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100
The red scare of 1919-1920 was provoked by
the public’s association of labor violence with its fear of revolution.
100
What issue did the trial of John Scopes in 1925 centered on?
teaching evolution in public school
100
The prosperity that developed in the 1920s was accompanied by...
a cloud of consumer debt
100
 Immigration restrictions of the 1920s were introduced as a result of
the nativist belief that Northern Europeans were superior to southern and eastern Europeans.
100
Ernest Hemingway helped popularize this term in his novel “The Sun Also Rises”. This term showed the thoughts of those who had lost faith in the modern society.
(The Lost Generation)
200
The post- World War I Ku Klux Klan advocated which idea?
fundamentalist religion, opposition to birth control, repression of pacifists, anti-Catholicism.
200
What was the immediate consequence of trial of John Scopes?
fundamentalist religion remained a vibrant force in American spiritual life.
200
What were few open job-opportunities for women?
low-paying fields.
200
 “Cultural pluralists” like Horace Kallen and Randolph generally advocated that...
immigrants should be able to retain their traditional cultures rather than blend into a single American “melting pot”.
200
During the 1920s, a literary, artistic and intellectual movement created a new cultural identity. What was this movement called?
Harlem Renaissance
300
 The KKK of the 1920s was a reaction against the forces of..?
diversity and modernity that were transforming American culture.
300
Who was the president after Wilson?
Warren G. Harding
300
What was one of the main problems faced by American manufacturers?
developing expanded markets of people to buy their products.
300
The immigration quota system adopted in the 1920s discriminated directly against
Southern and Eastern Europeans.
300
Women started to express themselves in new ways starting from the 1920s with short dresses and bobbed haircuts. What were these women called?
Flappers
400
One of the primary obstacles to working class solidarity and organization in America was
ethnic diversity.
400
What was the reaction of the public to the volstead act?
strongresistance from eastern city dwellers.
400
What was Henry Ford’s contribution to the automobile industry?
relatively cheap automobiles.
400
What was the religion of almost all Polish immigrants to America?
Roman Catholics.
400
Who was a famous trumpet/cornet player who largely contributed to the booming jazz age.
Louis Armstrong
500
What is the significance of Marcus Garvey?
promoting the resettlement of American blacks in Africa, cultivating feelings of self-confidence and self-reliance among blacks, being sent to prison after a conviction for fraud, and promoting black-owned businesses.
500
What was the result of Sacco and Vansatti Trial
Sentenced to death
500
What were the industries that prospered along with the automobile industry?
Rubber, highway construction, oil, and glass
500
Where did Polish peasants learn about America?
agents from U.S. railroads, letters from friends and relative, agents from steamship lines, and Polish American business people.
500
Who did Americans use to justify their new sexual frankness?
Sigmund Freud