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| Who were the Reds? Why were people afraid of them? |
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| The reds were Communists. People were afraid that they could turn the U.S Communist. |
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| What government official hunted down Reds and raided their homes? |
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| Who were Sacco and Vanzetti? What were they accused of? What happened to them? |
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- Two Italian laborers and anarchists.
- They were wrongly accused of murder and robbery.
- They were put to death.
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Why were they found guilty?
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| There was no hard evidence against the two and some of the evidence was invented by the prosecution. Since the judge at the trial was against immigrants he didn't like the Italians. |
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| What was the goal of the KKK? |
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| Keeping immigrants in their place. |
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| The national banning of sale, production, and transportation of alcohol. |
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| What amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale and transport of alcohol? |
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| Where could people go to drink illegal alcohol? |
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| They could go to a speakeasy. |
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| Who were the people who supplied illegal alcohol? |
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| Why was it difficult to enforce prohibition? |
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- People still wanted to drink
- Bootleggers were commen
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| What were the results of Prohibition? |
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- Organized crime happened way more.
- Caused millions of people to break the law.
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| Who was the king of the gangsters? What city did he rule? |
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| Who eventually caught Al Capone for tax envasion? |
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| Eliot Ness gets Al Capone for tax envasions, also known as "The Untouchables" |
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| What amendment repealed Prohibition? |
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| Who is John Scopes? What was he accused of? What was the result of the trial? |
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- John Scopes was a teacher
- He was accused of teaching evolution
- He had to pay a fine of $100.00, and was found guilty.
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| What theory is central to the Scopes case? |
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| Why were the 20s called the Roaring Twenties? |
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| Because the economy was booming. |
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| What new type of music was introduced in the 20s? |
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| Who was the king of the Jazz age? |
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| Who flew the first solo trans-Atlantic flight? |
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| Who wrote about the lifestyle of the wealthy during the 20s? |
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| Who was part of the lost generation and wrote about his experiences in WW1? |
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| What is the Harlem Renaissance? |
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| A period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished |
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| What was the purpose of the NAACP? |
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| Helps African Americans get educated, employed, and have civil rights. |
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| What is margin buying? How did it lead to superficial prosperity? |
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- The buyer would put down some of his own money, but the rest he would borrow from a broker.
- Stock prices began to crash and was the cause of the Great Depression
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| What invention lead to urban sprawl? |
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| Auto-mobiles changed the landscape of America, people could now live farther away due to roads, garages, gas stations. |
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| What were airplanes first used for after WW1? |
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| What right did women gain? What is the fancy name for it? |
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| The right to vote. Also the 19th amendment. |
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| A flapper is a woman who likes to embrace her style. |
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