Ch. 37 Study Guide: The Cold War Begins

15. An average of 30 million people after 1945 changed residence each year. 16. This necessitated a new type of literature because of the families moving away from each other and not easily sustaining friendship. 17. The Sunbelt is a 15-state area covering from VA through FL, and TX to AZ and CA. In 1963, CA became the most populous state 18. The South and South West were the post-war new frontiers because of jobs, better climate, and lower taxes. 19. Huge military installations were in this region because the congressmen secured those installations for their districts. 20. The Federal Government fostered migration to the suburbs especially by whites, by making chances better for whites to have home ownership which meant that they would buy goods such as cars and other stuff to make their home nicer. Also the whites started to move out was the migration of blacks into the city looking for jobs. 21. The Levitt brothers created "Levitt town" on New York's Long Island in the 1940's, builders revolutionized the techniques of home construction. 22. Government policies aggravated the patterns of racial segregation that emerged with "white flight" by the FHA administrators, citing the risk of making loans to blacks, often refused them mortgages for private home purchases. now to Alexis's blog

Ch. 33 Q's

49. Peace brought an end to government guaranteed high prices and to massive purchases by other nations, as foreign production reentered the stream of world commerce.

50. The Capper-Volstead Act of 1921 exempted farmers' marketing cooperatives from antitrust prosecution.

51. The McNary-Haugen Bill, pushed from 1924-1928, wanted to keep agricultural prices high by authorizing the government to buy up surpluses and sell them abroad. Government losses to made up by a special tax on the farmers. Congress passed the bill twice, but Coolidge vetoed them twice.

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Ch 33 Q's (35-37)

35. The Fordney-McCumber Tariff Law established the tariff rate of 38.5%. The president was authorized to reduce or increase detuties.

36. The high tariff course of Rep, Harding and Coolidge Administrations, set off a chain reaction. They only reduced the rate 5 times but increased it 32 times!!!

37. In response to the American high-tariff walls, Europe built higher barriers. These walls and barriers deepened the international economic crisis. Hitler would use this to his advantage.

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More GANGSTERISM!!!!

Golden Age of Gangsterism!!!!

America in the 1920s had a golden age. This golden age was not exactly the best. Prohibition was taking place at this time and people were starting to get restless. Gangs started to get into illegal alcohol and that soon led to bribery of the cops. But soon cities broke out in violence.

In 1925 in Chicago, a man by the name of "Scarface" Al Capone began a six years of gang warfare. Al Capone was a cold blooded killer, but never could be convicted. He served in a state penitentiary for eleven years but was then released.

Gangs had other profitable and illegal activities such as: prostitution, gambling, and narcotics. Organized crime had become one of the most gigantic businesses. By the 1930s, the underworld annually was "taking" in about $12 million to $18 million, which was more than the Washington Government.

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Chapter 31 Study Guide # 1-6

1. Germany responded to make the decision to wage unrestricted submarine warfare and sinking all ships, including American ships, in the war zone.

2. The fact that a group of Midwestern senators filibustered this request demonstrated the isolationist state of mind of most Americans.

3. When Americans intercepted the Zimmerman telegram on March 1, 1917, they caught Germany in the act of proposing an alliance between itself and Mexico.

4. The Americans had a reason for not joinig the war which was because Russia was currently under a despot, the Czar, and the Americans did not want to fight with a despot.

5. Wilson asked and was given permission to go to war on April 2, 1917.

6. In later years, a myth developed. People started to say that America was dragged into the war by Wall Street bankers. This was incorrect because it really was dragged into the war from trading with the people already in the war.

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Jones Act of 1916

The Jones Act gave the Philippines territorial status. Later the United States said they would be granted independence once a "stable government" was established.