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What is Political Intolerance? |
It's refusing to accept other people/countries political beliefs and treating them differently because of this. |
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What was the Red Scare? |
It was the fear that the Communism would spread to the USA and eventually take over. |
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What proofed their fear? |
There was a wave of disturbance across America. 400,000 American workers went on strike and bombs were set. |
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What happened in Boston? |
The police went on strike allowing thieves to roam the city, which made the people see it as a dangerous sign. |
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What happened to people who set up bombs? |
They were deported from USA. |
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Who were Sacco and Vanzetti? |
They were victims of the Red Scare because they were anarchists. (They believed in removing all forms of government/law) |
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Why were they arrested in 1920? |
They were accused of an armed robbery and murder. |
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What did their trial turn into? |
A trial of their radical ideas instead of a trial for murder. |
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What did the judge say? |
Although Vanzetti is not to blame for the murder, he is still blamed for being an enemy of their institution. |
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What is Religious Intolerance? |
It's refusing to accept other people because of their religious beliefs. |
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Why did people oppose Darwin's theory of evolution? |
People took the story of God creating the world in 7 days literally as they were very religious. Darwin's theory opposed their belief. |
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How did people react? |
Fundamentalist Christians set up the Anti-Evolution League in 1924 in order to try and ban the teaching of Evolution. |
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Was teaching Evolution banned in schools? |
Yes in several states in the 'Bible Belt' of the Mid-West. |
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Who was John Scopes? |
He was a biology teacher who taught evolution. |
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What was John Scopes' case called? |
The Monkey Trial |
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What is Racial Intolerance? |
It's refusing to accept other people because of their race. |
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What discrimination did Black Americans suffer? |
They couldn't vote, had controlled freedom, suffered poverty and they were denied access to good jobs and education. |
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What does KKK stand for? |
Ku Klux Klan |
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Who were they and what did they want? |
They were a white supremacy movement, who wanted white people to be in charge and at the top of everything. |
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What did they do? |
They used violence to punish Black Americans such as burning houses and lynching. |
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Where were they the strongest? |
In the South of America because there was a high population of Black people. |
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What improved for Black Americans in the North? |
They had a better chance of getting a good job and education. There was an university for black people and they were able to set up businesses. New York and Chicago had a small, growing black middle class. Some black Americans were able to emigrate back to Africa. |
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What were the problems? |
In New York black people lived in cheaper houses, but paid higher rent. They had poorer education and health services. Middle-class black Americans blamed new black people. |
