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chapter 12
us honors history
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| scopes trail | a sensation 1925 court case in which the biology teacher john t. scopes was tried for challenging a tennese law that said you couldnt teach evolution he was found guilty |
| clarence darrow | the most famous trail lawyer who defended scopes |
| prohibition | the banning of the sale manufacture and possesion of alcohol this lead to the rise of gangs |
| russian revolution | the czar was uunable with the crimes in russia there was complete mayhem soon the czar abidated his throne it was replaced by was is in charge a group of revolutionists overthrew this and formed a communist form of gocernment |
| immigration restrictions | the qouta system establishedthe max # of people who could enter the us from each foriegn country did not include anybody in the western hemisphere |
| palmer raids | palmer laid raids to hunt down suspected communists socialists and anarchists they jailed and deported them with no trail soon they figured palmer was crazy because nothing big happened |
| KKK | they were very STRONG natavists believed in americanism they lead racial violence they tried to influence state national and local government |
| UNIA | delt with the daily challenges faced threats and discrimination mrcus gravey thought that blacks should form a seperate society |
| NAACP | urged african americans to agressivly protest racial vviolence antilynching bills never succeded represented the new vioce of african americans |
| automobiles | created paved roads houses came with garages gasoline stations were built people could travel farther also provided many factories also was a status symbol |