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1
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In 1920 census, how many Americans lived in communities with populations of 2500+

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51.2%

2
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At the beginning of the 1920s, what was the population in NY

Chi

Philly

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5.6 million

3 million

2 million

3
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For small town migrants adapting to the urban environment demanded changes in_______ and _____

A

thinking and everyday living

4
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The city was a world of ________ people were judged by accomplishments. Streets were filled with strangers

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competion

5
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City dwellers were educated/uneducated

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educated mostly

6
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City dwellers tolerated what kind of behavior

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drinking, gambling, casual dating

7
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What was one vigorous clash between towns and cities, after the 18th amendment was passed?

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Prohibition

8
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What was prohibition?

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Basically the ban of alcohol

  • This included
  • manufacturing
  • sale
  • transportation
9
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Why did reformers want to ban alcohol

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They associated it with corruption, crime, abuse, and accidents

10
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Where did support for Prohibition come from?

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The southwest, and mostly the Protestants

11
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The Anti Saloon League and the WCTM

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helped push legislation through

12
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What was the Volstead Act:

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Established a Prohibition Bureau in ithe Treasury Department in 1919

13
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What happened to the Prohibition Bureau?

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It was underfunded

14
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What was the jobs of prohibition enforcers?

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Patrolling 18700 miles of coastline as well as inland boarders. They tracted down illegal stills and monitered high ways

15
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Who was the enforcer jobs given too?

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1500 poorly paid federal agents and police

16
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How did people obtain liquor illegaly?

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Underground to saloons and nightclubs

17
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What were the night clubs known as?

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Speakeasies

18
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Why were speakeasies called speakeasies?

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Because one spoke quietly. To avoid detection. T

19
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Where could speakeasies be found?

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Everywhere in penthouses, cellars, office buildings, rooming houses, tenements, hardware stores, and tea rooms.

20
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How would you get into a speakeasie?

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You had to present a card, or use a password. People soon learned how to distill alcohol

21
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What were bootleggers>

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They were people who smuggled liquor-and sold it to people

22
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Which gangster lived in Chicago?

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Al Capone

23
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Who was Al Capone?

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He was a bootlegging gangster whi eaned 60 million a year. He also had about 522 gang killings

24
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In the mid 1920s, what percentage of Americans supported Prohibition?

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19%

25
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What amendment repealled the 18th amendment

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the 21st

26
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What were some causes of prohibition

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  • Religious groups thought that it was sinful
  • Protect publics health
  • Alcohol led to crime
  • Hostility towards groups that used alcohol
27
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What were effects of prohibition?

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  • consumption of alcohol declined
  • disrespect for the law developed
  • increase in bootlegging
  • new source of income for criminals
  • organized crime
28
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what was fundamentalism?

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A protestant movement that was grounded in a literal or non symbolix interpretation of the Bible

29
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What did the fundamentalists believe in?

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The disregarded the theory in evolution

30
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How did fundamentalism express itself in several ways.

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31
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IN March 1925 what law did tennassee pass?

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Made it illegal to teach evolution, the American Civil Liberties Union promised to defend any teacher that did so.

32
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John T Scopes was the defense because he read a passage from Civic Biology. Who was his defense lawyer?

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Clarence Darrow

33
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Who was the charger in the trial

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William Jennings Brian

34
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What was the outcome of the trial?

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Scopes was guilty and was fined 100$

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