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The USA in the first decades of the 20th century

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The end of the 19th century in the USA
The United States was the ________ country in the world.
The American economy was based on ________ prosperity, industrial production, mineral resources and the rise of 'trusts'.
The trusts were huge ________ of firms in the same sector that dominated the market.
The economic boom did not eliminate the spread of ________.
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The beginning of the 20th century in USA
Tick the words and phrases related to the situation in USA at the beginning of the 20th century.
A: Corruption
B: Expansion
C: Agriculture
D: High taxes
E: Bootleggers
F: Great Depression
G: Tyranny
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The beginning of the 20th century in the USA
Investigative journalists called '________' denounced many national problems.
Americans started thinking that the ________ should intervene to solve the country's problems through reform.
The old American belief in laissez-faire was replaced by ________.
The ________ Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th President of the United States.
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The beginning of the 20th century in the USA
A: In the industrial metropolises of the South, workers lived in dirty slums.
B: Roosevelt was an expansionist who launched many reforms.
C: America bought Alaska from Canada in 1867.
D: The American economy grew quickly during the 1920s.
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USA imperial expansion
The United States supported the rebellion of ________ against Spain.
The USA acquired many Spanish colonies, including Cuba, ________ and the Philippines.
The United States annexed Hawaii and built the Panama Canal in ________.
The USA gradually conceded independence to its dominions, except for ________.
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America and WWI
At the beginning of the First World War, America stuck to its policy of laissez-faire. America joined the war in 1918 above all because of the attacks of German submarines on American ships. New industries were created, there was little competition from Europe and taxes were cut by the Democratic government. However, the new wealth did not involve large areas of the country, such as the lake towns, the farms in the Midwest and the urban industrial districts.
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Red Scare
A: The prosperity enjoyed by most of the nation brought a feeling of euphoria and experimentation.
B: The expression 'Red Scare' indicates the fear of Socialism in the Thirties.
C: Reactionary attitudes caused the imprisonment and persecution of radical political activists.
D: In the Twenties there were executions of people generally considered guilty in the public opinion.
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Prohibition
The so-called 'Prohibition'
A: was linked to a revival of puritanical attitudes.
B: was introduced through the 18th Amendment to the Constitution.
C: was in favour of the manufacture and sale of alcohol.
D: was a drastic step taken to fight alcoholism among rich people.
E: encouraged the illegal traffic of 'bootleggers'.
F: reduced the phenomenon of gangsterism.
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The Wall Street Crash
In the period known as the '________ Twenties', when the American stock market collapsed in ________, panic spread among all the people. On 24th October, which later became known as Black ________, Wall Street crashed, pushing the country into a period of depression. The following global economic crisis, the ________ Depression, brought the prosperous Twenties to an end.
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The Jazz Age
In the Twenties jazz music and ________ styles became popular.
Jazz became known through ________.
Jazz originated as a fusion of ________ and European music.
Francis Scott Fitzgerald used the term 'Jazz Age' in the title of his collection of ________.
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