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Frage 1
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Which presidential candidate in the 1920 election offered a 'return to normalcy'?
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Warren Harding
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Woodrow Wilson
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Calvin Coolidge
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William Jennings Bryan
Frage 2
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What levels did the Emergency Quote Act of 1921 reduce immigration levels to?
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3% of a country's population in 1910 could immigrate to America
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2% of a country's population in 1890 could immigrate to America
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5% of a country's population in 1900 could immigrate to America
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10% of a country's population in 1850 could immigrate to America
Frage 3
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How many (major documented) race riots took place in 1919?
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20
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42
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16
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35
Frage 4
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What proportion of Boston's police force went on strike on September 9th 1919?
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75%
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50%
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100%
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25%
Frage 5
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Who was Mitchell Palmer?
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The leader of a communist group
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The USA attorney general
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An immigrant arrested for acts of terrorism
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The governor of New York
Frage 6
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How many people were deported because of the Palmer Raids?
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250
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199
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356
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120
Frage 7
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Who were the two Italian immigrants arrested and executed in a famous trial in 1921?
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Nicola Sacco
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Bartolemeo Vanzetti
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Luigi Galleani
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Johnny Torrio
Frage 8
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What was 'The Birth of a Nation'?
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A film that glorified the Ku Klux Klan
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A book written by Alfred Mahan about how the USA should become interventionist
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A pamphlet distributed by supporters of the American Federation of Labor
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A book written about why America should forbid the drinking, buying and selling of alcohol
Frage 9
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How many members did the Ku Klux Klan have in 1920?
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4 million
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2 million
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10 million
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8 million
Frage 10
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Which of these groups supported prohibition? (Three)
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The Anti-Saloon League (ASK)
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The Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
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The Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)
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The American Federation of Labour (AFL)
Frage 11
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Who was Wayne Wheeler?
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Leader of the Anti-Saloon League
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Leader of the police force dedicated to hunting down Al Capone
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A teacher put on trial for teaching evolution in his school
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The president who came to power in 1923
Frage 12
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How much did the prison population increase during the Prohibition period?
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350%
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225%
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95%
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112%
Frage 13
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Which of the following were organised criminals in the 1920s who dealt in illegal alcohol? (Three)
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Al Capone
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Johnny Torrio
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Bugs Moran
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Eliot Ness
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John Dillinger
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Jimmy Walker
Frage 14
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What did the Wickersham Commission investigate?
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The success of prohibition
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The causes of organised crime
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The reasons for the Wall Street Crash
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Methods to persuade people to enter the stock market
Frage 15
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What did Andrew Mellon do that aided the economic boom?
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Discovered oil fields in Texas
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Cut government intervention in industry and lowered taxes
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Wrote 'The Principles of Scientific Management.'
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Expanded the electricity industry
Frage 16
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How many Model T Fords were produced in the nine years of their peak production?
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15 million
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6 million
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20 million
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9 million
Frage 17
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When did the USA give women the right to vote?
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18th August 1920
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12th July 1919
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31st April 1921
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22nd December 1920
Frage 18
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In what states were new oilfields discovered in the 1920s? (Three)
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Texas
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Oklahoma
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Louisiana
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Alabama
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New Mexico
Frage 19
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How many electricity did Samuel Insull set up by 1929?
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16
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6
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26
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66
Frage 20
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What proportion of African Americans were farmers during the 1920s?
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14%
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26%
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38%
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5%
Frage 21
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Which of these states were less affected by the economic boom? (Three)
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Illinois
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Pennsylvania
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Michigan
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Oklahoma
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Arkansas
Frage 22
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How much did the banks reduce rediscount rates in 1929?
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From 4% to 3.5%
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From 7% to 3%
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From 2.5% to 1%
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From 5% to 4.5%
Frage 23
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Who was Charles Mitchell?
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President of a national city company who encouraged people to invest in the stock market
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A 'market manipulator' who bought up stocks to encourage other people to buy them
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An economics expert who warned that a crash was likely to happen
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An American citizen who became famous for publishing his story about how he lost everything on the stock market
Frage 24
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How many dollars (approximately) were lost in the Wall Street Crash?
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30 billion
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10 billion
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50 billion
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60 billion
Frage 25
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How did the Hawley-Smoot and Fordney-McCumber tariffs affect the market?
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They made tariffs on imported goods so high that the economy was damaged
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They lowered tariffs so that people traded with Europe too much and damaged American businesses
Frage 26
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What did John Maynard Keynes say should be done to protect the economy?
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The government should not intervene
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The government should intervene and inject money into the system
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Banks should be forbidden to give people loans to 'buy on the margin'
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Inexperienced people should be forbidden to get involved in the stock market
Frage 27
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How did the Agricultural Marketing Act increase the Depression?
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It failed to stop overproduction
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It caused farm workers to be paid too little
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It encouraged overploughing and helped cause the Dust Bowl
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It forced people to relocate to more fertile areas which were soon ruined by the Dust Bowl
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