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Sacco and Vanzetti

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immigrant anarchists accused of murder

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Clarence Darrow

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famous trial law

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Albert Fall

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secretary of the interior under Harding

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Langston Hughes

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poet during this time

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Louis Armstrong

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jazz musician

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Duke Ellington

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jazz musician

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

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novelist during this time

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Calvin Coolidge

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president of the US (1923-1929) succeeded to presidency on the death of Harding, elected in 1924

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Ohio Gang

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Harding's friends and advisors

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John L. Lewis

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president of the United Mine Workers

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Speakeasies

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hidden saloons and nightclubs that illegally sold liquor

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Bootlegging

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smugglers who brought alcohol in from Canada and the Caribbean

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Charles Lindbergh

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first person to fly solo across the Atlantic

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Great Migration

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It was a time where African Americans moved from the south to the north to have more job opportunities and to escape racism.

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Anarchists

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people who opposed any form of government

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Communism

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an economic system that supports the government control over property to create equality

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Ku Klux Klan (1920s)

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a group that wanted America under the control of white, native-born males

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What did Calvin Coolidge believe the role of government should be in the economy?

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He believed the government shouldn't have a role.

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Explain what happened in the Teapot Dome Scandal.

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Albert B. Fall accepted and allowed private interest to lease lands containing US Naval oil fields.

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What is meant by "double standard" as it relates to women in the 1920s?

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Woman still had rules of behavior to obey more than men. But they had more freedom now.

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What words did F. Scott Fitzgerald used to describe the 1920s?

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jazz age

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The dance that became popular during the Roaring Twenties was called

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the Charleston

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Why was the 1920s called the Roaring Twenties?

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The decade ushered in an era of prosperity and rebellion.

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How did Henry Ford's Model T contribute to the culture of the Roaring Twenties?

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The Model T stimulated an overall feeling of prosperity.

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Which best defines a "talkie" during the 1920s?

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a film with sound

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In the 1920s, mass media helped popularize which of these sports heroes?

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Babe Ruth

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Charles Lindbergh was known as

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a heroic pilot

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What feature did radio in the 1920s offer that other inventions did not offer?

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People could listen to music in real time.

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Why were prominent American writers of the 1920s called the "lost generation"?

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They had trouble adjusting to life in the postwar era.

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Ernest Hemingway, part of the "lost generation," often wrote works related to

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the futility of war

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A major theme of F. Scott Fitzgerald's work was the idea that the post-war world

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was empty and meaningless.

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During the 1920s, flappers were best described as women who

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danced the Charleston.

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Clara Bow impacted other 1920s-era women by

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representing the fashion and rebellion of the era.

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A major change women experienced during the post-World War I era was that they started

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working outside the home.

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During which period did the Great Migration mainly occur?

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1910-1930

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Which two cities were the most popular destinations during the Great Migration?

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New York and Chicago

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The aspects of a specific location that make people want to move away are called

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push factors.

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Two push factors that caused African Americans to leave the South in the early 1900s were

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segregation and low wages.

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In the early 1900s, the Chicago Defender was

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an African American newspaper.

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Which best describes how the Great Migration affected Northern cities?

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Northern cities grew more diverse as African Americans shared their culture.

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In which city was Harlem located?

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New York

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Which is the best example of an effect of the Harlem Renaissance on music?

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It brought jazz to a wider American audience.

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The Cotton Club was famous for which of the following?

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music

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Besides jazz, the Harlem Renaissance was also known for African American

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literature

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Who was called the "Shakespeare of Harlem" during the Harlem Renaissance?

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Langston Hughes

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A poet whose works inspired other Harlem Renaissance poets was

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Claude McKay

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Which best describes why Women's Christian Temperance Union was formed?

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Members were concerned about the impact of alcohol on their communities.

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Why did taxes cause leaders to be reluctant about prohibition?

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Income taxes were not created yet and the government depended on the liquor tax for funding.

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Which statement best describes the beliefs of those that did not support Prohibition in the early 1900s?

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They thought Prohibition would take away people's rights.

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What did the Eighteenth Amendment to the US Constitution accomplish?

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It banned the production, sale, and transportation of alcohol in the US.

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Why did Congress pass the Volstead Act to go along with the Eighteenth Amendment?

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The Volstead Act provided for the enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment.

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In the early 1900s, Al Capone was a

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bootlegger

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How did Prohibition affect corruption in the early 1900s?

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Prohibition increased corruption because people ignored the law.

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Supporters of Prohibition, such as preacher Billy Sunday, expected that Prohibition would

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fix the problems of society.

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Why was the Twenty-first Amendment to the US Constitution necessary?

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to repeal the 18th Amendment

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During the 1925 Scopes trial, the defense's main argument was that

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evolution was scientific fact.

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During the 1925 Scopes trial, the prosecution's main argument was that

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schools had to teach biblical creationism.

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What affect did the Scopes trial have on the school curriculum in Tennessee?

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It did not change the curriculum because Scopes lost the case.

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The Red Scare was a response to

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the Russian Revolution

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Americans feared the Communists because they were

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openly hostile to American values.

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In the case of Schenck v. United States, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., said that the government is justified in silencing free speech whenever

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that speech undermines and threatens the government.

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The Palmer raids were organized to root out groups whose activities

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posed a clear danger to the country.

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Many Americans believed that Sacco and Vanzetti were executed because they were

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immigrants with radical beliefs during the Red Scare.

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Republican Presidents in the 1920s generally favored

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business

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Harding and Coolidge both based their foreign policy on a return to

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isolationism

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Key features of Republican administrations of the 1920s included

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isolationism and laissez-faire business policy.

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The National Origins Act of 1924 reduced the number of people who could

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enter the United States

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The main opponent of prohibitionist Herbert Hoover in the 1928 presidential election was

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Alfred E. Smith

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Under the Kellogg-Briand Pact, nations agreed not to use

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the threat of war in their dealings with one another.

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A consumer economy is one that depends on a large amount of

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spending

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The economy grew in the 1920s as consumers

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began to buy goods on credit.

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How did installment plans affect the American economy in the 1920s?

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They fueled the growth of the consumer economy.

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Advertisements in the 1920s changed from an emphasis on quality to an emphasis on

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consumer image

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Productivity, a worker's level of output over a given period, rose during the 1920s because of

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- new resources - new management methods - new technologies

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Henry Ford's dream was to sell cars that

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ordinary people could afford

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Ford's success came partly from

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vertical consolidation

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The industry that did the most to boost other industries in the 1920s was

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automobile making

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The increase in automobiles led to the rise of new businesses such as

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motels and gas stations

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