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Who were flappers

During the 1920's the flappers represented a change in the American woman in society. They started showing skin with shorter skirts. They started wearing shorter hair and makeup. The skinny boyish figure was stylish at this time and, in some cases, so was unisex fashion. They drank, smoked, cursed, danced, participated in petting parties, and engaged in other activities seen as scandalous by the society of the day.

Who were the Okies

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

A protective tariff on manufactured goods would cause the prices of those goods to go lower or higher

generally, the price would go higher.

What world war was daylight saving time first widely used

World war II.

Why was political change for women difficult before 1920

Social attitudes about women made change difficult.

What issues encouraged membership in the Communist Party

Racial discrimination and poverty were issues that encouraged Communist Party membership.

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
Which vice president was sworn in as the 30th president following president Hardings death

Calvin Coolidge was the one.

Which leader helped to found the NAACP

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

What group besides African Americans suffered from Ku Klux Klan attacks

Catholics

What was true about Margaret Sanger

Her work was considered out of line with a traditional way of life.

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What has allowed a different view of African American history

systematic and scientific methods

Why is Muhammad Ali important in American history

He was one of the African-Americans that proved that Whites were not physically superior to African-Americans, which was not widely believed.

What group setout to make sure women knew how to use their votes wisely

League of Women Voters (apex)

In the negro speaks of rivers what does the poet use rivers to symbolize

history

The American Woman Suffrage Association and the National Woman Suffrage association disagreed on

support for african american suffrage APEX :)

Who was famous poet during the Harlem Renaissance

Langston Hughes (L.H)

Which of the following best describes Warren Hardings attitude toward business

he wanted to support business growth

In the 1920s the actions that Americans took as a result of their xenophobia were a large part of the return to

normalcy

What action did the US government take after the bisbee deportation

presidential commission found it illegal. (Apex:)

which characteristics best describe aaron douglass's painting, song of the towers

A northern city

Which is true of Pullman porters in the 1920s

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

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