Which Boston Massachusetts governor fired all the striking police officers in the Boston police strike and later became the President of the U.S.?

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HIST 1302 CH 24 – Flashcards 30 terms

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President Wilson, a pacifist, never allowed U.S. military forces to intervene in Mexico.

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False

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In 1910, the largest group of hyphenated Americans was from Ireland.

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False

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"He kept us out of war" was the 1916 Republican campaign cry against Wilson.

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False

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The Zimmerman telegram revealed Germany's policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.

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False

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Probably the decisive reason the United States entered World War I was the issue of submarine warfare.

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True

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Women made major and lasting gains as workers when they entered the workforce in large numbers during World War I.

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False

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The War Industries Board was the most important agency mobilizing the nation for war.

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True

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In 1918, the United States sent troops to fight the Bolsheviks in Russia.

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True

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The sinking of the Titanic off Ireland by U-boats made many Americans anti-German.

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False

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Wilson's decision to attend the Paris Peace Conference was a political blunder in the eyes of many Americans.

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True

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When the Germans sued for peace, they wanted the negotiations to focus around the Fourteen Points.

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True

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Wilson thought Germany's admission of war guilt was the most necessary part of the peace negotiations.

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False

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More people worldwide died in the flu pandemic of 1918-1919 than during World War I.

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True

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Racial violence erupted after the end of the war, with twenty-five riots and over eighty lynchings.

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True

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The Boston police strike of 1919 helped launch Warren G. Harding's political career.

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False

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President Wilson sent General Pershing into Mexico

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to chase Pancho Villa.

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In the Caribbean, the Wilson administration

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sent marines into Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

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For two years after the war began in Europe, the Wilson administration pursued a policy that stressed

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neutrality.

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William Jennings Bryan resigned as secretary of state

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in the uproar after the sinking of the Lusitania.

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The Revenue Act of 1916

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all of the above

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Racial conflict among Americans during and after World War I resulted from

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the mass movement of southern blacks to northern cities.

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The wartime Espionage and Sedition Acts

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all of the above

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Until early 1918, U.S. forces in Europe

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played only a token role.

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Wilson's Fourteen Points included all the following except

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replacing the tsar on the Russian throne.

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Wilson's failure to take a major Republican to the postwar peace conference was a mistake because

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the Republicans controlled Congress.

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For Wilson, the most important part of the peace negotiations involved

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the League of Nations.

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The irreconcilables were primarily

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Midwestern and western progressives.

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After World War I, the Senate

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defeated the Treaty of Versailles.

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The postwar Red Scare was aimed at

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Bolsheviks, radicals, and aliens.

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All of the following statements about post-World War I America are correct except

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most working women kept their wartime industrial jobs.

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Seattle General Strike (1919)

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A strike that arose from the general discontent that many workers felt post-WWI. Contributed to red scare, and was denounced as a communist movement. The Mayor threatened to use armed police.

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Red Scare

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Widespread fear of communism and other politically radical ideas.

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(A. Mitchell) Palmer

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Attorney General who rounded up many suspects who were thought to be un-American and socialistic; he was nicknamed the "Fighting Quaker" until a bomb destroyed his home; he then had a nervous breakdown and became known as the "Quaking Fighter."

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Palmer Raids (1919)

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Raids led by influential attorney-general of the time on houses of suspected communists/radicals.

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Sacco and Vanzetti

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These were two Italian immigrants who were arrested in connection with a shooting in Massachusetts. After a controversial trial, which many deemed unfair, they were sentenced to death.

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KKK

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Racist, anti-immigrant clan that held much influence in the 1920s. Used violence and scare tactics to achieve its goals. (Was HORRIFIC)

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isolationism

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A term that describes America's withdrawn attitude in the 1920s.

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Emergency Quota Act of 1921

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1921 legislation that limited immigration to 3% of the people of their nationality living in the US in 1910.

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Immigration Act of 1924

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This was passed in 1924--cut quotas for foreigners from 3 % to 2% of the total number of immigrants in 1890--purpose was to freeze America's existing racial composition --prevented Japanese from immigrating, causing outrage in Japan.

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prohibition

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The banning of the sale and consumption of all alcoholic products.

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18th Amendment (1918)

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Constitutional amendment that banned the sale and consumption of alcohol.

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Volstead Act (1919)

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This law established a Prohibition Bureau within the Treasury Department. It was under-budgeted and largely ineffective, especially in strongly anti-prohibition states

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speakeasies

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"Bars" of the prohibition era; these were illicit places of social gathering.

