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American Concerns and Changing Demographics
Technology
Prohibition
Great Migration and Harlem Renaissance
Modernism vs Traditionalism
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How did high schools change in the 1920s? 

The population at high schools began to represent the immigrants coming into the country. High schools needed to teach English to non-English speakers. High schools also taught the basic skills specific to the factory model. 
100

List one electrical convenience that was popularized in the 1920s to help with household chores. 

Washing machine, vacuum cleaner, sewing machine, refrigerators, cooking ranges, and toasters 

100

Where would citizens go to enjoy alcohol during Prohibition? 

speakeasy 

100
What geographic location had the worst racial violence for African Americans during the 1920s? 

South

100

What is traditionalism? 

An attempt to resist change by holding onto old ideas or values

200

What is the Red Scare? 

A fear that Communism would spread to the United States that would end capitalism

200

What was the airplane industry first used as? 

Mail carrying service for the US Post Office 

200

Why did some people support Prohibition? 

Supporters of Prohibition believed alcohol was sinful and was harmful to public health

200

List two reasons African Americans moved during the Great Migration. 

1. Job opportunities 

2. Escape the racial violence and Jim Crow laws 

300

How did the Red Scare and anti-immigrant sentiments lead to the rise of the KKK? 

Members of the KKK felt a need to preserve white American values by attacking anything that was considered different from them. 

300

What does it mean to buy goods on credit? 

Buyers put a down payment down towards the cost of a good and agree to pay off the debt in monthly installments

300

What was the purpose of the Volstead Act? 

It established the Prohibition Bureau to track down illegal operations and monitor highways so people couldn't distribute alcohol. The Volstead Act was extremely underfunded. 

300

True or false: African Americans in Louisville, KY during the 1920s did not experience racism. 

False - While many African American neighborhoods had successful businesses, these neighborhoods also experienced police brutality and overpolicing. 

300
During the 1920s, women began to express their freedom through the way they looked. Women's rights activists also advocated for what women's right to this common good. 

Birth Control


400

What was the goal of the immigration quota? 

The immigration quota put a cap on the number of immigrants allowed from each country in order to limit the number of immigrants from Europe to America. 

400

What is urban sprawl? How did the automobile industry contribute to urban sprawl? 

Urban sprawl is the spreading of geographic regions of cities in all directions. The new automobile industry allowed for people to live further away from the city center. 

400

Which American gangster headed a criminal empire in Chicago which he controlled using bribes and violence? 

Al Capone

400

Another name for the Greenwood neighborhood that held many successful African American owned businesses

Black Wall Street 

400

Why was John Scopes arrested and taken to trial? 

Scopes taught about evolution in Tennessee when it was illegal. 

500

Explain how the Red Scare, the Sacco and Vanzetti case, and the rise of the KKK reflected concerns held by many Americans. 

All of these events reflected American fear of outsiders and ideas that were "un-American." American ideas at the time represented ideas that were primarily white and grounded in Christian values. 
500

What evidence suggests that the prosperity of the 1920s was not on a firm foundation? 

People purchased too many goods using credit that nobody was actually making a profit on their business. It seemed that the economy was doing well because of the increase in production, but since no one was outright paying for the goods, this was a false prosperity. 

500

How did citizens get around Prohibition laws and the Volstead Act? What happened as a result? 

Citizens would purchase bootlegged alcohol. Organized crime developed to supply the demand for alcohol. American gangsters, like Al Capone, got very wealthy selling illegal alcohol and murdering any competition. 
500

How did the Great Migration and the Harlem Renaissance shape African American communities? 

The Great Migration spread African American culture and traditions throughout cities all over the United States. In Harlem, this culture culminated into the first truly African American popular culture to rise through Jazz and the spreading of African American authors. 
500

What was the outcome of the Scopes trial? 

The Butler Act was NOT repealed, and it was illegal to teach about evolution in Tennessee until the 1960s.