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| What fears began a resurgence in the 1920's? | prejudice against immigrants |
| What were Americans fears against immigrants? | threat to stability and order |
| What groups increased immigration to the US? | Italians, Germans, Irish, & Mexicans |
| What is the Sacco-Vanzetti case? | two Italian men robbed the Slater and Morrill Shoe company and police arrested Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti and they were convicted and sentenced to death |
| What did the 1924 National Origins Act do? | allowed only 2% of any ethnic group to immigrant to US |
| What are flappers? | a new style for women allowing them to smoke, drink, & dress scandalously |
| What does the Fundamentalist Movement believe? | must combat the the new morality, 100% bible based, main group behind prohibition |
| What is prohibition? | illegal to sell, manufacture, or drink alcohol |
| What became a major business due to prohibition? | bootlegging |
| What began in the US due to Prohibition? | organized crime |
| Who was the most notorious gangster in the 1920's? | Al Capone |
| How was Al Capone finally convicted and imprisoned? | tax evasion |
| What was Al Capone's most notorious killing? | St. Valentine's Day Massacre |
| Who was involved in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre? | members of the South Side Italian gang killed members of the North Side Irish gang |
| What criminal ran New York City? | Charles "Lucky" Luciano |
| What did Gangsters use in their crimes? | Thompson machine gun(Tommy Gun) and Browning Automatic Rifle |
| Who fought against corruption? | Elliot Ness(US Treasury Department-took down Al Capone) and Thomas Dewey(prosecutor in New York City) |
| What began to be mass produced in the 1920's? | the car |
| How did America change in the 1920's? | mass production of products, consumer goods cheaper, work hours/weeks shortened, real per capita increases 22% |
| Who first adopted the assembly line? | Henry Ford |
| How is the assembly line useful? | it divides operations into simple tasks |
| How many cars were produced in 1925? | one every 10 seconds |
| How much did a Model T Ford sell forin the 1920's? | $295 |
| How did income differences change consumer markets? | Americans began to buy non-necessity items |
| What industries began to rise in the 1920's? | Airline Industry & Radio Industry |
| What happened to American farmers in the 1920's? | crisis takes hold, decrease in the demand for crops and increase in the yield of crops |
| Why was the 18th amendment repealed? | people recognized that Prohibition was not successful |
| How did the passage of the 18th amendment and the Volstead Act change the federal government's role? | the federal government obtained police powers to enforce the law |
| Why were immigrants from Mexico not included in the quota system set by the immigration acts? | they provided cheap labor |
| How did writers, artists, and popular culture of the 1920's affect traditional ideas in the United States? | they broke down patterns of narrow focus on local interest |
