Chapter 19
What effect did statements such as the one above have on many people in the United State?
What is the threat of communism would spread to the United States
Reasons for prosperity
Demand for automobiles increased, Installment buying and buying on credit.
A result of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s was the
Increased recognition of African American culture and music.
What effect did the Great Depression have on the American economy?
It led to high unemployment and underproduction.
What generalization is consistent with the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in plessy vs Ferguson?
States can segregate the races if they provide separate but equal facilities.
What primarily motivated nativism in the United States in the late 1800s?
Hostility towards immigrant works
How did the growth of the automobile industry after world war 1 change the United States economy?
It stimulated the development of other new industries.
What was an important result of Prohibition during the 1920s?
Respect for the law decreased.
The New Deal tried to solve many problems that arose during the Great Depression by
Providing federal aid to various sectors of American economy.
Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes, and Countee Cullen are most closely associated with efforts to
Promote the criminal identity of African Americans though the arts.
Which characteristic of the 1920s is illustrated by the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti?
Intolerance toward immigrants
What explains the reason for the rise of a "consumer culture" in the 1920s?
Advertising and installment payments encouraged buying.
What would a study of the "flappers" of the 1920s indicated
Some women rejected traditional restrictions.
The New deal changed American political thinking because it was based on the principle the the
Federal government should attempt to solve and economic problems.
What was much of the economic growth of the 1920s based on?
The production of new consumer goods.
Name an example of a law passed in the United States that reflected anti-immigration attitudes.
Chinese Exclusion act, Gentlemens agreement immigration
A significant contribution to the industrialization of the United States was Henry Ford's use of
The conveyor belt
The 1925 trial of John Scopes and the issue surrounding Prohibition reflected an ongoing conflict in the nation during the 1920s between
New thinking and traditional values.
Name Two ways that New Deal programs attempted to address the effects of the Great Depression
1. Social one economic areas
2. Government agencies products
What goal of ratifying the Prohibition Amendment?
Put an end to further European immigration.
Define what is meant by the "Red Scare" of 1919-1920
Concerned of the threat of communist, Anarchist, and immigrants.
What primary cause of the economic boom of 1920s
Development of new consumer goods industries.
Which event of the 1920s did not reflect the racial and ethnic intolerance of the decade?
Harlem Renaissance
What conditions are most characteristics of an economic depression?
Large number of business failure and falling prices.
The failure of Prohibition led to a public awareness that
Unpopular laws are difficult to enforce.