End of WW1
Miscellaneous
Law
Social Issues Pt1
Social Issues Pt2
100

What was the cause of the sudden high demand for jobs and high unemployment beginning in 1919?

The return from war of about 4.5 million soldiers

100

Great Migration, African Americans migrated to the north for what reasons?

To obtain freedom from the oppression of Jim Crow laws of the south

100

What did the National Origins Act of 1924 do?

Reduce immigration to the United States from European countries

100

 The unofficial capital of African American culture and activism in the United States in the 1920s was where?

Harlem, New York

100

Describe the basic principle of communism.

Share equally in society’s wealth

200

After World War I, many Americans viewed who as enemies?  

  “reds” and socialists

200

What is one way in which radio helped to create a large common culture in America?

Radio broke down barriers that had once separated country people from city dwellers

200

__________________ gave full voting rights to women.

The 19th Amendment

200

In the Great Migration, African Americans moved from __________ to ______________. 

South to North

200

The radio provided what sort of programs for people to access?

 It increased access to news and entertainment

300

What about President Warren G. Harding’s campaign slogan was so effective?

Putting into words Americans’ desire for a return to normalcy after World War I

300

Why were American farmers left out of the thriving economy in the 1902s?

Competition grew when European farmers returned to their fields

300

 Speakeasies allowed citizens to get around the consequences of failing to comply with what amendment?

18th  Amendment

300

 In the 1920s, the public idolized celebrities. What sort of industries did these celebrities work in?  

Sports

300

Beliefs based on a literal interpretation of the Bible are called

Fundamentalism

400

Over sixty nations eventually signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact, which did what?

 Renounce war as a solution to international disputes

400

How does the assembly line relate to consumerism and installment buying?  

Consumerism, advertising, and the installment plan

400

What notable legal contest exposed the widening cultural rift between religion and modern science during the twentieth century?

The Scopes Trial

400

Which achievement made Charles Lindbergh an instant celebrity?

Completion of the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean

400

What actions were a result of Americans widespread fear of communism?

 Palmer Raids


500

What effect did the revival of European farm production after World War I have on American farmers?

Prices fall in the United States and farmers lose money, leading to a farm crises

500

Sacco and Vanzetti were on trial not only for robbery and murder, but because they were different than the “norm.” How were they different?

 Political beliefs and ethnicity

500

Over sixty nations eventually  signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact, which did what?

Renounce war as a solution to international disputes

500

What short term impacts did the car and assembly line have? Long term impacts?

 Inspired competitors and helped the economy grow

500

____________ were a segment of society who were most likely to adopt the dress and manner exhibited by “flappers.”

Rebellious girls

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