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    The document is a study guide for a test on the USA between the wars from 1919-1941, focusing on sections 1 and 2. It contains 37 multiple choice questions about immigration in the early 1900s, life in cities, the economy and industries of the 1920s, women's changing roles, social issues like the KKK and Scopes Trial, and Prohibition. The questions cover topics like the three branches of government, Henry Ford's assembly line, music of the 1920s, problems facing farmers and black Americans, and organized crime during Prohibition led by Al Capone in Chicago.

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    The document is a study guide for a test on the USA between the wars from 1919-1941, focusing on sections 1 and 2. It contains 37 multiple choice questions about immigration in the early 1900s, life in cities, the economy and industries of the 1920s, women's changing roles, social issues like the KKK and Scopes Trial, and Prohibition. The questions cover topics like the three branches of government, Henry Ford's assembly line, music of the 1920s, problems facing farmers and black Americans, and organized crime during Prohibition led by Al Capone in Chicago.

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    Y10 Social Studies - 2013

    Study Guide - USA Roaring 20s


    The USA Between the Wars 1919-1941 Sections 1 & 2 Any of the following questions could be on the test. Test Date: Wednesday, March 6 1. What were the push and pull factors that brought immigrants to the United States in the early 1900s. 2. From which three countries were most immigrants coming from in the 1920s? 3. Many immigrants traveled in steerage class to the USA. About how long did it take, and what were the conditions like? 4. What was the typical experience for immigrants at Ellis Island? 5. Why did some people call Ellis Island the Isle of Tears? 6. Many immigrants lived in tenement housing in the big cities. What was this housing usually like? 7. Was it easy for new immigrants to find good paying jobs? What types of jobs did immigrants usually get? 8. How many states are in the USA? 9. What are the three branches of the US Government? 10. What are the primary roles of each branch of the US Government? 11. What two houses make up the US Congress? 12. Describe the major policies of the Republican presidents in the 1920s. 13. What effects did WWI have on the USA? 14. What did Henry Ford use to revolutionize the car manufacturing industry? 15. What was the impact of Fords Model T? 16. What factors caused the economic boom in the 1920s? 17. List three new industries that contributed to the boom of the 1920s. 18. What type of music became very popular in the 1920s? 19. What were the main problems facing farmers in the 1920s? 20. What were the main problems for Blacks in the 1920s? 21. What was the name given to liberated urban women in the 1920s? 22. Who was the it girl? 23. What were three ways that life changed for women in the 1920s? 24. What were people most afraid of during the Red Scare? 1

    25. Who were considered Reds? 26. Which groups were the Ku Klux Klan against in the 1920s? 27. Who were the two Italian immigrants who were accused of murder and sentenced to death? 28. What topic of study was the Bible Belt trying to ban from teaching in public schools, and why? 29. Who was considered the winner in the Scopes trial (otherwise known as the Monkey Trial)? 30. Which two organizations were largely responsible for Prohibition? 31. Which of the countrys problems did the dries claim Prohibition would solve? 32. How did the First World War help the cause of the dries? 33. Why was prohibition difficult to enforce? 34. What is a bootlegger? 35. In which US city was Al Capone based? 36. How did Prohibition help Al Capone? 37. What was the significance of the St. Valentines Day Massacre?

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