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What did the nineteenth amendment do

It gave the right to vote to women.

The Nineteenth Amendment prohibits sex discrimination in voting, therefore it guaranteed voting rights for both men and women.

Who were the Okies

Oklahoma Dust Bowl farmers who migrated to California to find work.

What word describes the fear of foreigners

The word that best describes fear of foreigners is xenophobia.

xeno = strangers/foreigners

phobia = unreasonable/abnormal fear (of something)

Who benefited from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation

Businesses that could keep operating

What was one reason for the founding of the NAACP

Some of the reasons for the founding of the NAACP were:

  • The desire to oppose racism
  • African Americans' desire for more opportunities
  • Jim Crow laws
  • Segregation laws
Why did civil rights leaders disagree with Marcus Garvey

Because he was a segregationist, and supported a "return to Africa" by African-Americans.

Which leader helped to found the NAACP

W. E. B. DuBois helped to found the NAACP.

When Jack Johnson achieved success as a professional boxer most whites

When Jack Johnson achieved success as a professional boxer most whites were surprised and upset.

How was Marcus Garvey different from civil rights leaders apex

He did not believe that equality could be achieved

What was true of both Anne o hare McCormick and Amelia Earhart

they excelled in fields dominated by men

The purpose of the UNIA was to

Promote African American pride

The appearance and behavior of flappers emphasized a new experienced by many women.

independence

Paul Robeson believed whites would see African Americans as equals if whites understood African American

Culture

Immigrants from which country were not allowed into the United States by the immigration act of 1924

Japan

Which is true of Pullman porters in the 1920s

Pullman porters needed a union because they were not treated well.

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