History Questions - Post-WWI, Prohibition, and the Great Depression
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This document contains questions about various key events and periods in American history, including the aftermath of World War I, the impact of Prohibition, and the causes and consequences of the Great Depression. The questions are designed to test understanding of historical events, figures, and their significance. The questions cover various topics such as the causes of unemployment after WWI, the Palmer Raids, the origins of jazz, and the reasons behind the appeal of movies like The Wizard of Oz.
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1\. What caused unemployment after WWI? The government did not need any more people to make supplies (355) 2\. What were the Palmer Raids meant to uncover? Communists and socialists whithout warrant (356 3\. Why were the twenties \"roaring\"? The excitement and modernity of the time (359) 4\. Wha...
1\. What caused unemployment after WWI? The government did not need any more people to make supplies (355) 2\. What were the Palmer Raids meant to uncover? Communists and socialists whithout warrant (356 3\. Why were the twenties \"roaring\"? The excitement and modernity of the time (359) 4\. What were the musical origins of jazz? New Orleans (359) 5\. How did Harlem become a thriving neighborhood of African American artists? Because it driven down the price of real estate (360) 6\. What was the verdict in the Scopes Monkey Trial? It was overturned (362) 7\. How did Prohibition support the spread of organized crime? People called bootleggers smuggled more alcohol (362) 8\. Which parts of American culture were members of the \"Lost Generation\" upset about? The violence of World War 1. (362) 1\. Why was there a large surplus in manufactured goods at the start of the Depression? The snowball effect (367) 2\. What caused the runs on the banks at the start of the Depression? Deafaulted Loans (367) 3\. How did Hoover think the Depression would end? He thought it would take care of itself. (368) 4\. How did President Roosevelt\'s approach to the economy differ from Hoover\'s? He used a strategy called 100 days, in wich he gave everything a "break" (370) 5\. How did public works projects help the economy? It was infastructure done by the government. (371) 6\. How does Social Security work? A person would pay a tax, and that money would come back to them once they retired (372) 7\. Why did movies like The Wizard of Oz appeal to audiences in the 1930s? It was for escapism (376)
