Robideaux -Ss 10 - Chp. 12 Test

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Social Studies 10
Test - Chapter 12
A Stormy Era

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cut apart and study

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The Great Migration was a series of controversial raids by the U.S. Justice and Immigration Depts. (1918-1921) to stop threat of communism T/F

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FALSE

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Bolshevik is the Russian word for the majority T/F

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TRUE

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The Palmer raids violated rights guaranteed to U.S. citizens in the fifth amendment of the U.S. Constitution T/F

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TRUE

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In the 1920's, the Ku Klux Klan reemerged to promote white supremacy T/F

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TRUE

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Nativism is a movement to limit immigration T/F

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TRUE

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The Darrow trial of 1925 challenged the law against teaching evolution in public schools T/F

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FALSE

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Term for a political or economic theory in which community members own all property, resources, production, and control distribution of goods?

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Socialism

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Name of Christian religious movement based on pamphlets that state every word in Bible is true because it is inspired by God?

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fundamentalism

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What is the term given to the fear of communism, socialism, or other extreme ideas?

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"Red Scare"

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Term for the illegal distribution of liquor during prohibition?

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Bootlegging

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Law making alcohol illegal, people drank secretly in bars

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Prohibition

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Term for economic system in which means of production and distribution are privately owned, prices determined by open competition and free market

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Capitalism

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Term for the movement of over 2 million African Americans that came north from the south to look for jobs.

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Great Migration

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Term used in 1920s, which was a period marked by changes in manners, morals, and fashions?

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Jazz Age

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Term for the system in which the market forces a supply and demand to determine prices and allocate available supplies, without government intervention?

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Free Market

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Term for establishments that illegally sold and served liquor during prohibition?

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Speakeasies

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Term for the theory of classless social system in which all property and means of production that are owned are in common?

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Communism

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Term for a strike in which many unions participate in order to show worker unity?

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General Strike

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What events led to the Red Scare?

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Fear, sparked by the Russian Revolution, that the U.S. govenment would be overthrown.

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How did the popularity of the Harlem Renaissance reflect the racial attitudes of the 1920s?

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African Americans received a measure of cultural recognition but few political or economic rights

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In Eastern Europe after WWI, the greatest obstacle to national unity in many nation-states was what?

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the great ethnic diversity in the region

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What was the result of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s?

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there was an increase of recognition of African-American writers and musicians

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Describe the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s?

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it was a period of great achievement by African-American writers, artists, and performers

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Which factors were the major causes of the Red Scare, during the Cold War, and the Palmer Raids, after WWI?

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The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 in Russia and workers' strikes in the United States.

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What event represented an expression of nativism during the 1920s?

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adoption of a quota system to limit immigration

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During the first 3 decades of the 20th century, what was the main reason many African Americans left the South?

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more factory jobs were available in the North

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Which generalization can best be drawn from the experiment with national Prohibition (1919-1933)?

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Social attitudes can make laws difficult to enforce

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Why did the postwar economy enter a period of adjustment?

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there was wartime demand for goods dropped

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What did many Americans support as a result of labor strikes and terrorist acts?

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Nativism

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Give two examples of how the red scare provoked injustice?

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Palmer raids and Sacco and Vanzetti case

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What did Marcus Garvey do?

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he led a movement to encourage racial pride and self pride among African Americans

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What was the ultimate symbol of the Jazz Age culture -- a young woman would have this?

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greater freedom in morals and manners than previous generations

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How did the growth of mass media and advances in transportation affect Americans?

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it simplified life for many Americans

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In the 1920s, what was the main goal of the Ku Klux Klan?

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to promote white supremacy

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Why did many Americans fear Vladimir I. Lenin and his followers, the Bolsheviks?

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they promoted a worldwide communist revolution

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What impact did women's suffrage have on pubic life during the 1920s?

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women began to serve on juries in many states

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What was NOT a reason for the mass migration of African Americans to the North during the 1920s?

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there was little or no racial violence in Northern cities

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Why did prohibition seem to fail during the 1920s?

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prohibition proved difficult to enforce

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Which of the following was NOT a type of social or economic unrest after WWI?

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Veterans of the war protested their treatment after they returned home

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How did the popularity of the Harlem Renaissance reflect the racial attitudes of the 1920s?

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African Americans received a measure of cultural recognition but few political or economic rights

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Explain the significance of the following: easy credit, growing unemployment, overproduction, declining farm income, and soaring stock prices?

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signs of difficulty within the U.S. economy

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Describe how the Palmer Raids violated the fifth amendment rights guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution?

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5th amendment - right to a lawyer, and a fair trial, right too evidence/grand jury, no self-incrimination

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However, Palmer Raids were characterized by the following:

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no lawyer or trial by jury, no grand jury or need for evidence to be brought, and expected to testify at trial