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A Divided Society Flashcards

1
Q

Which two Italian immigrants were sentenced to death by the electric chair in 1927?

A

Sacco and Vanzetti (this was an example of xenophobic discrimination against immigrants)

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Which amendment prohibited America from selling, making or transporting any drink
containing more than 0.5% alcohol?

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The 18th amendment (this started prohibition)- Woodrow Wilso

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3
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What groups campaigned against alcohol?

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The Anti-Saloon League and the Women’s Christian Temperance Movement

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4
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How many Prohibition Agents were employed to enforce Prohibition?

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Between 1500-4000 (they had no luck due to 18,000 miles of coastline and borders to patrol)

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5
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Prohibition led to a rise in organised crime. What was the name for those people who smuggled alcohol in?

A

Bootleggers

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6
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Which president got rid of Prohibition in 1933 with the 21st amendment?

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)

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In the 1920s laws were passed limiting immigration. The 1921 Immigration Quota Act said only 357,000 immigrants could enter a year. How many were allowed a year according to the 1929 Act?

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150,000 (Literacy tests had been used as early as 1917 to reduce immigration)

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In Chicago, in 1927, how many murders happened with no arrests?

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130

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The most famous gangster was Al Capone. What massacre did he organize in 1929?

A

St Valentine’s Day massacre (this turned public opinion against Prohibition, Al Capone was
making over $10 million a year from his activities)

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After the Russian Revolution in 1917, there was an increased fear of communism. What
phrase was linked to fearing communism?

A

The Red Scare (it was popular in the 1920s and 1950s)

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From which group did African-Americans face violence and intimidation from?

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The Ku Klux Klan (by 1925 there were 5 million members)

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What were the main reasons prohibition be introduced?

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  • Patriotism
  • Morality
  • Health
  • Religion
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Who were famous gangsters during the prohibition period?

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  • Maching Gun Kelly
  • Al Capone
  • Bugs Moran
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What famous incident between Capone and Moran turned public opinion sour against prohibition in 1929?

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St Valentine’s Day Massacre

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Between 1927 and 1930, how many gangland murders occur?

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500

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How many of Capone’s men killed Moran’s men in the St Valentine’s Day Massacre?

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7

17
Q

How much did gangsters earn altogether from the illegal alcohol trade?

A

2 billion dollars

18
Q

Which amendment repealed prohibition?

A

21st (FDR)

19
Q

Why was prohibition negative?

A
  • Prohibition had not led to a decrease in crime
  • Caused an increase in prostitution and gambling
  • Organised by gangsters
  • More corruption in government
  • The cost of enforcement was very high
  • Government had lost 11 billion dollars annually which they earnt from Alcohol tax.
20
Q

How many prohibition agents were sacked due to being corrupt?

A

1 in 12

21
Q

What were the segregation laws called?

A

Jim Crow Laws

22
Q

What was the Black Renaissance?

A

Harlem, a neighbourhood of New York became a centre for creativity, black culture and black pride when talented black poets, writers, artists and musicians gathered here. This even attracted the white citizens of New York.

23
Q

How was voting made difficult for African Americans?

A
  • They had to pay a poll tax, which few African Americans could afford.
  • Pass a literacy test
  • Grandfather Clause
24
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What was the literacy test?

A

Those could not read a sentence of 40 words were banned from voting. Same literacy test was used for immigration.

25
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How many cities did Race riots happen in 1920?

A

23 different cities

26
Q

What methods of intimidation and aggression Ku Klux Klan do?

A

-Lynching, beating, burning, branding with acid, kidnapping, castrating, tar and feathering.

They called this the Rope Law.

27
Q

In 1924, how many people were lynched in the state of Georgia alone?

A

135

28
Q

How many black Americans were lynched in the 1920s?

A

400

29
Q

How did Prohibition have an economical effect on the government?

A

Government had lost 11 billion dollars annually which they earnt from Alcohol tax.

30
Q

What did the National Origins Act of 1924 do?

A

Immigration entry was reduced to 2% of 1890 population and Asians were banned

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