TESTED QUESTIONS WITH EXPERT
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ selective service act.
Answer: an act that requires young men to enter the military for WWI;
the draft
⩥ prohibition.
Answer: the banning of alcoholic beverages in the US
⩥ automobile.
Answer: this machine had huge impact on the US; invented by henry
ford; results in construction of paved roads, gas stations, etc; allows for
people to live farther from their jobs.
⩥ new deal.
Answer: FDR's legislation to end the Great Depression
⩥ herbert hoover.
Answer: his election showed that americans were happy with the course
of the nation by 1928; however became largely disfavored during the
Great Depression; only had one term due to lack of success
, ⩥ buying on margin.
Answer: the concept of paying with a small percentage of a stock's
money as a down payment and borrowing the rest
⩥ KKK.
Answer: a group started in 1870; targeted blacks, roman catholics, jews,
foreigners, etc. re-surges during the red scare but dies down by the end
of the 1920's
⩥ installment plan.
Answer: a way of purchasing goods in which the consumer pays for
goods in small increments over time
⩥ communist party.
Answer: the party of Stalin; citizens have no property; all things are run
by the state
⩥ jazz age.
Answer: originated in new orleans; accepted by whites by the 1920's
⩥ NAZI party.
Answer: the national socialist german worker's party