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1
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Which % of people lived below the poverty line?

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60%

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Which % of Blacks lived in the South?

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70%

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What did industry wages increase by relative to profit?

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Profit increased 60%, wages only increased 8%

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Which censorship measure was imposed on Hollywood?

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the Hays Code - cinema blamed for looser sexual morality

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Which % of people owned a radio by 1930?

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40%

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What did the 1917 Lever Act do?

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Banned the use of grain in alcohol production

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How many gangland murders were there in Chicago?

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227, link to St Valentine’s Day massacre

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How many speakeasies did Washington DC have?

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700

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Which % of alcohol was actually intercepted?

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An estimated 5%

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What was the estimated value of bootlegging?

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$800 million by 1924

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How much did George Remus make from bootlegging?

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$5 million in 5 years

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What was the value of bootlegging between Canada and Detroit?

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$215 million annually

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When and how many prohibition Enforcement Agents fined for corruption?

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1929 - 10%

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How many Prohibition Agents were there?

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1,500 - only 200 in NY (32,000 speakeasies)

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How much did deaths from alcohol increase?

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600%

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How many of the 1920s breweries reopened after Prohibition was repealed?

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Only 1/2

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How much did alcohol consumption fall by?

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One third

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Name a famous and successful prohibition enforcer

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Moe Smith, Izzy Einstein

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How much did the government spend on prohibition

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$2 million ($5 million requested)

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Which act introduced prohibition?

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1920 Volsted Act (18th Amendment)

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Which groups supported prohibtition

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KKK- 5 million members in 1925
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Anti-Saloon League

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When was 50million litres of alcohol found and destroyed?

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1929

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What happened to Coca-Cola stock?

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Doubled

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How many speakeasies were there in New York/

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32,000 - only 200 enforcement agents

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Who famously accepted Prohibition bribes?
Harry Daugherty
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Which Governor refused to spend money on Prohibition
Governor of Washington (700 speakeasies)
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Which % of lawyers' time was spent on Prohibition cases?
44% - led to minimal punishments eg fines
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When was Prohibition repealed?
By FDR, 21st Amendment 1933 (Beer-Wine Revenue Act)
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How much could stills be bought for to produce alcohol?
Only $7
30
When was the Scopes 'Monkey Trial'?
1925
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Where was the Scopes 'Monkey Trial'?
Tennessee, 1925
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When was 'The Passing of the Great Race' published?
1916 - book on eugenics
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When were literacy tests introduced for immigrants?
1917
34
What did Wilson say during WW1?
There was a need for '100% Americanism'
35
When did an Italian anarchist blow himself up?
1919
36
How many bombs were found in NY for 'enemies of the revolution'?
16 in post offices, 18 elsewhere
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Where was a new department set up to control the 'red scare'?
Within the Department of Justice
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When were the Palmer Raids?
1920
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How many arrests and deportations were made relating to the Red Scare?
5000 arrests, 500 deportations
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When and what was the Sacco and Vanzetti case?
2 violent robberies 1919 and 1920, executed in 1927 | 2 immigrants, Sacco and Vanzetti, were reported and convicted despite the lack of evidence - biased judge
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Why did the South worry about immigration?
Lots of immigrants went to the North - they worries about representation in politics
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What was another cause of resentment for immigration
From wage earners - worried that wages would reduce/they would not be hired
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Which policies were introduced limiting immigration?
1921 Emergency Quota Act (370,000p.a.) | 1924 Quota Act (164,000p.a.)
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How many members and lynchings did the KKK have up to 1877?
1/2mil members, around 3,000 lynchings
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What sparked the reemergency of the Klan?
War, immigration, 'Birth of a Nation' film in 1915
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Who re-established the KKK?
Doc Simmons
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How many members did the KKK have 1921 compared to 1925?
1921- 10,000 members | 1925 - 5 million members
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What were some tactics used by the KKK?
Lynchings, terror, financial blocking, influencing elections
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When was Doc Simmons joined by Elizabeth Tyler and Edgar Clark?
1920
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When did Tyler and Clark leave the Klan and why?
1924 - Tyler died, Clark arrested for fraud
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Who was the head of the Indiana KKK?
David Stephenson virtually controlled Indiana by 1924 - jailed for rape in 1925
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What was the membership of the KKK by 1930?
Dropped to 200,000
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Where was the majority membership of the KKK?
25% in Old South, 40% in Indiana, Ohio and Ilynois
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What did historian Blee say about the KKK?
'Membership was not restricted to poor, downtrodden Americans'
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Name an example of the KKK influencing politics
Blocked the Democratic nomination of Al Smith in 1924 Organised a march on Washington in 1926 2 senators in Georgia were in the KKK Influenced elections, ie in Ohio and Maine
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How many lynchings were there in the 1920s?
227
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What reduced the KKK membership?
More immigration policies Financial scandals DC Stephenson rape case 1925 Tyler's death, Clark arrested for fraud
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How were Native Americans discriminated against?
Confined to infertile reservations; children forced to go to boarding schools; forced conversion to Christianity However, given US citizenship in 1920
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Which % of Native Americans died and how?
90% - from illness, famine and genocide
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Which % of the population were African-American?
10% - but 85% of the population in the poor South US
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How did African Americans suffer discrimination?
``` Jim Crow laws Lower education meant they could not vote Discrimination in housing and employment 25 states had race riots in 1919 KKK, ghettoes ```
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Which movements were set up to help the Black Civil Rights?
NAACP - 1909 by W DuBois | UNIA - Marcus Garbey, 1914
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How many members did the NAACP have by 1919
90,000 | Won their 1st case against the 'grandfather clause' (voting) in 1915
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What was the Chinese Exclusion Act 1882?
Restricted Chinese immigration, made permanent in 1902. 1st law banning a specific ethnicity. Not repealed until the 1940s.
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When were women given the right to vote?
19th Amendment in 1920 | However no obvious changes: no gender revolution, voted similarly to men (and less likely to vote), few entered politics
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How many women were in the House of Representatives by 1928?
Only two
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When was the Equal Rights Amendment first proposed?
In 1923, but failed until 1972
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How many women were employed in 1930?
10.5 million - 1 million in professions, 3.5 million in domestic services Growth in clerical sector increased employment for women (however often paid less)
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Where was the increasing affluence of women evident?
The cosmetic industry, which was worth $200 million annually
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What did the 'Middletown' (Alabama) study show?
86% owned their own homes and 99% had electricity, illustrating the increasing affluence. However huge divide between MC and WC - for instance, 100% of MC had telephones but only 50% WC did
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Which % of rural areas had running water?
Only 32%

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