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90 Cards in this Set
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Who were the men in the Big 3?
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Woodrow Wilson
David Lloyde George Georges Clemenceau |
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What was the treaty of the Big 3?
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Treaty of Versailles
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List 8 parts of the Treaty of Versailles
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1. Article 231 (War Guilt Clause)
2. Repararations 3. German army was almost eliminated 4. German airforce was elimintated 5. German navy was almost eliminated 6. League of Nations 7. Rhineland 8. Austria-Hungary split up |
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What is article 231?
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The War-Guilt Clause
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What does the War Guilt Clause state?
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Germany alone is responsible for starting the war
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What part of Germany was de-militarized?
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Rhineland
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What was Austria-Hungary split up into?
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Austria
Hungary Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia |
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How much of the senate must approve for a treaty to be ratified?
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2/3
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What committee must approve a treaty?>
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Senate's Foreign Relations Committee
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Who was the chairman of the Senate's foreign relations committee?
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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How did Wilson publicize the treaty?
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Traveling by train and giving speeches
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What did the Foreign Relations Committee do with the treaty?
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Made about 20 changes
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What was the first vote on the revised treaty?
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It was defeated because wilson didn't like it
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What was the second vote on the original treaty?
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It was defeated because not enought people voted for it
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What was the biggest problem America had with the Treaty of Versailles?
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League of Nations
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Why didn't the US like the Leauge of Nations?
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Thought it was giving up our sovereignty
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Did the US join the league of nations as it was being created?
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no
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What age group did the Spanish Influenza Epidemic kill?
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18-35
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What happens with the Spanish Influenza?
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Body produces too many fluids
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Why was there a boom time in the twenties?
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European economy was bad
New products |
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What is consumerism?
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The ability to purchase goods that are not necessary for survival
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What was the change in advertising?
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Short description of the product to images
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Who did magazins appeal to?
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Those who lived a fast-paced life
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Before magazines, where did the majority of the news come from?
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radio or newspaper
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Who created Time Magazine?
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Henry Luce
Briton Hadden |
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What magazine put the news into one format and condensed books?
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Reader's Digest
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What was the big change in the movie industry?
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Addition of sound
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What was used in movies before sound?
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Subtitles
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What were movies called in the twenties?
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talkies
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What was the first "talkie" and who starred?
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"The Jazz Singer" starring Al Jolson
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Who was the biggest movie star of the twenties?
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Rudolf Valentino
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Why was Rudolph Valentino a big movie star?
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He bared his chest on screen
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What is the "Trial of the Century"?
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Scope's monkey Trial
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What law restricted the teaching of anything other than Divine creation?
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The Butler Law
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What scientist hypothosized evolution?
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Charles Darwin
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What is the ACLU?
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American Civil Liberties Union
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What did the ACLU do about the butler law?
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Looked for someone who was willing to break it
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What did the ACLU claim the Bulter law was a violation of?
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The First Amendment
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What teacher did the ACLU find?
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John Scopes
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Where did the Scope's Monkey Trial take place?
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Dayton, TN
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How long did the Scope's Monkey trial last?
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12 days
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Who was the lawyer provided by the ACLU?
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Clarence Darrow
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Who was the prosecuting lawyer?
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William Jennings Bryant
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What was the conviction of Scopes?
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Guilty
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What was Scopes' punishment?
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$100 fine, paid by the ACLU
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What was the Lost Generation dissolusioned about?
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The war
Consumerism |
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Who coined the term Lost Generation?
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Gertrude Stein
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Who were four writers of the Lost Generation?
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Ernest Hemmingway
H. L. Mencken Sinclair Lewis F. Scott Fitzgerald |
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What did Ernest Hemmingway write?
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"A Farewell to Arms," about an American officer who deserts the Army
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What magazine was H. L. Mencken the editor for?
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The Smart Set
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What did Mencken thing of religion?
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They are false, for weak-minded
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What did Mencken think of the American people?
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Too caught up in consumerism
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Where was Sinclair Lewis born>
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Sauk Centre, Minnesota
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What did Sinclair Lewis write?
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"Main Street" about small-town America
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What did Sinclair Lewis say American's small towns were filled with?
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Small-minded people
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What did F. Scott Fitzgerald write?
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The Great Gatsby
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What were the two manifestations of Anti-Immigrant Sentiments?
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Ku Klux Klan
Anti-immigrant legislation |
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What were the tratitional enemies of the KKK?
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Blacks
Immigrants Catholics |
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Where did the KKK begin?
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Stone mountain, Georgia
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Why did the KKK dislike Immigrants?
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1. Competition for jobs
2. Different |
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How did the KKK try to intimidate their enemies?
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1. Burning crosses
2. Acts of violence 3. Getting them fired 4. Lynchings |
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Who was the head of the KKK in Indiana?
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David Stephenson
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Who was David Stephenson's secratary?
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Madge Oberholtzer
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What happened to Madge Oberholtzer?
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She was kidnapped, forced to drink alcohol and raped by David Stephenson
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What happened to Madge Oberholtzer?
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Committed suicide because David tried again
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What happend to Stephenson?
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he was convicted of kidnapping, rape and murder
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The conviction of David Stephenson was what to KKK memebers?
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A wakeup call
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What law was passed against Immigrants?
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National Origins Act
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What did the National Origins Act state?
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Real Americans were from Western Europe
Banned immigration from East Asia |
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What were the main causes of the Great Depression?
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1. Stock Market Crash
2. Run on banks 3. Failure of the Ag economy 4. Snowball effect 5. Cynical nature of the economy |
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What is the day called that the stock market crashed?
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Black Tuesday
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Why did banks fail?
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1. Had money invested in the stock market
2. Run on banks 3. Farmers went bankrupt, couldn't pay back loans |
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What caused a global depression?
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Banks called in loans
Loans from American banks had been given to Germany |
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Where was the Dust Bowl?
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Farmland from Texas to North Dakota
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Why did the farmland in the dust bowl turn to dust?
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Record high heat, record low rainfall
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How did the KKK try to intimidate their enemies?
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1. Burning crosses
2. Acts of violence 3. Getting them fired 4. Lynchings |
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Who was the head of the KKK in Indiana?
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David Stephenson
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Who was David Stephenson's secratary?
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Madge Oberholtzer
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What happened to Madge Oberholtzer?
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She was kidnapped, forced to drink alcohol and raped by David Stephenson
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What happened to Madge Oberholtzer?
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Committed suicide because David tried again
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What happend to Stephenson?
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he was convicted of kidnapping, rape and murder
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The conviction of David Stephenson was what to KKK memebers?
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A wakeup call
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What law was passed against Immigrants?
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National Origins Act
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What did the National Origins Act state?
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Real Americans were from Western Europe
Banned immigration from East Asia |
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What were the main causes of the Great Depression?
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1. Stock Market Crash
2. Run on banks 3. Failure of the Ag economy 4. Snowball effect 5. Cynical nature of the economy |
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What is the day called that the stock market crashed?
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Black Tuesday
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Why did banks fail?
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1. Had money invested in the stock market
2. Run on banks 3. Farmers went bankrupt, couldn't pay back loans |
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What caused a global depression?
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Banks called in loans
Loans from American banks had been given to Germany |
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Where was the Dust Bowl?
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Farmland from Texas to North Dakota
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Why did the farmland in the dust bowl turn to dust?
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Record high heat, record low rainfall
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