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These people uncovered political corruption and unsafe working conditions using journalism.
muckrakers
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Who exposed the Standard Oil Trust in articles written for McClure’s magazine.
Ida Tarbell
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This text exposed the horrors of the meatpacking industry.
The Jungle
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He supported progressive reforms as governor of Wisconsin.
Robert La Follette
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This gave voters the right to decide if a bill or legislative amendment should be passed.
referendum
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Which act strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission?
Hepburn Act
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Which act protected labor union activity from being considered a monopoly?
Clayton Antitrust Act
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What state extended suffrage to women before 1920?
Wyoming
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What Constitutional amendment gave women the national right to vote?
Nineteenth
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_______ is an antonym of temperance.
Excess
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Which of the following legislation passed to support the Eighteenth Amendment?
Volstead Act
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Al Capone was convicted of
tax evasion
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During prohibition, where was it was legal to produce alcohol?
Canada
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The Red Scare was the fear of
communism.
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He set up raids to search for Communists.
Mitchell Palmer
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The Espionage Act allowed the government to
limit free speech.
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Who prosecuted John Scopes?
William Jennings Bryan
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Which of the following was legal in Tennessee in 1920?
teaching creationism
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Who wrote the African-American National Anthem?
James Weldon Johnson
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_____ was the African-American cultural rebirth during the 1920s.
Harlem Renaissance
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He painted realistic scenes.
Edward Hopper
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The National Broadcast System
is affiliated with radio stations.
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The Jazz Singer was
the first film with sound.
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________ homes bought radios in the 1920s.
14 million
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How many people attended movies by 1930?
90 million per week
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What did the National Woman’s Suffrage Association become after passage of the Nineteenth Amendment?
League of Women Voters
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An economy built upon people’s ability to purchase goods is called a
consumer economy.
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In 1927, companies spent over _____ in advertising dollars.
1.5 billion
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What was the largest industry in the United States during the 1920s?
automobile
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The avoidance of economic and political alliances is called
isolationism.
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Who was the Secretary of the Treasury during the Coolidge administration?
Andrew Mellon
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The scandal involving giving oil-drilling rights to private companies was called
the Teapot Dome scandal.
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What was the business attitude of Calvin Coolidge?
laissez-faire
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Buying stocks on margin means to
buy stocks with credit.
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Most Americans earned
under $2,000 per year.
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After the stock market crash, banks
lost money and closed.
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______ is the Gross National Product.
The total value of goods and services produced annually
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Who wrote the Grapes of Wrath?
John Steinbeck
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Herbert Hoover set up this entity to provide businesses loans.
RFC
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What was the name given to a group of veterans who congregated at the White House to ask for their bonus?
Bonus Army
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Which entity ensured bank deposits of up to $5,000?
FDIC
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The Social Security Act provided regular paychecks to
Unemployed people.
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Who rose to power in Germany during the 1930s?
Adolph Hitler
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________ was known as a Fascist leader in Italy during WWII.
Benito Mussolini
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Who was the leader in Japan who advocated war with the United States during the 1940s?
General Hideki Toyo
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He served as the American President during World War II.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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What term means lightning war
Correct Answer: blitzkrieg
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_______ is a system in which the government has complete ownership of the land and property.
Communism
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What was implemented by the United States in which the president had the authority to provide aid to any nation whose defense was in jeopardy and served as a threat to American national security?
Lend-Lease Act
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Which of the following terms mean to join or attach?
annex
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Who was responsible for moving the American Pacific Fleet from San Diego, California to Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian islands?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Which of the following was a major cause that led to the United States; involvement in World War II?
attack of Pearl Harbor
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