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"the noble experiment"

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A derisive name given to the prohibition movement, which called attention to the unlikelihood of its success.

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bootlegging

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The act of making and transporting alcoholic liquor for sale illegally

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Al Capone

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Nicknamed "Scarface" and one of the most notorious gangsters in history, this man earned the title of "Public Enemy No. 1" for his many illegal exploits in Chicago.

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gangsters

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Violent organized crime members who took over the job of supplying alcohol to speakeasies.

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(John) Dewey

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United States pragmatic philosopher who advocated progressive education (1859-1952)

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Fundamentalism

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Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch, denomination, or sect).

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(Billy) Sunday

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American fundamentalist minister; he used colorful language and powerful sermons to drive home the message of salvation through Jesus and to oppose radical and progressive groups.

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Scopes Trial

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A highly publicized trial in 1925 in which a teacher violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school. In the trial, William Jennings Bryan argued on the side of fundamentalism, while Clarence Darrow argued for evolution.

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(Clarence) Darrow

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Defended John Scopes during the Scopes Trial. He argued that evolution should be taught in schools.

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The Man Nobody Knows

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1925 book by advertiser Bruce Barton- set forth provocative thesis that Jesus was the greatest adman of all time.

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(Babe) Ruth

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"The Sultan of Swat!" "The Great Bambino!" "The Colossus of Clout!" This man was one of the most famous baseball players in history; Reflected a new trend of celebrating sports heroes in the 1920s.

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(Jack) Dempsey

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United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (1895-1983)

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(Henry) Ford

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United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947)

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(Frederick) Taylor

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American mechanical engineer, who wanted to improve industrial efficiency. He is known as the father of scientific management, and was one of the first management consultants

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scientific management

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A management theory using efficiency experts to examine each work operations and find ways to minimize the time needed to complete it

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Model T

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First affordable car built by Henry Ford; sturdy, reliable, inexpensive, only came in black

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Fordism

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A system of standardized mass production attributed to Henry Ford

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Wright Brothers

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These two siblings and bike mechanics created the first functioning flying machine.

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(Charles) Lindbergh

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This man achieved worldwide renown when he became the first person ever to complete a transatlantic flight.

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Jazz Age

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Name for the 1920s, because of the popularity of a new type of American music that combined African rhythms, blues, and ragtime.

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radio

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a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves

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Birth of a Nation

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Controversial but highly influential and innovative silent film directed by D.W. Griffith. It demonstrated the power of film propaganda and revived the KKK.

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The Jazz Singer

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1927 - The first movie with sound; this "talkie" was about the life of famous jazz singer; Al Jolson.

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(Margaret) Sanger

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United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood.

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flappers

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Carefree young women of the 1920s that behaved and dressed in a radical fashion

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(Sigmund) Freud

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(1856-1939) Founder of psychoanalysis, created the first comprehensive theory of personality. Tied many psychological processes to sexual desire.

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(Marcus) Garvey

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He led the Universal Negro Improvement Association and his "Back to Africa" movement inspired racial pride in the 1920s.

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Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)

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An association that promoted black pride and black unity. It also encouraged African Americans to move permanently to Africa.

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Lost Generation

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Group of writers in 1920s who shared the belief that they were lost in a greedy, materialistic world that lacked moral value. They often chose to flee to Europe

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(F. Scott) Fitzgerald

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One of the 20th-century's literary stars, his writing chronicled the Jazz Age. He wrote "This Side of Paradise, and his novel "The Great Gatsby" is considered an American masterpiece. (Married a woman named Zelda!)

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(Ernest) Hemingway

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This American author saw combat in Italy. His "The Sun Also Rises" and "A Farewell to Arms" reflected postwar disillusionment. Ended up committing suicide.

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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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(Langston) Hughes

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A leading poet of the Harlem Renaissance. He wrote "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and "My People"

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"on margin"

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To buy stock by paying only a fraction of the stock price and borrowing the rest.

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(Andrew) Mellon

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An American banker, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector and Secretary of the Treasury from March 4, 1921 until February 12, 1932. Believed in a government "hands-off" approach to the economy.

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The 1950s in America were categorized by

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A new affluence and a thriving economy

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In Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, the Supreme Court ruled that school segregation

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Violated the 14th amendment by creating feelings of inferiority and inequality.

