History ch.20 – Flashcards
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The trial and execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti:
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demonstrated how the Red Scare extended into the 1920s
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During the 1920s, consumer goods:
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were frequently purchased on credit.
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In the 1920s, movies, radios, and phonographs:
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helped create and spread a new celebrity culture.
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During the 1920s:
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an estimated 40 percent of the population remained in poverty.
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In the 1920s, employers embraced the American Plan, which:
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advocated the "open shop"
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The flapper:
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epitomized the change in standards of sexual behavior.
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In their 1929 study, Middletown, Robert and Helen Lynd:
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argued that leisure activities and consumption had replaced political involvement.
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President Harding's call for a return to normalcy meant:
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a call for the regular order of things, without excessive reform.
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Robert La Follette ran for president in 1924:
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as a progressive part candidate.
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American foreign policy during the 1920s:
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reflected the close working relationship between government and business.
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"Banned in Boston" referred to:
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a book ban in the city, including books by Ernest Hemingway.
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The Hays Code:
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prohibited movies from depicting nudity, long kisses, and adultery.
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In Schenck v. United States, the Supreme Court:
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argued that bans on dangerous speech were constitutional
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The Scopes trial of 1925:
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involved a teacher who espoused Social Darwinism.
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The Ku Klux Klan:
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flourished in the early 1920s, especially in the North and West.
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Regarding public education, in 1922, Oregon became the first state to:
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require all students to attend public school.
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Besides work and school, the most active agents of Americanization during the 1920s were:
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dance halls, department stores, and movie theaters
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Cultural pluralism:
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described a society that gloried in ethnic diversity.
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Which city was considered the "capital" of black America:
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Harlem
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The Harlem Renaissance:
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included writers and poets such as Langston Hughes and Claude McKay
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Which issue became the focus of the 1928 presidential race:
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the fact that Alfred Smith was Catholic
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In 1928, Herbert Hoover:
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won the presidency, primarily because of his sterling reputation and the general, apparent prosperity of the nation.
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President Hoover responded to the onset of the Depression by:
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reassuring Americans that "the tide had turned.
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The Reconstruction Finance Corporation:
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made loans to failing businesses
