Twenties & Thirties Review

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What is the purpose of this poster?

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encourage people to support women's suffrage

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Which action is an example of nativism in the 1920s? Options: widespread violation of prohibition laws, efforts to improve living conditions for Native Americans, passage of laws restricting immigration, encouragement of settlement houses for new immigrants

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passage of laws restricting immigration

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During the Red Scare that followed WWI, the U.S. government feared:

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communists were planning a revolution in the United States.

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What did the Palmer Raids, KKK resurgence, and the Sacco & Vanzetti trials all demonstrate about America in the 1920's?

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extremists & radicals were trying to change America

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What was the outcome of the Sacco & Vanzetti trial?

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Two immigrants were executed and questions about their involvement in the crime still exist.

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Which of the following accurately describes immigration laws in the 1920's: quotas restricted immigration from certain countries, increase in number of immigrants admitted to U.S. each year, set same quotas for all nations, no new immigrants were allowed?

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quotas restricted immigration from certain countries

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Which of the following is an accurate description of the buying on credit during the 1920s? Most Americans did not take advantage of buying on credit during this time period. People would pay a small amount for a product, and pay off the remaining value installments very quickly. It was a smart way to buy products that you could not afford.

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Credit was easy to get, a lot of people had very little in savings

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This amendment made the manufacture, transportation, sale, and consumption of alcohol illegal.

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This amendment ended prohibition.

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Which of the following BEST describes the effects of Prohibition? Options: Strained relations with Canada, because so much illegal alcohol was shipped across the Canadian border. More expensive homemade alcohol, such as moonshine, which was sold in speakeasies. The rise of organized crime, as gangs became more powerful with the money they got from selling illegal alcohol. Men beat their lives less, there was less crime overall

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The rise of organized crime, as gangs became more powerful with the money they got from selling illegal alcohol.