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Number of men lost in World War 1
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48,000 to combat, 50,000 to the Spanish influenza epidemic, 98,000 Total
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The way the troops felt at the BEGINNING of World War 1
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Idealistic
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The way the troops felt at the END of World War 1
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Disillusioned
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World War 1 marked America's first _______ in a foreign war.
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Involvement
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A secret agreement between the governments of the UK and France,[1] with the assent of Imperial Russia, defining their respective spheres of influence and control in Western Asia after the expected downfall of the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
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Sykes-Picot Agreement
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Number of men lost in World War 1
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48,000 to combat, 50,000 to the Spanish influenza epidemic, 98,000 Total
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The way the troops felt at the BEGINNING of World War 1
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Idealistic
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The way the troops felt at the END of World War 1
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Disillusioned
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World War 1 marked America's first _______ in a foreign war.
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Involvement
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A secret agreement between the governments of the UK and France,[1] with the assent of Imperial Russia, defining their respective spheres of influence and control in Western Asia after the expected downfall of the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
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Sykes-Picot Agreement
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A declaration of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.
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The Balfour Declaration
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Symbols of freedom in America after World War 1 included:
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Art, music, architecture and everyday fashion
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The Amendment concerning Women's Voting Rights
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The 19th Amendment
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The Amendment concerning the prohibition of alcohol
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The 18th Amendment
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The leader of the Women's Right's Movement
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Susan B. Anthony
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Leader of the Women's Right's Movement, together with Susan B. Anthony
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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These women bobbed their hair, and wore dresses just below the knee.
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Flappers
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What did Temperance mean?
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No alcohol was allowed.
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What was referred to as "The Noble Experiment?"
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The 18th Amendment prohibiting alcohol.
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What group lobbied hardest for the 18th and 19th Amendments?
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Women
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This newspaperman made fun of the President and of the politics of the day
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H.L. Mencken
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Who did Mencken use the word "boob" to describe?
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FDR, as a jerk.
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What disease struck FDR in 1921?
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Polio
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How did FDR take the news of his polio?
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Stoically, which means bravely, without emotion.
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What did Alice Roosevelt Longworth, the President's sister, call Eleanor Roosevelt's friends?
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Female Impersonators
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In the 1920's,what future jobs did the Democratic Party think FDR would hold?
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Governor of New York, and the President of The Untied States.
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What does "renaissance" mean?
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New birth
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Where is Harlem?
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New York
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Who organized the Universal Negro Improvement Association, or the UNIA, and believed in separatism?
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Marcus Garvey
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What was the UNIA?
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The Universal Negro Improvemnt Association
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What is the NAACP?
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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What was the purpose of the NAACP?
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It sought the integration of black people into American society with full civil rights. (It was founded by mostly white people.)
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He was an ex-slave who was timid and not elite.
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Booker T Washington
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This black man wanted blacks to be separate, and to live away from whites.
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Marcus Garvey
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This black man wanted everything that the white man had for all black people.
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W.E.B. DuBois
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What was the Great Migration?
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The movement of black people northward in the 1920's. They particularly were drawn to Harlem.
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Marcus Garvey's views and objectives included:
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A separate society for blacks, and a possible return to Africa.
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What was Marcus Garvey's downfall?
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He met with the Ku Klux Klan to try to tell them that the blacks wanted to be separate.
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How did the black community react to Marcus Garvey's visit with the Ku Klux Klan?
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They no longer trusted him.
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What events happened in association with the Harlem Renaissance?
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Marches, organizations, writers, the birth of Jazz,
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What was The Cotton Club?
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A swinging night club in Harlem, organized by the Mafia.
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Who was Duke Ellington?
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The bandleader of The Cotton Club. Wrote and performed great Jazz classics.
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Who was Langston Hughes?
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A black poet from Harlem who "felt" the black man.
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What was a speakeasy?
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An after hours club that served alcohol secretly.
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What did it mean to be "Sent by Joe"?
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The phrase used to get into a speakeasy.
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What was The Cotton Club?
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A swinging night club in Harlem, organized by the Mafia.
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Who was Duke Ellington?
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The bandleader of The Cotton Club. Wrote and performed great Jazz classics.
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Who was Langston Hughes?
