20. What were "alien reds"?

Immigrants from communist countries

22. How did the Great Migration contribute to changes in population/demographic patterns?

More African Americans moved to urban areas

5. What Marcus Garvey's most significant impact?

Founding Universal Negro Improvement Association to help African Americans

7. One characteristic of the U.S. economy was....

all-time high production levels of consumer goods

6. The Harlem Renaissance celebrated what?

Racial pride of African Americans

15. The Teapot Dome Scandal resulted in....

Conviction of a Presidential Cabinet Member

18. What were flappers?

Women who challenged social norms

23. What is "eugenics"?

Improvement of human race by breeding

26. Who are two famous Jazz musicians that got their starts in the 1920's?

Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington

8. Why was the assembly line and mass production good for the economy?

Reduced the prices of consumer goods

17. Why did some people oppose Social Darwinism?

Said it promoted that poor people were not capable of economic success

21. Why did people in the U.S. want to deport the "alien reds"?

Communists were infiltrating the United States

12. What caused nativist feelings to increase during the 1920s?

Growth of the KKK, Social Darwinism, Red Scare

19. After World War 1, why did many want immigration restrictions?

Soldiers coming back didn't have jobs anymore

10. What did Tin Pan Alley contribute to American Culture?

Producing and distributing sheet music

9. Why did many African Americans move North and West during the Great Migration?

Discrimination and Racism in the South

27. What was President Harding's "Return to Normalcy" about?

Prosperity at home, Increase in peacetime production, Less ambitious foreign policy

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3. Charles Lindbergh and Glenn Curtis known for?
Aviation
Medicine
Automobiles
Weaponry
2
20. What were "alien reds"?
Hispanic Nativists
Immigrants from communist countries
Native American immigrants
Aliens from Mars
3
22. How did the Great Migration contribute to changes in population/demographic patterns?
African Americans all moved to Harlem
More African Americans moved to rural, country towns
More African Americans moved to urban areas
White people leaving the cities to go live on farms
4
5. What Marcus Garvey's most significant impact?
Creating the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Funding sheet music in Tin Pan Alley
Founding Universal Negro Improvement Association to help African Americans
Starting the Women's Christian Temperance Movement
5
7. One characteristic of the U.S. economy was....
More taxes
all-time high production levels of consumer goods
Decreased industrial input
Increased government regulations
6
2. What year did the stock market crash?
1931
1930
1928
1929
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6. The Harlem Renaissance celebrated what?
Discrimination of Women
Harsh treatment of Immigrants
Pro-Communism
Racial pride of African Americans
8
13. What effect did the 18th amendment have on crime?
Crime rates decreased
Crime rates increased
Got rid of crime
Had no effect on crime
9
15. The Teapot Dome Scandal resulted in....
Communist Revolution
Conviction of a Presidential Cabinet Member
Teapots being discontinued
President found drinking alcohol during Prohibition
10
18. What were flappers?
Women who challenged social norms
People who told on others who were drinking
A new dance craze
Failed attempts at airplanes
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1. What was the Red Scare?
Fear of Communist Revolution
Fear of the color Red
Fear of Native Americans
Fear of Republicans
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23. What is "eugenics"?
Someone misspelling the name "Eugene"
Something racists, probably
Survival of the fittest, but with different human races
Improvement of human race by breeding
13
14. What was the 19th amendment?
Declared that all African Americans could NOT vote
Gave immigrants the right to have whatever job they wanted to
Said all Communists should be executed on sight
Granted women the righ to vote
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24. Where did the belief of the superior Anglo-Saxon "race" originate from?
Great Britain
United States
Italy
Germany
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26. Who are two famous Jazz musicians that got their starts in the 1920's?
John Steinbeck
Glenn Curtis
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
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25. What crime did notorious crime boss Al Capone go to jail for?
Murder of city officials
Unpaid parking tickets
Tax Evasion
Plotting to overthrow the government
17
4. The Scopes Trial first saw tensions rise between which two groups?
Modernist and Traditionalist
Democrats and Republicans
KKK and Immigrants
Religion and Science
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8. Why was the assembly line and mass production good for the economy?
Raised the costs for agricultural production
Decreased the need for workers
Lowered the quality of most products
Reduced the prices of consumer goods
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11. What new type of music made its debut in Harlem, featuring artists like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington?
Classical
Country
Rock and Roll
Jazz
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17. Why did some people oppose Social Darwinism?
Said it promoted that poor people were not capable of economic success
Said that poor people could become President
We should install a secret world government to rule over all countries
It said that Communists should overthrow the U.S. Government
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16. Which invention revolutionized industrial manufacturing?
Washing machine
Assembly line
Radio
Automobile
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21. Why did people in the U.S. want to deport the "alien reds"?
Because they said the Earth is round, just like their home planet of Mars
They wanted green aliens
Economic success was dependent on less immigration
Communists were infiltrating the United States
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12. What caused nativist feelings to increase during the 1920s?
Growth of the KKK
Jazz
Social Darwinism
Red Scare
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19. After World War 1, why did many want immigration restrictions?
We didn't need them to work in facories anymore
We didn't want to deal with Europe's problems anymore
Soldiers coming back didn't have jobs anymore
Everybody was just super racist
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10. What did Tin Pan Alley contribute to American Culture?
Producing and distributing sheet music
The popularity of jazz music
Promotion of African American culture
Fashion district for flapper clothing
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9. Why did many African Americans move North and West during the Great Migration?
Jazz
Cheap housing
All of the jobs were taken in the South
Discrimination and Racism in the South
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27. What was President Harding's "Return to Normalcy" about?
Prosperity at home
Increase in peacetime production
Become rulers of the world and impose our will over everyone
Less ambitious foreign policy

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