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A time of great changes in politics and law enforcement. |
The Roaring 20's |
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What was the first presidential election where women were aloud to vote? |
1920 |
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Gave women the right to vote |
19th amendment |
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Who became president |
Warren G. Harding |
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What amendment prohibited the making or selling of liquor |
18th amendment |
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Who were peace treaties signed with? |
Austria and Germany |
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What amendment repealed prohibition? |
21st amendment |
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Second president of the 1920's? |
Calvin Coolidge |
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What were 5 culture and life styles of the 1920's? |
1. First movie was produced 2. Women changed their dress 3. Henry Ford made the Model T. 4. Jazz bands and dancing 5. Radio industry began. |
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Give 5 reasons for the depression. |
1. Effects of WWI 2. Over production 3. Over expansion of industries 4. Too much buying of installment plan 5. Too much real estate buying |
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People began to live in clumps or shacks called what? |
Hoovervilles |
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Paid 3 billion for wages on public works projects. |
Glass-Steagall Banking Act |
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What corporation was created? |
FDIC |
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What employed 3 million young men in forestry work, road building, and flood control? |
CCC |
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What created a farm credit to farmers to plant their crops? |
AAA |
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What gave powers to the president to regulate banking and to reopen sound banks and gave aid to home owners. |
WPA |
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What was declared unconstitutional in 1935 |
NRA |
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What developed river resources into electric power plants for the Appalachian region? |
TVA |
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Who became the first women cabinet member-Secretary of labor? |
Francis Perkins |
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What were 5 causes of WWII |
1. Treaty of WWI 2. Nationalism 3. Dictators 4. Economic depression 5. Democracies letting down military |
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What battle stopped the Japanese from going further southeast and taking Australia? |
Battle of coral sea |
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What battle was a 2 day battle one thousand miles northwest of Hawaii? |
Battle of midway |
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What were 3 new weapons created by WWII |
1. U.S. Atomic bomb 2. Germans-first long range rockets 3. Germans-first jet propelled fighter planes. |
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What were the 3 big conferences? |
1. FDR -U.S. In Iran 2nd front against Germany 2. Churchill -England at Yalta Russia: asked Stalin to help beat war against Japan 3. Stalin Russia at pots dam Germany Attlee: division of Germany |
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What were 5 results of WWII |
1. Killed more people than any other war 2. Russia became the most powerful country in Europe 3. Division of Austria and Germany 4. The U.S. Under general macarthur occupied Japan 5. After WWII, isolation as a term for U.S. foreign policy ended. |
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