Chapter 19
Which characteristic of the 1920s is illustrated by the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti?
Intolerance toward immigrants
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
Which event of the 1920s did not reflect the racial and ethnic intolerance of the decade?
Harlem Renaissance
What effect did the Great Depression have on the American economy?
It led to high unemployment and underproduction
Which feature of the immigration laws of the 1920s was different from prior laws?
Quotas were set to limit immigration from many countries
What primarily motivated nativism in the United States in the late 1800s?
Hostility toward immigrant workers
What explains the reason for the rise of a "consumer culture" in the 1920s?
Advertising and installment payments encouraged buying
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
The New Deal tried to solve many problems that arose during the Great Depression by
Which generalization is consistent with the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson?
States can segregate the races if they provide separate but equal facilities
What effect did statements such as this one have on many people in the United States?
The threat of Communism would spread to the United States
A significant contribution to the industrialization of the United States was Henry Ford's use of
The conveyor belt
What was an important result of Prohibition during the 1920s?
Respect for the law decreased
The New Deal changed American political thinking because it was based on the principle that the
American economy will fix itself if left alone
In the late 1800s, how did the pattern of United States immigration change?
Large numbers of immigrants came from Eastern and Southern Europe
What is an example of a law passed in the United States that reflected anti-immigration attitudes?
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
What was the primary cause of the economic boom of the 1920s?
Development of new consumer goods industries
What would a study of the "flappers" of the 1920s indicate?
Some women rejected traditional restrictions
What problem were both the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed the address?
During the 1920s, controversies concerning the Scopes trial, national Prohibition, and the behavior of "flappers" were all signs of disagreement over
Traditional values and changing lifestyles
Americans feared that Communism would spread and infect the United States
During the 1920s, many of the problems facing American farmers were due to
Overproduction of farm crops
A result of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s was the
Increased recognition of African-American culture and music
What conditions are most characteristic of an economic depression?
Large number of business failures and falling prices
Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes, and Countee Cullen are most closely associated with efforts to
Promote the cultural identity of African Americans through the arts