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1920s test
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| what caused the red scare | bolshevik revolution- communists coming to the us to take over- if they can do it in russia, why not here |
| attourney general palmer believed he should protect the american public from who | communists |
| immigration act of 1924 determined how many immigrants would get into the us | 2% of each group from the 1890 census |
| sacco & vanzetti were charged with what crime | robbery & murder |
| why were they (s & v) found guilty? | anarchy & immigrants |
| why did the kkk grow so much from 1915 to 1925 | "Birth of a Nation" immigration was increasing, the war increased anti immigration feelings |
| why did temperance organizations want prohibition | stop family violence (drunkness) |
| organized crime led to violence because | people were protecting their places that had alcohol |
| fundamentalists believed the bible should be taken how | literally |
| the ford model t was made more efficiently where | on the assembly line |
| harlem renaissance was when who made noteworthy art and literature | blacks |
| 19th amendment was | women's suffrage |
| what changed about the kkk between the 1800s and the 1900s | the 1800s group was against northerners and wanted southern reconstruction, the 1900s group were against nonwhite influences |
| what was welfare capitalism | business owners tried to reduce unionism |
| immigration act used what | 3% and 1910 census |
| what was the volstead act | gave the 18th amentment its teeth and closed any loopholes |
| what were anti saloon leagues | led by religious groups who wanted to reduce alcoholism, drew upon an anti german sentiment |
| what was the ACLU | american civil liberties union, promised to defend any teacher willing to challenge the law |
| who did the evolution thing | john scopes |
| the most famous trial lawyer of the era | clarence darrow |
| the guy who challenged scopes | william jennings bryan |
| what was the result of the trial | scopes was found guilty and fined $100 |
| what do anarchists want | less government power |
| babe ruth | hit 60 home runs in 1927 and was a part of murderers row |
| ty cobb | georgia peach, 892 stolen bases |
| jack dempsey | world heavyweight champ |
| red grange | galloping ghost, univ of illinois, football |
| johnny weissmuller | first to swim 100 meter inn under one minute, won five medals, portrayed tarzan |
| gertrude ederle | swam the english channel at 19 years old |
| bill tilden | first american to win the wimbledon |
| helen wills | won wimbledon in 1927 |
| clara bow | the it girl, 46 silent films and 11 talkies, personified the 20s |
| rudolph valentino | latin lover, male sex symbol, silent film star |
| charlie chaplin | the little tramp, comedic silent films |
| charles lindbergh | transatlantic journey by plane, flew from new york city to paris |
| louis armstrong | satchmo, scat, jazz solo improv |
| duke ellington | piano player/ orchestral leader, 1920s jazz, played at the cotton club |
| bessie smith | empress of the blues, jazz vocalist |
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