Standardized Test: immigration, crime & corruption, monkey trial etc

Question 1

when did Tennessee pass the Butler Act?

Answer 1

1925

Question 2

when did john scopes’ trial take place?

Answer 2

july 1925

Question 3

who defended scopes?

Answer 3

clarence darrow

Question 4

who was in charge of the prosecution?

Answer 4

william jennings bryan

Question 5

how much was scopes fined? how long did the trial last for?

Answer 5

$100 (now £1.2k)
8 days

Question 6

what was the outcome of the trial eventually?

Answer 6

the trial became a debate between science and religion. Religious fundamentalists appeared stupid and controlling, and the evolutionists’ ideas were projected.

Question 7

the ______ C__________ Act was passed in ____

Answer 7

Indian Citizenship Act
1924

Question 8

white reformers argued that Native Americans could only survive by…

Answer 8

… rejecting their own culture

Question 9

special “what” were established for the native indians?

Answer 9

boarding schools

Question 10

what did the Meriam Report of 1928 say?

Answer 10

that the boarding schools were run too harshly and that they were underfunded.

Question 11

why were Jim Crow Laws introduced?

Answer 11

to control the freedom of black Americans because the whites didn’t want uprisings against slave owners

Question 12

between 1915 and 19__ more than ??? black Americans were lynched

Answer 12

1915 and 1922
430

Question 13

in 1920 the KKK has over ???,??? members, and by 1925 it claimed to have over ?million

Answer 13

-100,000
-5 million

Question 14

the KKK were revived after which 1915 film?

Answer 14

The birth of a nation

Question 15

what does WASPS stand for?

Answer 15

White Anglo Saxon Protestants

Question 16

why did the Klan decline after 1925?

Answer 16

A klan leader was arrested of rape and mutilation of a woman on a chicago train

Question 17

why did the Klan dress in white robes?

Answer 17

to show white supremacy

Question 18

what does NAACP stand for? What does UNIA stand for?

Answer 18

National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People
Universal Negro Improvement Association

Question 19

NAACP:
-aims?
-how?
-who?
-when?
-members?

Answer 19

-abolish segregation, get equal voting rights, better education
-non violent acts (marches/demonstrations)
-William du Bois
- 1909
-by early 1920s, had 90,000 members approx.

Question 20

UNIA:
-aims?
-how?
-who?
-when?
-members?

Answer 20

-believed blacks should aim to set up homelands in Africa
- N/A
- Marcus Garvey
-1914
- claimed to have 4 million members

Question 21

what was the great migration?

Answer 21

when many african americans migrated to Northern USA for a better life

Question 22

how did white americans react to the great migration?

Answer 22

fearful, didn’t like it, there were riots

Question 23

name the act passed by Congress that introduced prohibition into America in 1920?

Answer 23

the Volstead Act

Question 24

what was patriotism?

Answer 24

as America declared war on Germany, the Anti-Saloon league thought alcohol to be patriotic as many brewers were German.

Question 25

What were the main reasons for prohibition? **WRAP**

Answer 25

Work Religion Abuse Patriotism

Question 26

how many speakeasises were there in New York by 1930?

Answer 26

30,000

Question 27

give 2 places alcohol would be smuggled from?

Answer 27

Canada, Europe

Question 28

who was responsible for enforcing prohibition?

Answer 28

IRS (internal revenue service)

Question 29

when did prohibition end?

Answer 29

1933

Question 30

give 3 facts about Al Capone

Answer 30

- was given the nickname 'scarface' - left school at an early age - was the son of Italian immigrants -was found guilty of income tax evasion and was sent to prison for it in 1931 - had over 200 rivals killed between 1925 and 1929 - died due to complications of untreated syphillis - he owned a bulletproof cadillac

Question 31

what happened during the St Valentines Day massacre?

Answer 31

- 14/02/1929 - capone's men entered the HQ of Bugs Moran's gang - they were disguised as police officers - they lined up 7 of the gang members against the wall and opened fire with machine guns - Capone was in Florida at the time and so had an alibi

Question 32

who was responsible for the arrest of Capone?

Answer 32

Elliot Ness

Question 33

what nickname was given to President Harding and his cabinet?

Answer 33

The Ohio gang

Question 34

what was the head of the veteran's bureau fined and imprisoned for?

Answer 34

selling veteran's hospital supplies for personal profit

Question 35

what was the Teapot Dome Scandal?

Answer 35

Harry Sinclair gave Albert Fall money in return for leases to drill for oil in the oilfields that were supposed to be kept for the navy. Fall spent the money irresponsibly and people started to get suspicious. President Harding defends fall and the senate demands an investigation and Harding dies of pneumonia from stress in 1923. In 1927 it was ruled that the leases were obtained corruptly. Fall was sentenced 1 year in jail and $100,000 after being found guilty of bribery.

Question 36

How much did Fall receive in bribes?

Answer 36

$400,000