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Two pioneers in skyscraper architecture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were:
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Louis Sullivan & William Randolph Hearst
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Louis Sullivan & Daniel Burnham
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Frederick Law Olmstead & W E B Du Bois
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George Eastman & Daniel Burnham
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Two bicycle manufacturers from Dayton, Ohio who had their first successful airplane flight on December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina were
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Alfred Sullivan & Lewis Sullivan
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John Wright & Theodore Wright
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Frederick Law Olmstead & George Eastman
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Orville Wright & Wilbur Wright
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The prominent African American educator who believed that racism would end once blacks acquired useful labor skills and proved their economic value to society was:
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Booker T Washington
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Rosa Parks
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W E B Du Bois
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Frederick Law Olmstead
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The African American teacher, journalist, and activist who fought against lynching was:
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Rosa Parks
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Ida B Wells
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Booker T Washington
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Daniel Burnham
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The novelist and humorist that inspired a host of other young authors when he declared his independence of “literature and all that bosh” even though “The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn” continue to be an American classic was:
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Mark Twain
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Joseph Pulitzer
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Booker T Washington
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W E B Du Bois
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Turn of the century technology included all of these EXCEPT:
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Skyscrapers
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Smart Phones
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Electric Streetcars
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Steel Cable Suspension Bridges
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One goal of public education for immigrants was to:
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Marginalize them
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Send them home
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Americanize them
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Create an accurate census
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The expansion of education had all these effects EXCEPT:
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Decreased technology
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More libraries
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Increased fiction sales
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More galleries and museums
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Southern legislation that separated the blacks and the whites was:
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Atlanta Compromise
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Poll Tax
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Debt Peonage
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Jim Crow Laws
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Turn of the century leisure activities included all these EXCEPT:
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Bicycling
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Motion Pictures
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Drag Racing
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Vaudeville
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_______ is the policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories.
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Capitalism
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Imperialism
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Socialism
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Fascism
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_______ is a sensational style of writing, which exaggerates the news to lure and enrage readers.
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Black Journalism
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White Literalism
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Yellow Journalism
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Fascism
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A _______ is a country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power.
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Territory
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Protectorate
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Isthmus
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Neutrality
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_______ was the policy of having private loans backed by the United States government.
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Open Door Policy
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Dollar Diplomacy
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Interventionist
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Boxer Rebellion
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American support for the Cuban revolt peaked with the news of _______.
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Cubans in concentration camps
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Poisoned wells and murdered children
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the USS Maine explosion
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The Treaty of Paris
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His notes protected US access to China.
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John J Pershing
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George Dewey
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Woodrow Wilson
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John Hay
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Led revolts against the Mexican government.
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Francisco “Pancho” Villa
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Emilio Aguinaldo
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Jose Marti
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Established “Big Stick” US diplomacy.
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Woodrow Wilson
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Theodore Roosevelt
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John J Pershing
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George Dewey
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Activist for Cuban independence.
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Francisco “Pancho” Villa
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Emilio Aguinaldo
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Valeriano Weyler
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Jose Marti
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Filipino rebel leader.
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Francisco “Pancho” Villa
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Emilio Aguinaldo
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Valeriano Weyler
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Jose Marti
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Throughout the 19th century, politics in the Western world were deeply influenced by the concept of _______ - a devotion to the interests and culture of ones nation.
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Militarism
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Capitalism
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Nationalism
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Fascism
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Passed in May 1917, this act required men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service.
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Militia Act of 1862
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Selective Service Act
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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Homestead Act
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Passed in 1917 and 1918, these acts allowed people to be fined up to $10,000 and sentenced to 20 years in jail for interfering with the war effort or saying anything disloyal, profane, or abusive about the government or the war effort.
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Espionage and Sedition Acts
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Intolerable Acts
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Civil Rights Acts
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Open Range Acts
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President Woodrow Wilson insisted that the United States join the _______ at the close of WWI.
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United Nations
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European Union
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League of Nations
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World Banking Organization
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A policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs.
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Nativism
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Communism
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Isolationism
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Despotism
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Adopted in 1922, the _______ raised taxes on some US imports to 60% - the highest level ever.
