

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Martin Luther King

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Who succeeded JFK after his assassination?

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Lyndon B Johnson

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What was banned in Civil rights Act 1964?

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Discrimination in jobs, voting, housing

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When was conflict in Vietnam?

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1964

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What court case ruled that women have a right to abortion?

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Roe vs Wade

1973

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What are 2 US political parties?

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Democratic

Republican

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Which party had laissez faire policy?

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Republican

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What does laissez faire mean?

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Leaving things to take own course

Without interfering

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Which is more ordinary people’s party?

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Democratic
Helps most vulnerable (poor and elderly)
More liberal and accept change

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When did new immigrants start arriving into America?

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1850

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Where did first immigrants come from?

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Southern Europe
Ireland
China
Japan

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When did slavery end?

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1865

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Which country lent money to UK in WW1?
USA
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What decade were electrical gadgets introduced? | Hoover, radio, fridge, telephone
1920s
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The growth of which industry boosted US economy?
Motor/car making | Ford
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What type of production method did motor industry use?
Mass production
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Describe hire purchase plans
Buy now play later | Small instalments
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How were cars at ford factory made cheaper and quicker?
Assembly line Factory Mass production
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What was impact of the boom on motor industry?
More car owners Did not have to live near offices/factories Negative Traffic jams Accidents Pollution
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How does stock market work?
Money from investors Investors own a share of the company (share holders) Make money by selling them on Millions of ordinary Americans owned share not just rich
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Why did farmers become poorer?
Machinery Produced more food to sell Price of food fell
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Why were African-Americans so poor?
Farm labourers Low paid jobs Rented house from land owners
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Why called roaring twenties?
Loud music Wild parties New entertainment Jazz, Charleston Cinema Sports stars celebrities - golf, baseball Radio/ newspapers brought sport to mass audience
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Famous actors of 1920s
Charlie Chaplin Rudolf Valentino Clara Bow
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What is a flapper?
Independent fashionable young women Liberal attitudes Shocked. Traditional members of society
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What changes for women during WW1
Women took over male jobs while away fighting Money gave them independence Right to vote Pre war Wear sensible clothing No sport
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What is prohibition?
Nationwide ban on production, importing and sale of alcohol | 1920-1933
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What did some politicians believe about prohibition?
A better, healthier place without alcohol
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What did the church believe alcohol caused?
Violence Poverty Addiction Debt
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what is a speakeasy?
Illegal bar Sold bootleg alcohol (smuggled by sea) Hidden in cellars Sold moonshine (home made spirit)
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What is moonshine?
Home made spirits
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How else did gangs make money?
Fixing horse and dog racing Brothels Racketeering (pay too stop smashing premises)
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Name a famous organised crime leader?
Al Capone | Scar face
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Reasons to move to USA
``` Europe overcrowded, land expensive Plenty of jobs - cars, steel, electrical manufacture US land cheap, fertile American dream - all created equal Workers paid more ```
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What was American dream?
All men created equal | Everyone has right to achieve success
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How did US try to cut immigration?
Literacy act if could not read Immigration quota Law to limit National origins act
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What was KKK
Klu Klux Clan Racist terror group Aim white supremacy over blacks Beaten up so not vote
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Why was KKK popular?
Birth of nation film Attracted decent citizens Cleaned up society
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What is red scare?
Palmer raids - suicide bomber | Communists (red) arrested
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Who were Sacco and Vanzetti?
``` Italian immigrants Charged with robbery and murder No evidence Blamed as seen as enemy Didn’t understand as poor English ```
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What is Black Thursday?
``` Stock exchange crash 5x more shares a sold Prices drop 1929 People had borrowed money to buy shares Couldn’t pay back Banks went bust ```
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Describe 2 problems in US economy that contributed to Wall Street Crash?
``` Inequality of wealth Overproduction Foreign taxes Concern over low profit Panic selling of shares ```
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What is impact of Great Depression on people?
Factories close Banks fail High unemployment
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What are hobos and Hoovervilles?
Unemployed, travelling looking for work Live on streets in shacks Soup kitchens
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What was Pre of Hoover’s response?
Lend money Dam building provided jobs Overcome problems with hard work
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Which president introduced laissez faire?
Hoover
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What were Roosevelt’s 3 Rs ?
Relief - help for old and ill Recovery - provide jobs Reform - to prevent another depression
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Why did voters like Roosevelt?
Disabled from polio | Succeeded despite disability
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Why was there opposition for New Deal
High taxes for rich More rights for workers Roosevelt dictator government too powerful
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Who did well out of new deal?
Women less money than men Fair labour wages for workers Farm poverty African Americans and Indians more jobs and buy land
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Why did car workers strike>?
Better wages and conditions
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What. Is popular culture?
Music, films, TV, books | Particular time in history
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Name a jazz singer
``` Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington Billie Holliday Glenn miller Judy Garland Bing Crosby ```
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Name a popular film of 1930s
Frankenstein 42nd street Gone with the wind Dracula
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What is isolationism?
After WW1 | Kept out of affairs other countries
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What is cash aND CARRY PLAN?
USsold weapons to Uk and France Jobs during rising unemployment Lend lease US lend weapons to UK
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What is consumerism?
Luxury goods produced at affordable prices Fridges, ovens, hoovers, cars Buy now pay later Malls outskirts of towns
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What was Truman’s fair deal?
Raised minimum wage Affordable homes Each generation more successful Women back to housewives, female jobs Latest gadgets - living the dream
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Name a teenage icon
James Dean Marlon Brando Elvis Presley
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What is McCarthyism?
Accused hundreds of people being communist
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What is rock and roll generation?
``` Wealthy teenagers Money on cars, music, fashion, alcohol Gangs Car races Grease Rebellion ```
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Define civil rights movement
Equal opportunities Access to employment, housing, education Free of racial discrimination African Americans equal to whites
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What case helped end racial segregation in schools?
Brown vs Board of education of Topeka 1954 Daughter to attend whites only school Linda brown
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What was Montgomery bus boycott?
``` 1955 Rosa Parks African American Refused to move from whites only section Boycott of all buses Led by martin Luther king ```
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What was importance of Little Rock case?
9 blacks tried to attend white school Took governor to court and won Pupils had right to go to school
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What are freedom writers?
Blacks sitting next to whites on white only sections on buses
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When were interracial marriages legalised?
1967
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Who was most famous member of black Muslims?
Malcolm X Nation of Islam Killed at a meeting 1965
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Which party rejected King’s non violent ideas?
Black panther party | Blacks needed to protect themselves using violence if necessary
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Who had a new frontier?
JFK
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Who had a great society?
President Johnson
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What was aim of new frontier?
Eliminate poverty Equality Improve education Fight unemployment
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What was aim of great society?
``` Operation head start Money to schools Help school leavers to get jobs Increased wages Air and water quality acts Medicare healthcare for elderly ```
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What year could girls study same subjects as boys?
1972
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Which group disrupted Miss world contest?
Women’s liberation
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Which case helped legalise abortion?
Roe vs Wade | 1973
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What is ERA?
Equal Rights amendment

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