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1
How did the automobile affect American society?
Increased suburbanization due to cheaper travel
Autos replaced trains as the mode of transporting goods
Women joined the workforce
Agricultural output declined because men worked in factories
2
The Teapot Dome Scandal
led to distrust of elected officials
challenged the validity of electoral colleges
resulted in more votes for the Democratic party
challenged the beliefs of the Progressives
3
The Scopes Trial illustrated society in the 20s was characterized by
tension between fundamentalist and modern values/views
demands to reform the public education system
changing attitudes about the role of women
ethnic minority group clashes
4
Which group opposed Social Darwinism b/c it promoted the idea that the lower class wasn't capable of economic success?
Modernists
Progressives
Social Gospel
Traditional Jews
5
Which group successfully gained political rights during the 20s?
religious groups with the 18th amendment
Immigrants with passage of the Naitonal Origins Quota Act
women with the adoption of the 19th amendment
African Americans introduction of culture studies in college
6
The Indian Citizenship Act, also known as the Snyder Act, granted Native Americans the right to---
citizenship
property ownership
assembly
vote
7
The Red Scare resulted in which of the following?
d. a and b
a. Quotas on immigration
c. More immigrants from S and E Europe entering the US
b. Anti immigration sentiment
8
What music appealed to a broad section of Americans in the 20s?
Rock and Roll
Jazz
Soul
Country
9
How did mass production techniques affect the economy of the 1920s?
reduced prices of consumer goods
decreased need for workers
lowered the quality of most products
raised the cost of agricultural products
10
How did Ford's innovation changed the American workplace?
Agriculture output continued to decline as factory work rose
Women joined the workforce as labor demand increased
Machines became responsible for most work
Labor experienced increasing productivity and output at factories
11
What events reflected the influence of growing nativism in the 20s?
Sacco and Vanzetti conviction
Ku Klux Klan growth
Red Scare
All of these
12
Immigrants to the US developed ethnic neighborhoods and this caused them to remain immersed in their own culture.
True
False
13
The writer who coined the term "Jazz Age" and wrote the Great Gatsby was
Ernest Hemingway
Mark Twain
Langford Hughes
F. Scott Fitzgerald
14
US President Warren G. Harding was characterized by
Receiving the first women's votes for President
all of these
supporting high tariffs
a "return to normalcy"
15
What were the characteristics of the Roaring 20s?
installment plans
all of these
flappers
Prohibition
16
Tin Pan Alley was known for
blending ideas to create popular songs
promotion of African American clothing
creation of musical theatre
introduction of the flapper look
17
Who was the African American man who supported Back to Africa and the Universal Negro Improvement Association?
WEB Dubois
Louis Armstrong
Langston Hughes
Marcus Garvey
18
The 1920s immigration quotas resulted in the following:
b. The Red Scare
d. A decrease in cheap labor
a. An economic recession
c. End of WWI
19
Who were the pioneers in aviation in the 20s?
b. Glenn Curtiss
a. Charles Lindbergh
c. John Glenn
d. a and b
20
The passage of the 18th Amendment during the 20s affected society by
allowing women to take on new roles
more people attended church
crime rates rose drastically
alcohol increased in demand
21
Unique characteristics of flappers include:
shift from traditional roles of women
decreasing crime during Prohibition
decline in women's jobs in city factories
use of credit/installment payments
22
What was the year of the Stock Market Crash?
1929
1928
1939
1930
23
The Great Migration of the 20s increased population in
The Southern urban areas
The Southern rural areas
The Northern urban areas
The Northern rural areas
24
What was a characteristic of the US economy in the 1920s?
repeated labor uprisings that limited output
finances were more dependent on credit cards
all time high production levels of consumer goods
increasing government regulations on business
25
What is a defining characteristic of society during the Red Scare of the 20s?
All of these
b. an increase in cheap labor
a. lack of a fear of spread of communism
c. Anti - immigration sentiment
26
The Harlem Renaissance resulted in which of the following art forms which spread worldwide?
Movie Theaters
Jazz
Flapper clothing
Art deco architecture
27
What did the Teapot Dome Scandal of the Harding administration result in?
Conviction of a cabinet member
impeachment of a US President
limitation of presidential terms
passage of the 18th amendment
28
Which of these illustrates fear of a communist revolution in the US during the Red Scare?
The attorney general arresting radicals in the US.
The end of the war in Europe.
Lenin overthrowing the government in the Soviet Union.
Debs's opposition to the unification of Germany.
29
The Scopes Trial tested Americans commitment to what?
Democracy
Fundamentalist Religion
Scientific Theories
Communism
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T or F: During the Palmer Raids anarchists and communists were arrested and deported.
False
True
31
Harlem Renaissance poets/artists such as Langston Hughes focused on these issues.
racial pride in the African American communities
shifting demographics in New England
class conflict caused by economic prosperity
discrimination suffered by women
32
What made it possible , especially in large industrial cities, for the public to acquire the "new" electrical items?
Telecommunications development
Aerospace industrialization
Electricity
Assembly line production
