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100
The short-term legal outcome of the 1925 Scopes Trial was what?
biology teacher John Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution and fined.
100
What does the term "Hoovervilles" refer to?
shantytowns filled with shacks created by homeless people during the Great Depression.
100
The tide of Japanese conquest in the Pacific was turned following which battle?
Battle of Midway
100
How was the unconditional surrender policy toward Japan finally modified?
agreeing to let the Japanese keep Emperor Hirohito on his ancestral throne as the nominal emperor.
100
In Adkins v. Children's Hospital (1923), what did the Supreme Court rule?
women could no longer receive special health, safety, or minimum wage protections from such progressive state laws governing the workplace because they now had the vote under the terms of the Nineteenth Amendment.
200
The red scare of 1919-1920 was provoked by what?
the public's fear that labor troubles were sparked by communist and anarchist revolutionaries, Russian Revolution
200
What did the Social Security Act of 1935 provide?
unemployment insurance. old-age pensions. economic provisions and support for the blind and disabled.
200
Why were Japanese Americans were placed in concentration camps during World War II?
as a result of anti-Japanese prejudice and fear.
200
America's attempt to remain neutral in the war between the Axis powers and the Allies came to an end when what happened?
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
200
What group experienced the worst suffering as a result of the Great Depression?
African Americans
300
The Immigration Act of 1924 discriminated directly against what groups? (2 of them)
southern and eastern Europeans and Japanese.
300
What happened as a result of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930?
the worldwide economic depression deepened considerably, international trade slowed
300
From 1925 to 1940, the transition of American policy on arms sales to warring nations followed what sequence?
embargo to lend-lease to cash-and-carry.
300
Efforts to bring large numbers of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany to the United States were largely blocked by what?
restrictive immigration laws and opposition from southern Democrats and the State Department.
300
The Harlem Renaissance can best be described as what?
a celebration of black culture and creative expression of a prominent and vibrant black community in the North.
400
Although speakeasies and hard liquor flourished, why did historians argue that prohibition wasn't entirely a failure?
bank savings increased. absenteeism in the workplace decreased. people consumed less alcohol overall.
400
Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana gained a large national following by promising to do what?
share our wealth" by raising taxes on the rich and giving every family $5,000.
400
Fascist aggression in the 1930s included Mussolini's invasion of ____, Hitler's invasion of ____, and Franco's overthrow of the republican government of ____.
Ethiopia; Czechoslovakia; Spain
400
The employment of more than six million women in American industry during World War II led to what changes in America?
the establishment of day-care centers by the government.
400
The Teapot Dome scandal was centered aroun corrupt deals and bribes involving what resource?
naval oil reserves.
500
What was Henry Ford's most distinctive contribution to the automobile industry?
production of a standardized, relatively inexpensive automobile, perfecting the assembly line
500
The Wagner Act of 1935 proved to be a trailblazing law that did what?
gave labor the legal right to organize and bargain collectively.
500
What was one of the significant contributions of Native Americans to the war effort?
worked as code talkers who transmitted war messages into their native languages.
500
What did African Americans do during World War II?
rally behind the slogan "Double V" (victory over dictators abroad and racism at home). move north and west in large numbers. serve in the Army Air Corps.
500
What effect did the cultural offerings of radio programs and motion pictures have in the 1920s?
contributed to the standardization of American life.