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Ch. 24 & Ch. 25
Question | Answer |
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What was the modern artistic and literary movement which celebrated African American life and culture in early twentieth-century Harlem, New York called? | Harlem Renaissance |
Which federal law passed in 1929 curtailed immigration? | National Origins Act |
This was a celebrated 1924 contest that pitted Darwinian evolutionists against fundamentalist "Creationists," what was this? | Scopes Trial |
Which event had great War veterans gathering together demanding for immediate payment on their bonuses? | Bonus Army |
What policy did President Herbert Hoover promote for better relations between the United Sates and nations in the Western Hemisphere | "Good Neighbor" policy. |
What was the incident called where Secretary of the Interior, Albert Fall, accepted bribes from oil companies that ended up leasing the Teapot Dome federal oil reserve in Wyoming? | Teapot Dome Scandal |
Where was the National Origins Act mostly active? | Southern & Eastern Europe & Asia. |
What else is the Scopes Trial considered? | Also called the, "Monkey Trial" |
Who was John T. Scopes and what happened to him? | John T. Scopes, a teacher charged with defying Tennessee law by teaching evolution, was found guilty and fined $100. |
Was the Bonus Army a successful event? | Congress rejected their demands, and President Hoover ordered U.S. troops to drive them from the capital. |
Who gathered in Washington D.C. in June 1932, demanding immediate payment of their "adjusted compensation" bonuses voted by Congress in 1924? | Around 20,000 Great War veterans. |
Did the "Good Neighbor" policy declare America's intention to disclaim the right to intervention pronounced in the Platt Amendment and te Roosevelt Corallary, true or false? | True. |
Who accepted bribes from oil companies that then leased the Teapot Dome federal oil reserve in Wyoming? | Albert Fall. |
During who's administration did the Teapot Dome Scandal occur? | The administration of Warren Harding. |
Who was the symbol of what some called, "Lost Generation" in writing? | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
Who was claimed to be the "Master of the Assembly Line"? | Henry Ford |
Who was described as the, "Sports Hero"? | Jim Thorpe |
Who was a writer during the Harlem Renaissance? | Zora Neale Hurston. |
Which person is considered the leader of Black Nationalism? | Marcus Garvey. |
One of the anarchist accused of murder was? Who was the other? | Bartolomeo Vanzetti. The other anarchist was Nicola Sacco. Both Italian immigrants. |