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Holt McDougal, The Americans, Ch. 12, Politics and the Roaring Twenties
Holt McDougal, The Americans, Ch. 12, Politics and the Roaring Twenties
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Immigrant from Jamaica he encouraged black pride & founding of separate black nation in Africa
James Weldon Johnson
Claude McKay
Marcus Garvey
Langston Hughes
2
Founded 1909 it sought to protect Afr-Amer from racial violence by pushing anti-lynching laws
NASA
NAWSA
NAACP
NOW
3
The Ku Klux Klan gained support in the cities in the 1920s because
immigration was at an all-time high
all of the above
new immigrants were resented for taking jobs
immigrants were resented for disrupting traditional values
4
3-time Presidential candidate & devout fundamentalist he was special prosecutor at Scopes trial
Herbert Hoover
Clarence Darrow
William Jennings Bryan
Calvin Coolidge
5
1919: workers demanded wage increases, shorter working hours, & collective bargaining rights in
Boston Police Strike
US Steel Mills Strike
Coal Miners' Strike
all of the above
6
Why was there racial unrest in Northern cities after WWI?
Great Migration to N & returning vets caused job competition
Afr-Amer ball players were playing on white teams
Afr-Amer got the right to vote for the 1st time
immigrants from E. Europe caused tensions with Afr-Amer
7
One result of nativists' attitudes and the Red Scare of 1919 was
the arrest and subsequent executiion of Sacco & Vanzetti
the Fordney-McCumber Tariff
the immediate deportation of all illegal immigrants
the Teapot Dome scandal
8
A group devoted to "100% Americanism," by 1924 their membership reached 4.5 million
Ku Klux Klan
American Federation of Labor
Bull Moose Party
Populists
9
Elected after Harding he fit the pro-business spirit of 1920s & continued laissez-faire govt
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
Franklin D. Roosevelt
10
First American to win Nobel Prize for Literature for his novel
Babbitt.
Sinclair Lewis
George Gershwin
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
11
1919: Widespread labor unrest, several bombings, and the Communist revolution in Russia led to
the Teapot Dome scandal
urban sprawl
the Red Scare
isolationism
12
Which Amendment repealed Prohibition in 1933?
22nd
19th
21st
20th
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Smuggler who brought and distributed illegal alcohol in US.
Gun-runner
Racqueteer
Forty-niner
Bootlegger
14
Passed in 1922 this tariff raised taxes to 60% on imported goods to protect American business
Payne-Aldrich Tariff
Tariff of Abominations
Fordney-McCumber Tariff
Tariff of 1816
15
To enforce Prohibition Congress passed this law which was too underfunded to succeed
Emancipation Proclamation
Espionage and Sedition Act
Volstead Act
Roosevelt Corollary
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Nativist sentiments led to law setting max. nmbr of ppl who could enter US from each country
Gentlemen's Agreement
Immigration and Naturalization Act
Emergency Quota Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
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This is the policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs
Red Scare
nationalism
imperalism
isolationism
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Which Amendment banned the manufacture, sale and distribution of alcohol?
21st
18th
20th
19th
19
People opposed to any form of government are known as
anacharists
isolationists
democrats
communists
20
What did Afr-Amer writers, artists, & musicians hope to achieve during the Harlem Renaissance?
show that Afr-Amer could produce great works of art and lit
reveal conditions in So were almost as bad as in No
display their ability as conscientious workers in workplace
show that pursuit of material success often leads to tragedy
21
Protestant & nativist, their religious beliefs were challenged by Darwin's theory of evolution
Fundamentalists
Episcopalians
Buddhists
Catholics
22
What did Washington Naval Conference, 9-Power Treaty, and Kellogg-Briand Pact have in common?
disarmament treaties limiting number of tanks & airplanes
attempts at promoting world peace without League of Nations
a series of naval disarmament treaties involving WWI Allies
created secret alliances with former Allied & Central Powers
23
Underground or well-hidden saloons and nightclubs that sprung up after Prohibition started
gold towns
Harlem Renaissance
quota system
speakeasies
24
Best-known poet of Harlem Renaissance he wrote about lives of working class African-Americans
Marcus Garvey
Langston Hughes
Claude McKay
James Weldon Johnson
25
President Harding's poker-playing buddies who caused him embarrassment through scandals were
Ginger Group
Brown Sugar
the Ohio gang
Kitchen cabinet
26
A HS biology teacher challenged a law in Tenn. prohibiting teaching of evolution which led to
Bootlegging
Prohibition
Showboating
the Scopes (monkey) trial
27
____ enabled people to buy goods over an extended period.
excise tax
installment plan
Marshall plan
Joint stock companies
28
B/C of WWI women worked new jobs, wore new fashions, acted more independently, &
got the right to vote
got the right to drink
got the right to serve in military combat
got equal pay for equal work
29
The most spectacular example of corruption caused by Albert Fall of the Ohio gang was
Teapot Dome
Watergate
Petticoat Affair
Credit Mobilier
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This literary & artistic movement celebrated African-American culture in the 1920s
Hudson River School
Ashcan School
Harlem Renaissance
Greenwich Art Society
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A set of cultural rules of behavior that gave men greater freedoms than women
assimilation
double standard
Victorian principles
feminism
32
The "Grand Experiment" to ban the sale and distribution of alcohol in the US from 1920-33.
Prohibition
Progressivism
Transcendentalism
Muckracking
33
It liberated isolated rural families, allowed commuting from suburbs, & changed Amer landscapes
automobile
airplane industry
electrical conveniences
modern advertising
34
Which groups did not generally participate in the prosperity of the 1920s?
bankers and construction workers
stock brokers and automobile workers
manufactureres and real estate developers
minorities and railroad workers
35
____ is prejudice against foreign-born people
nativism
imperalism
communism
nationalism
36
ACLU lawyer, the most famous trial lawyer of the time, hired to defend John T. Scopes
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Clarence Darrow
William Jennings Bryan
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1921: Charles Evans Hughes Harding's Sec. of State suggested worldwide disarmament to include
the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti
scrapping all battleships, cruiser, and aircraft carriers
moratorium on building new ships
the Fordney-McCumber Act
38
Communism is an economic and political system based on a double-party government
True
False
39
Rejection of the League of Nations, higher tariffs & the Quota Act all point to
increasing imperialism
increasing isolationalism
increasing militarism
increasing internationalism
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_____ is when cities spread in all directions
tenement
suburb
gilded age
urban sprawl