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Why did Eisenhower send 1,000 paratroopers to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957

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To ensure that black students could attend a desegregated school.

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The Montgomery bus boycott

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Led to the emergence of Martin Luther King, Jr. as a black civil rights leader

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The new American Suburbs of the 1950s

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Showed a surprising occupational diversity among inhabitants

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An immediate problem for rapidly growing suburban communities was providing adequate

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schools

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By 1960, what percentage of black children in the Deep South were attending schools with Whites?

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Less than 1%

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As a result of Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka

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The slow process of desegregating schools began

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What was the driving force for social change that gained civil rights for African Americans

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African American activism

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What artistic movement is associated with the "beats"

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abstract expressionism

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Martin Luther King Jr's philosophy advocated

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Nonviolent, passive resistance to unjust laws

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The most significant social trend in postwar america was

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the flight to the suburbs

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Which of the following famous men had the greatest influence on the philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr.?

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Mahatma Ghandi

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MLK Jr. founded the ____ to obtain civil rights for African Americans

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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The first president to attempt to seriously seriously to alter the historic pattern of racial discrimination in the United States was

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Harry Truman

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Who were the Little Rock Nine?

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Black students at a recently desegregated high school in Little Rock, Arkansas

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What organization was formed in 1960 as a result of "sit-in" demonstrations?

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The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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How did the political activism for African American rights change from the 1950s to the early 1960s?

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Direct, peaceful confrontation replaced reliance on court action

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What was the first focus of the NAACP efforts to end segregation practices?

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Universities

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The economic abundance of the 1950s

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Did not benefit the steel industry and agriculture as much as other industries

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What effect did the memories of the Great Depression have on Americans in the 1950s?

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Many Americans became almost deliberately obsessed with gathering material goods.

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What group was rigidly excluded from all three Levittown's

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African Americans

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Who invented the concept of the mass construction of the suburban home?

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William Levitt( Arthur Levitt)

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The term "Baby Boom" refers to a significant increase in

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The American birth rate

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What effect did the postwar life have on women in American society?

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Many women who had joined the workforce during the war returned to the home to assume the more traditional roles of wife and mother.

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What was Dr. Benjamin Spock's 1946 bestselling book about?

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Infant and Child Care

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What was the dominant social theme of the 1950s America

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Consumerism

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The Truman administration failed to pass any civil rights legislation because

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Southern politicians managed to block legislation

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During the Truman Legislation,

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An order for the desegregation of the Armed Forces was issued.

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What event promoted a massive wave of "sit-ins" across the country?

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Three African American college students refused to leave a lunch counter after being denied service

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What kind of programming became popular after television stations abandoned live dramatic programs?

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Quiz shows

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What change in labor practice came about in the postwar era?

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Most people started working less than 40 hours each week.

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How did the drive-in culture of the 1950s change the way America shopped?

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Shipping centers and malls were built all over the country

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How did the Deep South respond to court-ordered desegregation?

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With massive and widespread resistance

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Why did the government increase federal funding for science education in 1957?

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It was responding to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik

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Why was Rosa Parks arrested in 1955?

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She refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white man

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Who inspired the Montgomery bus boycott?

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Rosa Parks

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Which section of the nation benefitted the most from the economic boom of the 1950s?

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The sunbelt states

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What was the initial goal of the montgomery bus boycott?

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To create a semi-segregated seating arrangement on a first-come, first-serve basis

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What was a drawback of suburban life for the family?

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Many people had only infrequent contact with extended family members

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By 1960, the most racially integrated institution in American Society was

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The armed forces

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Peoples attitude toward organized religion in the 1950s was

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Incredibly positive and religious affiliation boomed

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Who led the Montgomery bus boycott?

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MLK Jr.

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Which was crucial to life in the suburbs?

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The automobile

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In the 1950s, Americans experienced a contradiction in

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Denouncing the Soviet Union for human rights violations while discriminating against African Americans

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By 1960, America's gross national product was _____ the 1940 GNP?

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More than double

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President Eisenhower's approach to desegregation was to

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Work behind the scenes to support the movement

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Which was not an important stimulus to American economic growth in the late 1940s and early 1950s

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Direct government aid to industrial development

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Why did some people criticize American suburban life?