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A black poet from Harlem who "felt" the black man.
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What was a speakeasy?
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An after hours club that served alcohol secretly.
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What did it mean to be "Sent by Joe"?
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The phrase used to get into a speakeasy.
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What brave act did Herbert Hoover take as Commerce Secretary?
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He signed an order banning racial segregation in his department.
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What is "normalcy"
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Society coming back to 'normal' after World War 1.
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What is The Kremlin?
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The government of the Soviet Union (now known as Russia)
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What is something that Hoover did for Russians as Commerce Secretary?
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Provided famine relief to Russia.
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Name the members of Warren G. Harding's cabinet.
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Secretary of State: Charles Evans Hughes
Secretary of Treasury: Andrew Mellon Secretary of Commerce: Herbert Hoover Chief Justice/Supreme Court: William H. Taft Attorney General: Harry Daugherty Postmaster General: Will Hays Head of Veterans Bureau: Charles Forbes |
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What brave act did Herbert Hoover take as Commerce Secretary?
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He signed an order banning racial segregation in his department.
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What is "normalcy"
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Society coming back to 'normal' after World War 1.
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What is The Kremlin?
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The government of the Soviet Union (now known as Russia)
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What is something that Hoover did for Russians as Commerce Secretary?
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Provided famine relief to Russia.
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Name the members of Warren G. Harding's cabinet.
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Secretary of State: Charles Evans Hughes
Secretary of Treasury: Andrew Mellon Secretary of Commerce: Herbert Hoover Chief Justice/Supreme Court: William H. Taft Attorney General: Harry Daugherty Postmaster General: Will Hays Head of Veterans Bureau: Charles Forbes |
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What was the International Disarmament Conference of 1921?
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Tied to the Washington Treaties, it was focused on scrapping the new naval construction.
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What were the Washington Treaties?
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They outlawed the use of poison gas in war. They were meant to make war less dramatic. and to create rules of war.
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Who was Eugene Debs?
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A man who was imprisoned for violating the Sedition Act, an act prohibiting talking profanely about the United States. Harding magnanimously pardoned him.
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What is magnanimity
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It means gracious or forgiving.
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What got President Harding into trouble?
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His cabinet was involved in scandals. That mad him look bad.
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What did Harding's troubles lead to on August 2, 1923?
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His death
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Who was sworn in as president following Harding's death?
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Calvin Coolidge
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What did Calvin, Jr. think of his dad?
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He didn't like him. Thought little of him.
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What does reticent mean?
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Someone who is soft spoken and quiet.
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President Coolidge's nickname was _______.
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Silent Cal.
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Describe the state of prohibition under Coolidge.
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It didn't work. It led to other things.
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What was "The Foreign Element"
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The unwanted immigrant
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What was the status of immigration in the 1920's?
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Restricted. Many not happy about it.
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What is a census?
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A population count.
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What does the word 'quota' mean?
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A numerical limit
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What wete immigration quotas?
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Limits on the number of immigrants that came from a certain country, i.e. Eastern, and Southeastern Europe
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What were immigration quota designed to do?
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Restrict Jews and Catholics
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What are Eugenics?
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A belief that good physical and mental health came from having good genes. It said people with good genes should have lots of kids, and people with "bad" ones should not.
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How did eugenics affect American's view of immigration?
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It made them against it.
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Name the economist who wrote "The Races Of Europe".
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William Z. Ripley
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Expalin the footnote at the bottom of pg. 163: "German Scientists in the 1920's and 1930's would go beyond Ripley's work with lethal consequences for all of Europe."
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Hitler would decide who should live and who should die based on such beliefs as Ripley's.
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Who was Margaret Sanger? Was she a bigot?
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Founder of Planned Parenthood. Yes, because she did so to control who was to have children. Believed in eugenics.
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What is 'Motown'?
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Detroit. Short for The Motor City. Named so because of Henry Ford.
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What was the good side and bad side of Henry Ford?
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The good side: He gave people jobs and good wages. Bad side: He was anti semitic, and hated Jews.
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How did Thomas Edison affect Henry Ford?
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He tried to sotp his anti-semitism. They were good friends.
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What book did Hitler refer to as his 'Bible'?
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The Passing Of The Great Race
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