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VI-2: Effects of WWI
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01/14/2005

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Name for the alcohol smugglers during the Prohibition
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Bootleggers
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Give the name for the movement to ban alcohol in the U.S.
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Prohibition
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These people fear foreigners in their country.
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Nativists
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What law made it illegal to distribute information on birth control and STD's?
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Comstock Law
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Nickname for illegal bars during the Prohibition
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Speakeasies
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After WWI, many blacks decided to move to where?
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northern cities
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This was even stricter than the Emergency Quota Act and said no Asian immigrants.
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National Origins Act
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A popular Blues musician from Alabama
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W.C. Handy
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This act of Congress favored WASP immigrants only.
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Emergency Quota Act
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This movement gave Blacks racial pride and awareness and made new literature and music.
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Harlem Renaissance
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The name for the time when many suspected Communist infiltration into the U.S.
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Red Scare
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This Amendment repealed the Prohibition.
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21st Amendment
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Author who wrote "The Old Man and the Sea."
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Earnest Hemingway
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This movement encourages Blacks to unite and go back to Africa.
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Back to Africa Movement
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Author of "The Great Gatsby"
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Who was the author of "Cane" which summed up the ideas of the Harlem Renaissance?
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Jean Toomer
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Who led the "Back to Africa" Movement?
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Marcus Garvey
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Who was the most famous bootlegger?
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Al Capone
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The famous trial resulted in the execution of 2 Italian atheists and anarchists. VI-2
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Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
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The name for the economic prosperity in the U.S. after WWI.
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Roaring 20's
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These Pacific islands were taken over by a U.S. military coup & businessmen.
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Hawaiian islands
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The name of the WWI alliance including Britain, France, & Russia.
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Triple Entente
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This female blues singer became very popular nationwide.
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Bessie Smith
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What foreign policy said the U.S. would not interfere with the Eastern Hemisphere, and vice-versa?
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Monroe Doctrine
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Japanese aggression and expansion first started in this area before WWII.
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Manchuria
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