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government officials secretly leasing federal oil reserves to private companies. Without Competitive Bidding
The Teapot Dome Scandal
Dominating form of entertainment in the 20s
Movies
What highlighted the conflict between science and religion?
The Scopes Trial
Why did unemployment continue to increase after the stock market crash rather than stopping once the market collapsed?
The crash caused banks to fail, which led businesses to lose credit and capital, which led production to fall, and layoffs to spread over time
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the decline of reform movements
The End of The Progressive Era
A Popular business strategy offered workers higher wages and company-provided benefits
Welfare Capitalism
Which study examined everyday life in a typical American town during the 1920s.
The Middletown Studies
Did the stock market crash of 1929 by itself cause the Great Depression?
No.
Free space
Free Space
fear of foreign influence and political radicalism led to the Senate’s rejection of this treaty
The Treaty of Versaille
Blank revolutionized manufacturing by perfecting the moving assembly line. their system, known as Blank
Henry Ford/Fordism
Which group influenced local and state governments through violence and intimidation tactics?
The KKK
What is the problem called that caused millions of Americans to lose their jobs during the Great Depression?
Unemployment
What is the word "motel" a contraction of?
Moter Hotel
The post-World War I period saw government raids, mass arrests, deportations of immigrants, and limits on free speech driven by fear of communism and anarchism
The Red Scare/Red Summer
This transformation turned radio from a chaotic, locally controlled technology into a nationally regulated mass medium that swayed public opinion and had mass effects on politics.
The Broadcasting Revolution
Which law drastically restricted immigration by establishing quotas based on national origin.
The Johnson Reed Immigration Act
Who was The president during the Great Depression
Herbert Hoover
Why was famous mobster Al Capone imprisoned?
Tax Evasion
organization supported by Woodrow Wilson was rejected by the U.S. Senate due to concerns over Article X, that inclusion would entangle the United States in foreign conflicts.
The League of Nations
What caused new businesses like motels and diners to appear?
the Mass Production of The Car
What is this called?
The movement and mindset promoted restrictive immigration quotas, justified inequality through pseudoscientific theories, and gained political power by defining America in opposition to immigrants, African Americans, and modern cultural change.
Nativism
Describe The U.S. Stockmarket Crash of 1929
the sudden collapse of the U.S. economy in 1929 and triggered the Great Depression.
How did Prohibition unintentionally strengthen organized crime and weaken respect for the law?
because the continued demand for alcohol created an open illegal market for gangs and mobs to move in