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The disliked the conformity and uniformity of suburban life

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The "beats" were

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Writers and poets who rebelled against materialistic 1950s values

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nation that had the most people emigrate after WW1

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russia

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there were 3 of these, over a period of over 800 years

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diasporas

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this migration was the result of religious forced resettlement

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muslim hindu

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one of the few migrations that spread a religion from India to Spain

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arab bedowin

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one of the push factors that send people out of a region or nation

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hunger

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over a period of 700 years, they migrated from Asia to the Middle East

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turkic

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the loss of this will cause people to move

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wealth

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the occurrence of this will cause small and great migrations

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famine

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when the decision to migrate is made, often people need to _________ everything they own

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sell

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at the end of this war, many people emigrated from Russia, Greece, and E. Europe

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WW1

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tracing this metal helps us follow the Bantu

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iron

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this is the longest migration in terms of duration/ time (one of two)

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bantu

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the first peoples to settle on Madagascar

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maylay

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this migrating group may be the base of language for many others

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indo arian

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pushed out of their lands by the Mongols, this group moved slowly westward

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hunic

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one of the major PUSH factors in the migrations

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war

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nation created in November 1947 as a home for the refugees of war and discrimination

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israel

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religious and political ______ lead to many migrations

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persecution

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a growing _________ will cause immigration

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industry

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a chance for a good ________ for their children will pull people to another land

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education

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the Turks and this group both originated in Mongolia in No. China

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huns

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The only group to migrate to forcefully spread their religion in 7th to 9th cen.

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arabs

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VOCAB: manchu

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the race of people who conquered China and founded the Qing Dynasty

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VOCAB: samurai

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class of warriors in feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land

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VOCAB: daimyo

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a Japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai

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VOCAB: pirates

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VOCAB: tokugawa ieyasu

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VOCAB: tokugawa shogunate

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Japanese ruling dynasty that strove to isolate it from foreign influences

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VOCAB: "dutch studies"

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VOCAB: ming empire

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Empire based in China that Zhu Yuanzhang established after the overthrow of the Yuan Empire. The Ming emperor Yongle sponsored the building of the Forbidden City and the voyages of Zheng He.

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VOCAB: Qing empire

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Empire established in China by Manchus who overthrew the Ming Empire in 1644. At various times they also controlled Manchuria, Mongolia, Turkestan, and Tibet. The last emperor of this dynasty was overthrown in 1911 by nationalists.

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VOCAB: metro ricci

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VOCAB: kangxi

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Qing emperor (r. 1662-1722). He oversaw the greatest expansion of the Qing Empire.

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VOCAB: amur river

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an Asian river between China and Russia

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VOCAB: macartney mission

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The unsuccessful attempt by the British Empire to establish diplomatic relations with the Qing Empire in 1793.

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VOCAB: siberia

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The extreme northeastern sector of Asia, including the Kamchatka Peninsula and the present Russian coast of the Arctic Ocean, the Bering Strait, and the Sea of Okhotsk.

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VOCAB: muscovy

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a Russian principality in the 13th to 16th centuries

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VOCAB: Ural Mountains

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a mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia

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VOCAB: tsar

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The Russian term for ruler or king; taken from the Roman word caesar.

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VOCAB: cossacks

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free groups and outlaw armies of peasants who fled the tzar and service nobility

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VOCAB: serfs

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men of women who were the poorest members of society, peasants who worked the lord's land in exchange for protection

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VOCAB: Peter the Great

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czar of Russia who introduced ideas from western Europe to reform the government

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VOCAB: Westernization

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VOCAB: Catherine the Great

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VOCAB: variation

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Calvin Coolidge

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new president who favored government policies that kept taxes down and business profits up and gave businesses more available credit in order to expand; succeeded Warren Harding as president

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urban sprawl

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unplanned and uncontrolled spreading of cities into surrounding regions

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installment plan

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an arrangement in which a purchaser pays over an extended time, without having to put down much money at the time of purchase

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status symbol

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possession believed to enhance the owner's social standing

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What fueled the business boom of the 1920s?

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consumer goods

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What launched the era of modern consumerism in the United States?

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business, technological, and social developments of the 1920s

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What became the backbone of the American economy in the 1920s and profoundly altered the American landscape and American society?

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the automobile

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What was the goal of both Calvin Coolidge and his successor Herbert Hoover?

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to keep taxes down and profits up, and give businesses more available credit in order to expand; they wanted to keep government interference to a minimum and allow private enterprise to flourish

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What was the impact of the automobile on America?

