1920s

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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Which of the following was NOT a reason for the relative economic prosperity in the 1920s? Options: increased consumer buying aided by easy credit, availability of oil for fuel and innovations for its use, the development of the assembly line
Back
increased savings by most Americans
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
All of the following were forces that helped to bring about Prohibition EXCEPT:
- Dry states wanted a national law because their citizens could go to wet states to subvert their laws
- Businesses felt that productivity could be increased if "blue Monday's" could be eliminated
- The temperance movement had a close alliance with the women's movement and the success of one helped the success of the other
- In order to prove their patriotism most ethnic groups wanted it
Back
In order to prove their patriotism most ethnic groups wanted it
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Business leaders who wanted to promote a higher level of consumption of their products and get rid of the old ideas of thrift developed:
Back
installment buying
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Which of the following became a symbol for corruption of the Harding administration? Muscle Shoals, Sacco-Vanzetti, Teapot Dome, Greenwich Village
Back
Teapot Dome
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
This politician, Attorney General under Wilson, took advantage of the Red Scare of 1919-20 to arrest thousands of radicals and either jail them or ship them to Russia. Who was he?
Back
A. Mitchell Palmer
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Symbolic of the popular fears of immigrants, communism, change, and diversity, this group became very powerful during the 20s with a reputed 5 million members and hatred for anyone who was foreign, Catholic or Jewish, liberal or different. What was the group?
Back
Ku Klux Klan
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Who was the charismatic political leader of the United Negro Improvement Association who eventually ended up being deported back to his Jamaican homeland for mail-fraud against his own people?
Back
Marcus Garvey
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