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19 Cards in this Set
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3000 |
Claimed number of infants smothered by drunken parents |
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30% |
Alcohol consumption fell by in he prohibition era |
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35 seconds |
Time taken for a prohibition agent to find alcohol in New York |
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1 in 12 |
Prohibition agents were fired for corruption |
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$2 Billion |
Organised gangs made from selling illegal alcohol |
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130 |
Gangland murders 1926-27 in Chicago, yet no arrests |
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Over 300 |
Lynchings of African Americans 1919-25 |
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4.5 mil |
Members of the KKK at its peak in 1924 |
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36 |
Bombs posted by anarchists to prominent Americans |
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60,000 |
Suspects arrested in the Mitchell Palmer raids / red scare |
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10,000 |
Number of red scare suspects told they’d be deported vs how many had evidence |
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1917 Literacy test |
Set English and writing tests for immigrants (None from Asian Pacific zones) |
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1917 Literacy test |
Set English and writing tests for immigrants (None from Asian Pacific zones) |
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1921 Emergency quota act |
Limited the number of immigrants from the East based on how many we’re already in the USA |
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1917 Literacy test |
Set English and writing tests for immigrants (None from Asian Pacific zones) |
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1921 Emergency quota act |
Limited the number of immigrants from the East based on how many we’re already in the USA |
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1924 Immigration act |
Lowered the amount of people from the East allowed |
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21st amendment, 1933 |
Repeal of prohibition |
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Al Capone |
Gangster boss of Chicago |
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