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GOV. CHP 20-23
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the trial and execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti demonstrated that: | the red scare extended into the 1920s |
| agriculture in the 1920s | experienced declining incomes and increased bank foreclosures |
| labor unions lost members in the 1920s for all of the following reasons except | through collective bargaining, labor unions had secured a national eight hour day |
| the equal rights amendment | proposed to eliminate all legal distinctions based on sex |
| which would not be considered a characteristic of a flapper | advocated temperance |
| president hardings call for a return to normalcy meant | a call for the regular order of things without progressive reform |
| the hays code | prohibited movies from depicting nudity, long kisses, and adultery. |
| all of the statements about prohibitions during the 1920s are true except | religious fundamentalists opposed prohibitions on the grounds that it violated freedom |
| the scopes trial of 1925 | pitted creationists against evolutionists |
| all o the following statements about the 1924 immigration act are true except | sought to ensure that more immigrants came from Southern Europe than from northern europe |
| cultural pluralism | was another way of describing the process of americanization |
| the Harlem renaissance | included writers and poets such as Langston huge and Claude mckay |
| the great depression was caused by all of the following factors except | increased government regulation of baking and the stock market |
| the great depression shaped the lives of Americans in all of the following ways except | the American suicide rate declined |
| president hoover responde4d to the onset of the depression by | reassuring Americans that "the tide had turned" |
| code talkers | Navajos |
| Dumbarton oaks | united nations |
| Good Neighbor Policy | Latin america |
| freedom house | |
| office war information | mobilized American public opinion |
| black internationalism | opposed colonialism |
| GI bill | education for veterans |
| yalta conference | big three meeting |
| nye committee | BLSMED NUISNESSPEOPLE FOR WORLD WAR 1 INVOLVEMENT |
| bracero program | Mexican agricultural workers |
| zoo suit riots | Mexican American youths |
| smith v . Allwright | civil rights case |
| why did American policymakers agree to spend billions of dollars on the economic recovery of Europe under the Marshall plan? | western and European nations might fall into the soviet sphere of influence |
| how did the new deal apply to women? | Elenor Rosevelt played a big part during this time, before her involvement post Great Depression relief only applied to men. she included economic relief for women such as work opportunities, unemployment compensation, and the ability to form unions, |
| causes of great depresson | stock market crash, unequal distribution of income, farming not making money, consumer spending dropped. |
| how did the political climate change in the south during world war 2 in the early Cold War years | the number of African American in the region that were registed to vote increased sevenfold |
| downfall of Jospeh mccarthy in 1954 | the army |
| how did white supremacists take advantage of anti-communist rhetoric | charged African American civil rights leaders with communist agenda |
| according to the policy of containment as laid out by George kennan | United States. was committed to prevent the spread of communism |
| the Truman doctorine | committed the U.S. to fighting communism anywhere |
| how did the united states respond to the blockade around Berlin | truman orders supplies to be brought via an airlift |
| enactment of the policy containment exceptionalism | the Warsaw pact |
| the Korean war | ended in stalemate |
| the principle of human rights was introduced | in the revolutionary period of the late eighteenth centuryt |
| true about the fair deal except | congress passed tremens fair dal to raise the standard of living for americans |
| which civil rights measure was enacted during trumans administration? | desegregation of the armed forces |
| true about the cold war impact on American life except | Cold War military spending weakened the economy |
| operation wetback | deported illegal aliens found in Mexican American neighborhood |
| the impact of the Cold War on the civil rights movement | included government action against black leaders |
| FDRs four freedoms | Freedom from want, freedom of speech, freedom from fear, freedom of religon |
| the good neighbor policy | was a foreign policy based on the recognition of the autonomy of Latin American countries |
| France and britians policy toward Germany of giving concessions in hopes of avoiding war was called | appeasement |
| a racism rose in Europe and Asia during the 1930s, most Americans | supported U.S. neutrally |
| Cash and carry plan | allowed great Britain to purchase u.s. arms on a restricted basis |
| the lend lease act | authorized military aid to those fighting against Germany and Japan |
| december 7th 1941 a "date that will live in infamy" | the Japanese attack on pearl harbor |
| D-day | invasion of Europe and normandy |
| bank holiday | Roosevelt's first action |
| national recovery administration | blue eagle |
| Wagner act | recognized labor unions |
| social security | minimun retirement program |
| house un American activities committe | investigated disloyalty |
| scottsboro case | international labor defense |
| popular front | communists |
| civilian conservation corps | relief for young men |
| Tennessee Vally authority | hydroelectric project |
| dust bowl | bought struck area around Oklahoma and texas |
| FIRESIDE CHAT | RADIO ADDRESS |
| libarlism | large and active government |
| the united states during world war ll | unemployment declined, production soared, and income taxes increased |
| during the war Americans | scare consumer goods such as gasoline |
| zoo suit riots or 1943 | highlighted the limits of racial tolerance during world war ll |
| The 1943 texas Caucasian Race equal privileges resolution | granted equal rights to all texans, regardless of race |
| false about Japanese internment | one their loyalty was proven they were free |
| double v campaign | effort to end discrimination against blacks while fighting fascism |
| new negro | rejection of established stereotypes |
| bonus march | unemployed world war 1 veterans |
| reconstruction finance corporation | government loan agency |
| slumming | whites seeking exotic adventure |
| American civil liberties union | protected civil liberties |
| hays code | adopted by film industry |
| fordlandia | global spread of American corporations for blacks |
| scopes trial | fundamentalism |
| Ku Klux Klan | discriminated against catholics and jews |
| national origins act | set quotas for immigration |
| pujo investigations | Wall Street corruption revealed |
| boarder patrol | illegal alien |
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