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HIST Exam #2 Jay Jay
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Paris Peace Conference | Wilson invited no Republicans Republicans won both house in 1918 Republicans opposed the League of Nations Charter |
| Allies(France, England) | Demand reparations from Germans Armistice: November 11, 1918 |
| True or False: U.S. did not join the League of Nations | True |
| Post-War Probs | Labor unrest Racial violence "red scare" |
| Prosperity | 1922-1929 Explostion of autos advertising radio |
| Economy | open shops Union membership slipped Welfare Capitalism |
| Trends | Prohibition: 18th amendment (1919) Gangsters |
| President Warren G. Harding | 1920 "return to normalcy" Died in office in 1923 |
| President Calvin Coolidge | Former MA governor "business of America is business" Reelected in 1924 |
| Immigration | Immigration act 1924 Limited immigration |
| Culture | F. Scott Fitzgerald "The Great Gatsby" Harlem Renaissance |
| Harlem Renaissance | Urban League; Opportunity Alain Locke Langston Hughes Jazz |
| Women | Equal rights Smaller families More working women the 20s a "flapper" |
| Post War U.S. | Red scare 100% Americanism Intolerance |
| A. Mitchell Palmer | Palmer Raids 1919-1920 Arrests Deportations |
| 1928 Election | Herbert Hoover (Republican) Alfred E. Smith (Democrat) |
| Herbert Hoover | Protestant Efficiency and individualism "dry" - supporter prohibition |
| Alfred E. Smith | Roman Catholic Descended from immigrants Big city backing "wet" - Alcohol okay |