The Great Migration

Question 1

John Scopes, the defendant in the 1925 Scopes trial, was

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a teacher.

Question 2

Clarence Darrow, defended Scopes in his trial by making the argument that

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evolution was scientific fact.

Question 3

Why was the Twenty-first Amendment to the US Constitution necessary?

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to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment

Question 4

Supporters of Prohibition expected that Prohibition would

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fix the problems of society.

Question 5

In the early 1900s, Al Capone was a

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bootlegger.

Question 6

How did Prohibition affect corruption in the early 1900s?

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Prohibition increased corruption because people ignored the law.

Question 7

What did the Eighteenth Amendment to the US Constitution accomplish?

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It banned the production, sale, and transportation of alcohol in the US.

Question 8

The main purpose of the Anti-Saloon League in the early 1900s was

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to pass a constitutional amendment outlawing alcohol.

Question 9

Why did taxes cause leaders to be reluctant about prohibition?

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Income taxes were not created yet and the government depended on the liquor tax for funding.

Question 10

An immediate effect of the Scopes trial on American society was that

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people learned the scientific evidence for the theory of evolution.

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