Boom Time
True or False - Citizens had disposable income during the 1920s
True
True or False - The 1920s was a prosperous time for business
True - America is at a height that we had never seen before.
What is Nativism
The belief that traditional Americans are superior to everyone else.
What were the two reasons the United States decided to pass the 18th Amendment?
Limit crime and poverty.
Marcus Garvey made a lasting impact on the lives of African Americans in the United States by —
A organizing the Pan-African Congress with W.E.B. DuBois
B cofounding the Universal Negro Improvement Association "Back to Africa Movement"
C contributing to the cultural contributions of the Harlem Renaissance
D advocating for the passage of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth amendments
B - Cofounding the Universal Negro Improvement Association
What does it mean to return to normalcy
The United States needed to go back to how it was prior to American Expansion in the early 1900s.
True or False - Radios and Motion Pictures became popular and influential media sources
True
What was the Sacco and Vanzetti Trial about?
Sacco and Vanzetti were two Italian immigrants the were killed by the electric chair. The US government believed they were communists.
One of the few groups to successfully gain political rights during the 1900’s was —
A women with the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment
B religious groups with the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment
C European immigrants with passage of the National Origins Quota Act
D African Americans with the introduction of culture studies in college curriculums
A - Women with the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment
The works of Harlem Renaissance artists such as Langston Hughes focused on issues related to—
A discrimination suffered by women
B class conflict caused by economic prosperity
C shifting demographics in New England states
D racial pride in the African American community
D - Racial pride in the African American community
True or False - Household appliances that we use today began to be created and used during the Progressive Era?
False - These appliances began to be used during the Roaring 20s.
Improved mass-production techniques affected the American economy of the 1920s by —
A decreasing the need for workers
B lowering the quality of most products
C reducing the prices of consumer goods
D raising the costs for agricultural production
C - Reducing the prices of consumer goods (Simple economics when more products are made the price of the product decreases.)
Which of the following is a defining characteristic of society in the United States during the Red Scare of the 1920s?
A Yellow journalism
B Spread of communism
C Anti-immigration sentiment
D Increasing rights for minority groups
C - Anti-immigration sentiment (While the Red Scare was the fear of communism, society responded with an Anti-immigration sentiment and an increase in Nativism)
How did the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment affect American society in the 1920’s?
A Women took on new roles
B Crime rates rose drastically
C Church attendance increased
D Demand for alcohol decreased
B- Prohibition lead to an increase of organized crime within the United States (for an extra 300 points who is the most notorious gangster of the 1920s)
Which aspect of American culture in the 1920’s became popular in many other societies around the world?
A Jazz music
B Movie theaters
C Art-deco architecture
D Flapper clothing styles
A - Jazz Music (Jazz music quickly spread all around the world.
Charles Lindbergh is remembered for his —
A involvement in the Scopes Trial
B service as a senator in New York
C pioneering advances in aviation
D bravery fighting in the First World War
C - Pioneering advances in aviation.
Henry Ford is credited with revolutionizing industrial manufacturing with the introduction of —
A automobiles with a single-frame chassis
B assembly lines in the automobile industry
C internal combustion engines in automobiles
D healthcare benefits for auto industry workers
B - Assembly lines in the automobile industry
The Teapot Dome Scandal tarnished the Harding administration because it —
A spotlighted fraud in presidential elections
B disclosed an overreach of presidential power
C revealed corruption that damaged public trust
D resulted in the impeachment of a S.S. President
C - Revealed corruption that damage public trust (For an extra 400 points what was the Teapot Dome Scandal)
A cultural contribution made by African American artists and performers during the early twentieth century includes —
A creating a uniquely American music form known as jazz
B introducing Americans to vaudeville-style entertainment
C forming America’s first musical district known as Tin Pan Alley
D pioneering the “flapper” look for women after the First World War
A - Creating a uniquely American Music form known as jazz
One factor that contributed to the Great Migration of the 1920’s was —
A discrimination in the South
B demand for agricultural workers
C immigration of southern Europeans
D development of interstate highways
A - Discrimination in the South (Remember due to Nativism the rise of the KKK reached heights not seen before.)
Why did farmers struggle to make ends meet during the 1920s?
Overproduction led to a decrease in prices / Purchasing new technology on credit.
One characteristic of the U.S. economy in the 1920s was —
A greater financial dependency on credit cards
B increasing government regulations on businesses
C all-time high production levels of consumer goods
D repeated labor uprisings that limited industrial output
C All-time high production levels of consumer goods.
Red Scare, Social Darwinism, Growth of the Ku Klux Klan, Convictions of Sacco and Vanzetti
The events of the 1920s listed in the box reflect the influence of —
A prohibition
B organized crime
C growing nativism
D civil rights leaders
C - Growing Nativism
The debate between Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan in the Scopes Trial illustrated how society in the 1920s was characterized by —
A clashes between ethnic minority groups
B changing attitudes about the role of women
C demands to reform the public education system
D tension between traditional values and modern views
D - Tension between traditional values and modern views. The Scopes Monkey Trial pinned Science vs Religion (Evolution vs. Christianity)
Which demographic pattern resulted from the Great Migration?
A African American populations grew in urban areas.
B African Americans moved to the western United States.
C The number of African American owned farms increased.
D The African American population in the South outnumbered whites.
A - African American populations grew in urban areas. (Remember lots of African Americans moved North for work which helped spread the influence of Jazz)