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What caused the silent protest parade? |
Black people deaths during the East St Louis riots |
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What is the silent protest parade? |
10,000 African Americans walked along fifth avenue to 57th street |
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What did the silent protest parade result in? |
Woodrow Wilson did not implement anti-lynching legislation |
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How many Model T’s were made? |
15 million |
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Productivity rose ___% in the 1920s? |
90 |
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Define Welfare Capitalism |
Companies provide benefits to employees to boost worker satisfaction and loyalty |
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Why is there a rise in consumerism? |
1. People want new tech 2. Advertising is playing a role in the economy 3. Borrowing money becomes respectable 4. Credit 5. 90% of durable goods were bought on credit |
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Henry Ford |
Made the first moving assembly line and produced the first affordable car |
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What impact did the model T make? |
It changed the way Americans worked and traveled |
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Who is Al Capone? |
Al Capone made millions by selling illegal liquor. |
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What is prohibition? |
Anti-Alcohol laws. Need for grain and discipline during ww1 gives more reason to ban alcohol |
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Volstead Act |
Enforced the 18th admendment |
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Saint Valentine’s Day massacre |
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre was the 1929 Valentine's Day murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang. The men were gathered at a Lincoln Park garage on the morning of Valentine's Day. They were lined up against a wall and shot by four unknown assailants who were dressed like police officers. |
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What was the red scare? |
A "Red Scare" is the promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism or anarchism by a society or state. |
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What were the Palmer raids? |
The Palmer Raids were a series of raids conducted in November 1919 and January 1920 during the First Red Scare by the United States Department of Justice under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson to capture and arrest suspected radical leftists, mostly Italian and Eastern European immigrants and especially anarchists and communists, and deport them from the United States. |
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