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The American Pageant (13th Edition) Chapter 31 Flashcards Flashcards

A list of terms, acts, policies, and more from Chapter 31 of the American Pageant 13th Edition APUSH textbook.

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2474183177Isolationism in AmericaDenounced "radical" foreign ideas and "un-American" lifestyles.0
2474183178Red ScareAn anti-Communist movement that resulted in Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer using raids to round up and arrest about 6,000 suspected Communists. Severely cut black speech for a period.1
2474183179New Ku Klux KlanPro-White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, and anti-everything else.2
2474183180Emergency Quota Act of 1921Newcomers were restricted at any year to a quota, which was set at 3% of the people of their nationality who lived in the U.S. in 1910. Favored Slavs and southeastern Europeans.3
2474183181Immigration Act of 1924Cut the quota down to 2% and the origins base was shifted to that of 1890. Slammed the door on Japanese immigrants.4
247418318218th AmendmentProhibited the sale of alcohol. Particularly supported by women and the Women's Christian Temperance Union.5
2474183183Gang Wars of ChicagoAbout 500 people were murdered. Captured criminals were rare, and convictions even rarer.6
2474183184Al CaponeMost infamous of U.S. gangsters. Perpetrated countless atrocities, including the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Caught for tax evasion.7
2474183185Gangs in the U.S.Moved into activities such as prostitution, gambling, and narcotics. By 1930, their annual profit was around $12-18 billion.8
2474183186John DeweyA professor at Columbia University who believed in "learning by doing" and believed that "education for life" should be the primary goal of school.9
2474183187Scopes "Monkey" TrialA case in which John T. Scopes was charged with teaching evolution. William Jennings Bryan was among those who opposed him.10
2474183188New Churches of ChristIn establishing these, Christians began to reconcile their differences between religion and the findings of modern science.11
2474183189Treasury Secretary Andrew MellonHis tax policies favored the rapid expansion of capital investment. Also reduced the amount of taxes rich people had to pay, thrusting the burden onto the middle class.12
2474183190Henry FordPerfected the assembly-line production to where his Rouge River Plant was producing a finished automobile every ten seconds.13
2474183191Advertising in the Roaring 20sUsed techniques such as persuasion, ploy, seduction, and sex appeal to sell merchandise.14
2474183192Orville and Wilbur WrightFlew the first airplane for 12 seconds over a distance of 120 feet at Kitty Hawk, N.C.15
2474183193Charles LindberghFirst person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, going from New York to Paris.16
2474183194The Great Train RobberyMarked the birth of the movie industry in 1903.17
2474183195The Jazz SingerFirst movie with sound.18
2474183196Margaret SangerLed the birth-control movement.19
2474183197National Women's PartyBegan in 1923 to campaign for an Equal Rights Amendment in the Constitution.20
2474183198FlappersYoung people that deviated from traditional practices. They were dancing and dressing more provocatively, as well as listening to the newly discovered genre of jazz music.21

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