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How did prohibition contribute to the growth of organized crime? |
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by making it easier for bootleggers to branch into other types of illegal activity |
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What was a major result of Henry Ford's innovative manufacturing techniques? |
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the sale price of cars went down |
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The demand for automobiles in the 1920's: |
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stimulated growth in many other industries |
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Presidents Harding and Coolidge favored policies that: |
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aided the growth of business |
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In the 1920's how did most national leaders hope to go about avoiding war? |
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By avoiding close interaction with other nations |
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What was the largest cultural split in 1920's America? |
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Between urban Americans and rural Americans |
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At its heart, the Scopes trial was a clash between: |
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In 1929, the stock market crashed because: |
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Investors lost confidence in the market and rushed to sell all of their shares |
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Which factor contibuted to the spread of the Great Depression overseas? |
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The United States curtailed investment in Europe |
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European Countries reacted to the Hawley-Smoot Tariff by: |
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passing high protective tariffs |
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What economic condition did economist John Maynard Keynes believe caused the Great Depression? |
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Lack of govt intervention |
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President Hoover responded cautiously to the Great Depression because he: |
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thought that the business cycle would correct itself |
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Congress instituted the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to loan money to: |
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Banks so that they could lend money to businesses to stimulate economic activity |
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Why did the Bonus Army march on Washington DC? |
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President Hoover vetoed a bill providing for early payment of bonuses |
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FDr created the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to: |
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Regulate the stock market |
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Some opponents of the New Deal believed that it: |
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Threatened indiviual freedom |
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The American Liberty League was formed to: |
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Who was the first female cabinet member? |
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How did the Indian New Deal reverse the conditions that resulted from the Dawes Act? |
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John Collier helped get laws passed that restored tribal control over American Indian lands |
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Which of the following is NOT considered a direct result of the growing popularity and availability of the automobile? |
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Changes in the advertising industry |
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Who promoted the idea of African Americans returning to Africa and founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association? |
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The Harlem Renaissance refers to: |
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a celebration of African-American culture in literature and art |
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Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were charged with and convicted of: |
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To expand its membership in the 1920's, the KKK engages in all of the following except: |
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encouraging white women to join the organization |
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According to Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, what was "eating its way into the home of the American workman, its sharp tongues...licking the altars of the churches"? |
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the hopelessness of poverty |
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Why was the Kellogg-Briand Pact considered to be useless? |
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it provided no means of enforcing the "no war" argument |
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To protect their own interests, employers (in the 1920's) often accused striking workers of being |
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Fundamentalists believed that: |
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the Bible should be taken literally |
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After the stock market crash, how did President hoover try to help the economy? |
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By asking businesses not to lay off employees |
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What does "buying stock on margin" mean? |
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borrowing money to help pay for stock, while paying a small down payment |
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One long-range effect of the Great Depression was that many people: |
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developed habits of saving and thriftiness |
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What was the first major action Roosevelt took as president? |
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Closing all of the nation's banks and ordering inspections |
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By decreasing farm surpluses, New Deal policies helped to: |
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Raise the price of farm goods |
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Which group would have been least likely to be a part of the New Deal Coalition? |
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Harding's poker buddies/cabinet members who influenced his presidency and used gaft |
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FDR would address the public through either TV or radio |
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refugees of the Dust Bowl |
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FDR's cabinet of advisors |
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young women with bobs, roughed cheeks, and short skirts |
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people who sold alcohol illegally during prohibition |
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name for 1920s writers because they lost all their vicotrian era views |
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October 29th, 1929 the day of the infamous stock market crash |
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period of time where Americans were afraid of communist takeover from within the US |
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policy of workers to group together and work towards gaining more rights |
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