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Mongrel Tariff
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Fordney-McCumber Tariff
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Reciprocal Tariff Act
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Whiskey Rebellion Tariff Act
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The _______ enabled people to buy goods over an extended period with having to put down much money at the time of purchase.
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Installment Plan
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Debt Up to your Eyeballs Plan
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Foreclosure Plan
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Account Debit Plan
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The eighteenth amendment launched an era known as _______, during which the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages was illegal.
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Extortion
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Fundamentalism
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Prohibition
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Tea Act
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During the twenties, a new ideal emerged for some women: the _______, an emancipated young woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the day.
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Speakeasies
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Bootlegger
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Harlequin
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Flapper
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The decade of the 1920’s had this slogan for a nickname.
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The Tumultuous Twenties
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The Stagnant Twenties
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The Roaring Twenties
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The Industrial Twenties
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His assassination sparked the beginning of WWI.
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Warren G Harding
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Charles A Lindbergh
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Calvin Coolidge
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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He led the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) as it included men from widely separated parts of the country.
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General Louis Armstrong
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General John J Pershing
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General Clarence Darrow
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General George Creel
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He was the muckraking journalist who led the Committee of Public Information.
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George Creel
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F Scott Fitzgerald
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Al Capone
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Clarence Darrow
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This President of the United States suffered from scandal.
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Warren G Harding
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Calvin Coolidge
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Theodore Roosevelt
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F Scott Fitzgerald
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This American president said, “The chief business of the American people is business.”
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Theodore Roosevelt
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George Washington
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Calvin Coolidge
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Warren G Harding
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He was the most famous mobster of all time as he headed a criminal empire by the age of 26.
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Clarence Darrow
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Al Capone
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Louis Armstrong
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F Scott Fitzgerald
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Hired by the ACLU to defend John T Scopes in the Scopes Trial, he was the most famous trial lawyer of his day.
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Clarence Darrow
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George Creel
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Charles A Lindbergh
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Al Capone
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He made the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic ocean.
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Louis Armstrong
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General John J Pershing
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F Scott Fitzgerald
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Charles A Lindbergh
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He coined the term “Jazz Age” to describe the 1920’s and he wrote The Great Gatsby.
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George Creel
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F Scott Fitzgerald
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Louis Armstrong
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Clarence Darrow
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He was a trumpet player who went to become perhaps the most influential musician in the history of jazz.
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Calvin Coolidge
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Al Capone
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Louis Armstrong
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George Creel
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The first president of the United States of America.
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Abraham Lincoln
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Thomas Jefferson
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John Adams
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George Washington
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The decline in new housing impacted such industries as:
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Automobiles and Railroads
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Coal and Oil
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Furniture and Appliances
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Agriculture and Farm Equipment
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An effect of the Great Depression was an increase in:
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International Unemployment
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The demand for WWI Reparations
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Imported European Goods
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The use of the Gold Standard
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For children, the great depression meant:
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Longer School Days
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Direct Relief Payments
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Frequent Doctor’s Visits
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Poor Nutrition
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Hoover’s pledge of “A Chicken in Every Pot” promised a:
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Nutritious Hot Dinner
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Spread of Prosperity
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Hen for Every Household
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Less-Involved Government
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Hoover’s political life ended as a result of the:
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Infantry attacking the Bonus Army
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Bonus Army attacking the Infantry
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Veto of the Patman Bill
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Passage of the Patman Bill
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Roosevelt and Congress helped restore faith in banks by:
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Giving Every Family $5000
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Cosing Unstable Banks
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Vetoing a Banking Act
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Creating the FDIC
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All these measures helped to regulate the stock market EXCEPT:
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Requiring full financial disclosure
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Setting stock prices
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Establishing a governing bureau
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Making companies accountable
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All these were indicators that a second new deal was needed EXCEPT
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High Unemployment
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Low Production Levels
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The Collapse of Small Farms
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The Recovery of Rural Towns
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The organization started by whites and blacks but ignored by new deal programs was the:
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union
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Home Owners Loan Corporation
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Rural Electrification Admintration
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Movies were popular during the depression because they:
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Presented American Propaganda
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Were Cheap and Plentiful
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Provided Hope and Escape
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Showed Real Life Conditions
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