Historical Flashcards

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Installment buying allowed consumers to buy goods and pay over time.

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What did installment buying allow consumers to do?

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The series of raids looking for suspected communists were called Palmer Raids.

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What were the series of raids looking for suspected communists called?

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The immigration laws of 1921 and 1924 were primarily designed to restrict all immigration.

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What was the primary purpose of the immigration laws of 1921 and 1924?

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One effect of the rise of mass media in the 1920s was that it allowed Americans across the country to share common experiences.

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What was one effect of the rise of mass media in the 1920s?

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The main theme of the poem "I, Too" by Langston Hughes is African American pride and faith in the American dream.

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What is the main theme of the poem "I, Too" by Langston Hughes?

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Chart showing immigration quotas under the acts of 1921 and 1924, highlighting restrictions on immigrants from southern and eastern Europe.

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The chart illustrates the impact of the immigration laws of 1921 and 1924, which significantly reduced immigration from southern and eastern Europe.

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Amendment that overturned prohibition and the sale, distribution, and consumption of alcohol on January 16, 1920

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The 21st Amendment.

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Increase in the North as African Americans moved to northern cities during 'The Great Migration'

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Competition for jobs and housing.

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Trial and execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in 1927 as an example of

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The Red Scare.

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How 'The Great Migration' of African Americans led to social unrest

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It heightened racial tensions in northern cities and led to a series of urban race riots in 1919.