Unit 5 Day 3 Flashcards
What was the nickname for the 1920s
The “roaring” 20s
How much did national per capita rise in the roaring 20s
24%
What replaced small businesses?
Large-scale corporations
What part of the US economy never recovered from the post-war recession
Agriculture
What percent of American households had a radio?
40%
What political strategy became popular in the roaring 20s
“selling the candidate”
What became popular to buy expensive things in the roaring 20s
loans
What new system was perilous to those living on economic margins, and made the Great Depression even worse
consumer credit
What was a top priority for American government?
Business needs
What group increased membership by 1/3
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
What percent of wage workers went on strike
1/5
What group began to be discriminated against in America due to the Soviet Union’s new Bolshevik leaders
Germans
T/F: The red scare was justifiable
False
What horrific event led to the Red Scare?
Bombs being found on politicians and businessmen’s doorstep
Who headed the anti radicalism unit within the Justice Department
J. Edgar Hoover
T/F: The Palmer raids were in fact no organized by Palmer
True
What did the Palmer raids target?
Headquarters of radical organizations and arrested thousands, often immigrants
What happened to many immigrants arrested in the Palmer raids?
Deported without trial
What were immigrants without US citizenship known as
Aliens
What became a symbol of the Red Scare’s hostilities
The executions of Sacco and Vanzetti
What drew many African Americans to the North?
economic clout and stronger voting rights
What happened in the East St. Louis riots?
burned down 300 black homes and murdered between 50-150 blacks
What caused many African Americans to sense racial injustice
African American Veteran’s treatment
What was the Red Summer
When bloody battles raged in more than two dozen cities
