Immigrants had to pass a series of tests. Made to pay an $8 immigration fee.
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When was the emergency quota act introduced?
1921
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What was the emergency quota act?
Only 3% of the population in America was the amount of immigrants aloud in America.
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When was the national origins act introduced?
Cut the quota of immigrants to 2 per cent of its population in the USA in 1890. Restrictions on southern and eastern Europeans in the country and all immigration from Asia was banned.
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What was the red scare?
The red scare was the fear of communism
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Who ran the palmer raids?
Attorney general Mitchel Palmer
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When did the supposed crime that Sacco and Vanzetti committed take place?
May 1920
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Who was the judge that decided the death penalty for Sacco and Vanzetti?
Judge Webster Thayer
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Who admitted to the crime that Sacco and Vanzetti committed?
Celestino Madeiros
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When were Sacco and Vanzetti executed?
August 1927 by electrocution
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Where were Sacco and Vanzetti executed?
Charlestown prison
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What was the Darwin theory?
Charles Darwin made a theory that humans evolved from apes
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What was the monkey trial?
When John Scopes got prosecuted for teaching his students the Darwin theory
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Who protested for the Darwin theory not to be taught in schools?
Biblical Conference
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What were the consequences of John Scopes teaching the Darwin theory?
Fined $100
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Who was the NAACP set up by and when?
William du Bois. 1909
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Who was the UNIA set up by and when?
Marcus Garvey. 1914
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What did the NAACP focus on?
Opposing racism and segregation through legal methods and holding non-violent activities, such as marches and protests.
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What did the UNIA focus on?
Garvey encouraged black people to establish their own businesses and to employ black people only. He also encouraged them to return to their homeland, Africa.
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What was the date the 18th amendment (prohibition) became a law?
16 January 1920
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What group's protested for the banning of alcohol?
Anti-saloon league and Women's christian temperance union
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What were people who sold alcohol called?
Bootleggers
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What were illegal bars called?
Speakeasies
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By 1925 how many speakeasies were in New york?
10,000
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What were the six main causes of he economic boom?
Mass production, Laissez faire, Hire purchase, effects of WW1, Isolationism and Natural resources
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What did Henry Ford revolutionise?
The assembly line
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What was Henry Ford's most popular car?
The model T Ford
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What was the Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act?
Imposed taxes on foreign goods
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What were some long term reasons for the Wall street crash?
Overproduction in agriculture, Falling demand for goods,property prices lowered, too many small banks and overproduction in industry
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How many people went to the cinema on a weekly basis by 1929?
110 million
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What was the first talkie film released?
talkies
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Why did jazz music become popular?
Young people began to get bored of their parents values and lifestyles.
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What were women like before the war?
They wore long clothing and had to be accompanied by a man or a married woman.
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What law gave women the right to vote?
Nineteenth amendment
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When were women aloud to vote?
1920
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Immigrants had to pass a series of tests. Made to pay an $8 immigration fee.
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