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100
This President campaigned and won on the slogan "A Return to Normalcy." Which president does this refer to and what is the return to normalcy?
Warren G. Harding Return to Normalcy: life after WWI
100
Define nativism and provide an example where this occurred in the US.
Nativism: favor native born Americans over immigrants Examples: Red Scare, Sacco & Vanzetti Trial, KKK, immigration restriction laws
100
What is Prohibition?
Prohibition: made it illegal to consume alcohol in the United States
100
What is welfare capitalism?
Welfare Capitalism: n approach to labor relations where companies meet some of their workers’ needs without prompting by unions in an attempt to prevent strikes and keep productivity high
100
Name two (2) ways that the US followed an isolationist policy during the 1920s.
Possible Answers: 1. Refused to join the League of Nations 2. Limit immigration into the US 3. Smoot-Hawley Tariff --> high tariffs on foreign goods 4. etc.
200
Who is Warren G. Harding's Secretary of the Treasury who helped build strong economic policies?
Andrew Mellon
200
What are the Palmer Raids and why do they occur?
US fears communism because of the Bolshevik Revolution that occurred in Russia during WWI. US targets and attacks suspected communists. If found guilty, people were deported or incarcerated. Immigrants and union members were often targeted.
200
What is Al Capone most famous for?
Organized crime in Chicago. Gangster, bootlegger, murder, tax evasion, fraud
200
What is buying on credit? Name a pro and a con of buying on credit.
Buy now, pay later. The idea of paying a small down payment and paying the rest in monthly installments. Pro: people have more than the necessities. Can afford conveniences Con: No long term vision, increase person debt
200
Name three groups of people the KKK discriminated against.
African Americans, Catholics, Jews, Women, Immigrants, etc.
300
What does Laissez-Faire mean?
Laissez-Faire: economic policy where the government does not interfere with businesses.
300
What is the Red Summer?
Red Summer: summer of 1919 Race riots broke out in 25 cities throughout the US Result of the Great Migration where black families moved to northern cities. Indicative of the racism throughout the US.
300
What is Charles Lindbergh famous for?
First solo flight across the Atlantic.
300
Explain Buying on Margin or Margin Buying and its effect on the stock market.
Margin Buying: An option that allowed investors to purchase a stock for only a fraction of its price and borrow the rest. People hoped to get rich quick, but they were trading with money they borrowed.
300
What is a flapper?
The name given to women who flaunted the new social, cultural, and moral norms of the 1920s
400
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?
Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall accepted bribes to lease out naval reserves to drill without open bidding. Fall will be the first cabinet member ever sent to prison.
400
Explain the events of the Sacco and Vanzetti Trial.
Sacco & Vanzetti are Italian immigrants, anarchists, and draft dodgers. They are charged with murder and sentenced to death. They represent the unfair treatment of immigrants throughout the 1920s. Many feel they were wrongly accused and convicted because they were immigrants.
400
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
Social and Cultural movement for the African American population in the US. It involved writing and music as black artists took part in the jazz movement and wrote about life for blacks living in the US. It was a celebration of black culture.
400
Explain why the Depression starts earlier for farmers than it does for the rest of the US.
Farmers used credit to buy new machinery, increasing their productivity. They lost markets in Europe because of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, and farming prices continued to drop because of overproduction. When the banks called in their loans, the farmers were unable to pay them off.
400
Who is Marcus Garvey?
Black Activist who created UNIA, the Universal Negro Improvement Association. He sought self-respect and economic stability & power to African Americans. He urged blacks to return to Africa & leave the turmoil of the US.
500
Which 1920s President gets blamed for the Great Depression? Why?
Herbert Hoover: president when the market crashes, seems unsympathetic
500
Describe the events of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial.
Scopes: high school biology teacher taught evolution to students. This was an illegal action at the time. Scopes is found guilty and fined $100. He is later acquitted on a technicality. Therefore, he cannot further fight the law banning the teaching of evolution in schools.
500
Explain the link between fashion and increased rights for women in the 1920s.
Women gain the right to vote during the 1920s. Women enjoy more social freedoms and their fashion choices express that freedom. They wore shorter dresses, shorter haircuts, and make-up. Women drank, danced, smoked, and went to parties. This was a change from the Victorian Era woman and her role.
500
Name three causes of the Great Depression.
1. Buying on Credit 2. Margin Buying of Stocks 3. High tariffs on imports 4. Overproduction of farm goods & overmechanization 5. Stock market crash 6. etc.
500
Name three technological advances and their effect on the US.
Car, assembly line, Wright brothers & the plane, refrigerators, hair dryers, vacuums, stoves/ovens, etc. Create a consumer economy in the US. Increase conveniences and standard of living.
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