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What is an example of a law passed in the United States that reflected anti-immigration attitudes?
The Chinese Exclusion Act
The Gentlemen's Agreement
The Immigration Acts of 1921, 1924, 1929
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The indictment of a high school biology teacher for teaching evolution. He was prosecuted by religious fundamentalists including William Jennings Bryan.
"Monkey Trial"
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Which pair of circumstances represents an accurate cause and effect relationship?
a) the repeal of Prohibition -> women gaining the right to vote
b) better-paying jobs in Northern factories -> Great Migration
c) establishment of "Jim Crow" laws in the South -> beginning of the Reconstruction Era
d) Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson - > passage of the Black Codes
b) better-paying jobs in Northern factories -> Great Migration
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What effect did the Great Depression have on the American economy?
it led to high unemployment and underproduction
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Which feature of the immigration laws of the 1920s was different from prior laws?
Quotas were set to limit immigration from many countries
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What effect did statements such as the one below have on many people in the United States?
"The world is on the verge of a new ere... Capitalism is in collapse. The workers of the world are seeing a new light and securing courage."
The threat of Communism would spread to the United States.
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marked a decade of great prosperity. New inventions, innovations, new values, economic and social changes
Roaring Twenties
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A result of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s was the...
increased recognition of African-American culture and music
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The New Deal tried to solve many problems that arose during the Great Depression by...
providing federal aid to various sectors of the American economy
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During the 1920s, controversies concerning the Scopes trial, national prohibition, and the behavior of "flappers" were all sign of disagreement over...
traditional values and changing lifestyles
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What conclusion could be reached based on these graphs?
Immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe are declining.
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People who danced with a new dance style like the "Charleston" which symbolized the new social freedom in America. Term also refers to the rebellious women of the 1920s
Flappers
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What was an important result of Prohibition during the 1920s?
Respect for the law decreased
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The New Deal changed American political thinking because it was based on the principle that the...
federal government should attempt to solve social and economic problems
300
Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes, and Countee Cullen are most closely associated with efforts to...
promote the cultural identity of African Americans through the arts
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What is meant by the "Red Scare"?
The "Red Scare" was the fear of the United States being taken over by communism.
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An African American cultural renaissance made up of writers, painters, musicians, and actors. They were proud of their African American heritage and wanted a "New Negro" that had equal civil rights to whites.
Harlem Renaissance
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What would a study of the "flappers" of the 1920s indicate?
Some women rejected traditional restrictions
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One difference that distinguished the Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt from former U.S. Presidents was that Roosevelt was...
willing to use government intervention to solve economic problems
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During the 1920s, much of the debt accumulated by consumers were due to...
installment buying of manufactured goods
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What primarily motivated nativism in the United States in the late 1800s?
Hostility toward immigrant workers.
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African Americans began to move to Northern cities: Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, and New York City
The Great Migration
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The migration of African Americans to the North during and following World War I was mainly a result of the...
availability of new factory jobs
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Which action was a result of the other three?
New York Stock Market crash
start of the Great Depression
Federal Reserve Bank policies
overproduction of consumer goods
start of the Great Depression
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Prohibition, established by the Eighteenth Amendment, stated that...
the manufacture and sale of U.S. alcoholic beverages was banned