Demobilization
Red Scare
Red Scare
After World War One the United States retreated in to ___________________________. Meaning they focused their emphasis on maintaining prosperity at home and a less ambitious foreign policy abroad.
Isolationism
What did the rejection of the League of Nations, the higher tariffs imposed by the Fordney-McCumber Act, and the Emergency Quota Act all point to during the early 1920's?
A. increasing militarism
B. increasing isolationism
C. increasing imperialism
D. increasing internationalism
B. increasing isolationism
Women had many new experiences as a result of World War I, including working new jobs, wearing new fashions, and acting more independently. What other new change came to women just after World War I.
A. the right to vote
B. the right to drink
C. equal pay for equal work
D. the right to serve in military combat
A. the right to vote
Which groups did not generally participate in the prosperity of the 1920's?
A. manufacturers and real estate developers
B. stock brokers and automobile workers
C. bankers and construction workers
D. minorities and railroad workers
D. minorities and railroad workers
The 1920's was nicknamed __________________ because of the times prosperity and excitement
The Roaring 20's
List at least three (3) ways demobilization impacted the United States.
Factories closed down
Workers lost their jobs due to the decrease in production and to soldiers coming home from the war.
Railroads were no longer federally funded because they weren't needed to transport war goods for the government.
Minorities lost their jobs.
The Emergency Quota System was set up to
A. End all immigration
B. Limit immigration from Asia and Eastern Europe
C. Increase immigration of farm workers from Mexico
D. Help immigrants become American citizens more easily
B. Limit immigration from Asia and Eastern Europe
Define the 18th amendment.
It prohibits the manufacturing, transporting, and sale of intoxicating liquors.
A tax on imported goods. They benefit the US because the US profits from imports and it encourages American consumers to buy American products.
John T. Scopes challenged a Tennessee law that forbade the teaching of
A. biology
B. evolution
C. creationism
D. fundamentalism
B. evolution
What were the TWO causes of the Palmer Raids?
The Red Scare and after several letter bombs were found in the mail.
The Kellogg-Briand Pact sought to outlaw
A. arms reductions agreements.
B. war as an instrument of national policy.
C. naval power above 525,000 tons.
D. the Open Door in China.
B. war as an instrument of national policy.
If the Eighteenth Amendment made the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol illegal, what was the Volstead Act for?
Which of the following increased in the 1920s?
A. farmer's debts
B. prices for farm products
C. foreign demand for US farm products
D. domestic demand for US farm products
A. farmer's debts
*Why was it formed?
Describe the controversy of the Palmer Raids.
More than 6000 people were unlawfully arrested and deported.
The purpose of the Washington Naval Conference and Five-Power treaties was to
A. reduce the United States involvement in foreign wars
B. begin the disarmament of Naval forces world wide
C. forbid Americans to travel on foreign vessels
D. have the US establish control of foreign waters.
B. begin the disarmament of Naval forces world wide
the teaching of evolution.
______________ is when a consumer buys products by promising to pay small, regular amounts over a period of time.
Installment buying
What did Fundamentalists believe?
Fundamentalists believed the Bible was to be taken literally.
Describe the injustice of Sacco and Vanzetti.
They were executed despite the evidence being unclear. Many believed that Sacco and Vanzetti may have not even been involved in the robbery and that they were arrested, tried, and executed based on their beliefs.
Describe how the Dawes Plan negatively impacted Germany. (Explain the relationship between the Allies, Germany, and the US)
Bootleggers, speakeasies, general disdain for the law.
Why did Andrew Mellon believe that lowering taxes on the wealthy would benefit the economy?
He believed that if the government lowered taxes on the wealthy they were more likely to invest in the economy that other social classes.
List at least three ways automobiles revolutionized society?
Busses were able to transport children farther thus allowing schools to have a wide spread reach.
Farmers were able to produce more crops.
Suburbs were created because people could drive in to the city to work.
The use of railroads decreased due to the competition of automobiles.