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1. it liberated the isolated rural family, who could now travel to the city 2. it gave families the opportunity o vacation i new and faraway places 3. it allowed both women and many young people to become more independent through increased mobility 4. it allowed workers to live miles from their jobs, resulting in urban sprwal 5. provided an economic base for cities 6. it drew people to oil-producing states 7. it became a status symbol

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What symbolized the success of the free enterprise system and the Coolidge era?

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the auto industry

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About how many people in the United States owned an automobile?

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about 80%

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Who made a trimotor airplane in 1926?

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Henry Ford

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Whose transatlantic flights helped to promote cargo and commercial airlines?

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Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart

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What company produced the single-engine Vega, one of the most popular transport planes of the late 1920s?

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Lockheed Company

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Founded in 1927, what airline inaugurated the first transatlantic passenger flights?

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Pan American Airways

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What did the development of alternating electric current make possible?

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the distribution of electrical power efficiently over long distances

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How did appliances such as the electric iron, the electric refrigerator, cooking ranges, and toasters impact the lives of the American housewife?

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made the lives of housewives easier, freed them for other community and leisure activities, and coincided with a growing trend of women working outside the home

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Why did American advertisers hire psychologists?

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to study how to appeal to people's desires for their products

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What industries suffered during the 1920s?

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1. textile and steel manufacturers 2. mining and farming 3. iron and railroad

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Why were farmers deeply in debt during the 1920s?

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they had borrowed money to buy land and machinery so they could produce more crops during WWI; when European agriculture bounced back the demand for US fell, as did prices, creating surpluses

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In addition to advertising, how else did industry lure consumers into buying goods?

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easy credit

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Why did some economists and business owners worry that installment buying might be getting out of hand?

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because it was a sign of fundamental weaknesses of a superficial economic prosperity

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18th And 19th Centuries Boston Police Strike Criminal Justice History of Law

CRJU 222 Quiz 1 – Flashcards 25 terms

Amber Moore

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A form of community self-protection developed by King Alfred the great in the latter part of the 19th century England was/were the.....

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Mutual pledge

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What U.S. Supreme Court decision held that a black slave could not sue in court for his freedom because he was a piece of property, not a citizen?

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Dred Scott V.S. Sandford

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In 1991, what Los Angeles incident inflamed police-community relations?

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Rodney King beating

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By the 1880's what private national detective agency had offices in nearly two dozen cities?

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Rocky Mountain Detective Association

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What gives law enforcement new ability to search, seize, detain, or eavesdrop in their pursuit of possible terrorists?

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USA Patriot ACT

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Which Supreme Court case was responsible for applying the exclusionary rule to all state courts cases?

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Mapp v.s. Ohio

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Which US Supreme Court case resulted in the police requirement that persons who are in police custody and will be interrogated must be advised of the constitutional rights?

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Miranda v.s. Arizona

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Who is noted for developing modern management and administrative techniques for policing?

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Patrick Murphy

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The _______ system assigned P.O. into relatively small permanent posts where they could become familiar with the area and the people in the area thereby making the officer part of the neighborhood life.

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Watch and ward

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William J. Bratton completely reengineered the New York City Police Department to make reducing crime its primary objective. What vehicle did he use to accomplish this mission?

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SWAT

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The first organized American police department (1838) in the North was created in what city?

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Boston

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Which US Supreme Court case defined the constitutional rights to counsel at police interrogations?

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Brown V.S. Mississippi

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Who formed the Bow Street Runners?

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Henry Fielding

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Who generally credited with establishing the first police department in London, England?

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Sir Robert Peel

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Which Massachusetts governor fired all the striking police officers during the Boston police strike and later became the president of the U.S.?

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Woodrow Wilson

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The first state police agency was the _______.

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Texas Rangers

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The federal Judiciary Act of 1789 created the

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office of the US marshal

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Who is known as the father of American Policing?

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August Vollmer

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What legislation became law in 1920 and established National Prohibition?

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Volstead Act

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The Statute of Winchester established the office of ________, who was responsible fore organizing and supervising the watch.

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Parish Contstable

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The only law enforcement officers available on the American frontier were the _____ and the __________.

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County Marshal; Town Sheriff

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What statute made it a crime not to assist in the night watch?

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Posse Comitatus Act of 1879

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Many historians and Scholars indicate that ______ in the American South were the precursor to the modern American systems of policing.

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Slave Patrols

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Who was the director of the FBI from 1924 until his death in 1972?

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J. Edgar Hoover

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In 1929, President Herbert Hoover created the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement. This commission was knows as the:

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Wickersham Commission

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