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USA in the 1920s Flashcards

1
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What does isolationism mean?

A

To be a single country by themselves

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2
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What is the symbol of freedom in New York?

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The Statue of Liberty

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3
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What three dates were the Immigration Quota Acts introduced?

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1917, 1921 and 1924

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4
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What is the name of the Immigration Quota Act passed in 1924?

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The National Origins Act

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5
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Name the 2 Italian immigrants that were put on trial for murder?

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Sacco and Vanzetti

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6
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What was the 18th Ammendment?

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Prohibition

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7
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Name 3 causes of the economic boom the USA.

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Advertising, mass production and effects of WW1

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What is the meaning if mass production?

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Things being produced on a lager scale to be sold quicker and cheaper

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9
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Name 3 groups of Americans that did not share the prosperity of the 1920s.

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Farmers, blacks and gypsies

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10
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What was the Red Scare?

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The fear of communism taking over the way the live and do things

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11
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What 2 other group apart from Black Americans did the KKK target?

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Jews and gypsies

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12
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What famous even took place on 14th February 1929?

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The St.Valentines Day Massacre

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13
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What was the name of the illegal drinking clubs?

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Speakeasies

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14
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Give 2 reasons why prohibition failed.

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People were still selling or buying alcohol and there were illegal drinking clubs which encouraged alcohol

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Name 2 temperance groups that wanted to ban alcohol.

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Anti-Saloon and Women’s Christian Temperance League

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16
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Who was public enemy number one?

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Al Capone

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17
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When was the Wall Street Crash?

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29th October 1929

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18
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What written document beginning with ‘C’ governs the USA?

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Constitution

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19
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What is the difference between Federal and State Government?

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Federal Law looks after the whole government and State Law looks after State Affairs

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20
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What was known as the ‘Isle of Tears’?

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Ellis Island

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21
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Who was President of the USA at the time of the Wall Street Crash?

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Herbert Hoover

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22
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What does ‘standardisation’ mean?

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Having all of the same parts/things

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23
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What is ‘HP’ short for?

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Higher Purchase

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24
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What were the two main political parties in the USA during the 1920/1930s?

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Republicans and Democrats

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25
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What does WASP stand for?

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White Anglo Saxon Protestant

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26
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What does Laissez Faire mean?

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Not getting the government involved

27
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What were ‘Palmer raids’?

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Arrested 3000 communists for no reason at all

28
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Describe the key features of a ‘Flapper’.

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Shorts clothes, rule-breakers, doing jobs they wouldn’t normally do, short hair, usually women.

29
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What do the initials KKK stand for?

A

Ku Klux Klan

30
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What is a lynching?

A

An illegal hanging

31
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What does temperance mean?

A

Not drinking

32
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What was a bootlegger?

A

Somebody who made alcohol illegally

33
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What was buying in the margin?

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Buying a share without the money so you had to borrow it from the bank

34
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What were 3 causes of the Great Depression in the USA in the 1930s?

A

Loss of money,

35
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What are 2 parts of Congress called?

A

Senate and House of Representatives

36
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America was known as what kind of ‘pot’ because of all its immigrants?

A

The Melting Pot

37
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What is the name of the character that represents America?

A

Uncle Sam

38
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In the early 1900s what was the American Immigration Policy know as?

A

The Open Door Policy

39
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Why did this policy have this name?

A

America allowed any immigrant into ye country

40
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Give 2 reasons why people in America feared immigrants from Eastern Europe.

A

They were communist and they were thought to threaten the way ye Americans lived

41
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Who was the American President in 1922?

A

Warren Harding

42
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What was President Calvin Coolidge’s nickname?

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Silent Cal

43
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Who did Warren Harding give important political jobs to?

A

His friends

44
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What party was President Herbert Hoover a member of?

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Republican

45
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What is a Hoovervile?

A

A shanty town

46
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What did the US Congress refuse to join that had been set up by President Wilson?

A

The League of Nations

47
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Name 3 new products available to Americans in the 1920s.

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Radios, fridges and cars

48
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How did advertising help to cause the boom in the 1920s USA?

A

Showed what people could buy

49
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What was the name of the Tariff put on goods into the US?

A

Fordeny McCumber Tariffs

50
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How do credit and confidence link to the boom in 1920s USA?

A

People with confidence borrowed money know in they could sell it back

51
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What colour could you get a Tin Lizzie in?

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Black

52
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How did Henry Ford make money during WW1?

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Weapons manufacturing

53
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What were Henry Ford’s views on unions and their members?

A

He Hated them

54
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Name the Republican Senator who apposed America joining the League of Nations.

A

Henry Cabot Lodge

55
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How many members of the KKK were there in 1925?

A

5 million

56
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What did the ‘Anti-Flirt League’ protest against?

A

Flappers

57
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Name a famous jazz musician from 1920s America.

A

Louis Armstrong

58
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Name a famous dance from 1920s America.

A

The Charleston

59
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What fad/craze what Ship Wreck Kelly the champion of?

A

Longer time to sit on top of a flagpole

60
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In which American City is Wall Steet?

A

New York

61
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What was the first Talkie in 1927 called?

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The Jazz Singer

62
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Give 1 male and 1 female movie star from 1920s America.

A

Rudolf Valentino and Clara Bow

63
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Why is Charles Lingburg famous?

A

First man to fly solo across the Atlantic

64
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Who was the president of the USA at the end of WW1?

A

Woodrow Wilson

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