The 1920s Changed Lives - Prohibition

Essential Questions - Reading: http://goo.gl/4oPos

1. What was Prohibition?
- Prohibition is the banning of alcohol which took affect in January 1920.
2. What groups were responsible for the idea of Prohibition?
- Social Reformers from both south and west, and religious people were the ones responsible for this idea.
3. What were their reasons?
- Reformers leaned toward prohibition simply because they felt that alcohol was the source of corruption. In their minds, it would lead to wife and child abuse, making mistakes on the job, and other serious social problems.
4. How did people get illegal alcohol?
- People who got hold of illegal alcohol most likely got it by going to a bootlegger or an underground hidden saloons, also known as speakeasies. These place could be found everywhere: penthouses, cellars, office buildings, rooming houses, tenements, and even harware stores. BUT in order to be admitted you must show a card or respond with a password.  
5. In your opinion, was Prohibition a good or bad idea, and why?
- In my opinion, prohibtion was a good idea however they went about things in the wrong way. I say this because people who work hard like to go home after a long day or work and have a drink or two. So in order to enforce it, they should have just kept it to were you can't drink on the job, in a car, or in public.


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New Technology & The 1920's

1. How did the automobile affect America?
- The automobile affected America in a significant way. For instance before there were cars, there were no roads so with that being said, automobiles paved the way for people to make money. Many businesses opened up due to the automobiles such as gas stations and hotels.
2. What's urban sprawl, and what caused it?
- Urban sprawl is basically the growth of the city. So when cities spread out in all directions. Urban sprawl occured because cars made it eaiser for you to drive to work from far places.
3. What was the first use of airplanes NOT during war?
- The first job that planes did were to carry mail.
4. Predict what's going to happen to the American economy.
- I predict that the economy will continue to go down because more and more things are becoming electrical such as technology which will have high prices. However being that American's focus on the finer things rather than the important things; these new tchonological advances will make a killing.
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Government scandals & Public Trust.

Essential Question:

1) How did the Teapot Dome scandal affect the trust U.S. citizens had in their government?

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Unions and Labors

Essential Question:

1)Why did union membership plummet in the 1920s

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Score: 22/23 = A

I missed one problem which was number 2 because it was a a mechanical error. Next time I will have to slow down and reread the question so that way I don't mark the wrong answer.

Problem:

2) Cities in the late 19th century expanded with the development of all of the following except

• a) subways.
• b) skyscrapers.
• c) airplanes.
• d) suspension bridges.

My Answer: D) suspension bridges

Correct Answer: C) Airplanes

The U.S. After WWI

Essential Questions: (reading) http://goo.gl/TiKeX

1. Describe the feeling many Americans had after WWI.

- After WWL many Americans felt bad because the cost of living was hard. In fact it had doubled. They were also tired and exhusted of war, economic hardship and also being unemployed.

2. What were some reactions by Americans to their post-WWI feelings?

- They reacted by becoming fearful of outsiders (born from other countries.) which was called nativism. They also practied isolationism which was keeping to their self. Communist hated capitalism, so with that being said they tried to abolish the Capitalist's system.

3. What did the Palmer raids accomplish? Why did Palmer do the raids?

- Palmer did the raids because he was trying to locate Politicial Radicals which consisted of communits, socialist, and anarchist to abolish the Captialist System.

4. What did the KKK fear? Did their membership grow in the 1920's.

- The Klu Klux Klan felt threatend by all these new unstoppable changed such as blacks getting more rights and catholics/jews coming from Europe to the U.S. which caused their membership to increase in 1920. 
5. What was the quota system? (i.e. The quota system was a law that)
- The quota system was a law that limited the number of immigrants that were allowed in the U.S.

6. Was the quota system discriminatory? If yes, to whom?
- Yes, to certian countries for instance Southern and Eastern Europe - mostly catholics and jews. (Italy, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Ukraine, etc) HOWEVER, those from England were not affected by the quota system.

7. How was Mexico affected by the quota system?
- Mexico was not affected by the quota system as well as Canida simply becaause they were located on the western himisphere. 500,000 Mexicans crossed the nation's border.

8. How was Japan affected by the quota system?
- Due to this law, it prohibited Japanese immigration. This caused bad feelings between the two nations.



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Recreation In The U.S.

Essential Questions:

1) When and why did Americans begin to recreate?
- Americans began to  recreate in the late 1800's. Americans recreated to have fun because before all they did was work for a straight 16 hours with no enjoyment in their life.
2) Were the reasons Americans began to recreate the same or different compared to Americans today?
- The reasons Americans began to recreate is still the same compared to Americans today. Americans still recreate to have fun.

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Teddy Roosevelt's Presidency

T.R. Essential Questions

1) Describe T.R's life before he became president. ( where is he from, date he was born, something interesting about his life, number president he his)

- Born into a whealthy family in New York, NY on Oct 27, 1858 - Died in Oyster Bay, NY Jan 6, 1919. He was very ill as a child.

2) How did he become president?

- With the assassination of President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, became the 26th President, aswell as the youngest in the Nation's history.(1901-1909).

3) What was T.R.'s "Bully Pulpit?"

- T.R.'s Bully Pulpit was also refered to the White House which was a place for his voice to be heard. He uses that as his speech to advocate his agenda/ step by step plans.

4) Summerize T.R.'s opnion on civil rights (people who aren't white)

- T.R.'s opinion on civil rights was self explanitory. He promoted the thought of "Seperate but Equal." That is why he had dinner with T. Washingtion.

5) Explain if you would like T.R. if he were president today.

- If Teddy Roosevelt was our President today, I believe I wouldn't like him. Only for the simple fact that in today's times we're more diveresed, and he didn't want diversity, he wanted us to be seperate.







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