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2024 America in the 1920s
2024 America in the 1920s
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Favoring people born in the United States...
Nativism
Prohibition
Isolationism
Urban Sprawl
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The demand for automobiles in the 1920s
Stimulated growth in many other industries
Closed down the steel industry
Brought about the collapse of the suburbs
Led to a nationwide recession
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This is an economic and political system based on single party government and dictatorship
Democracy
Oligarchy
Anarchy
Communism
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What big event had just ended causing joy and celebration during the Roaring Twenties?
World War II
Spanish American War
World War I
Construction of a skyscraper
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People began using ____________ to buy new items.
Checks
Gold Coins
Credit
Cash
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Opposed all forms of government which led to arrests and deportations during the Red Scare
Republicans
Communists
Anarchists
Democrats
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Women of the 1920s
Embraced their traditional family roles
Rejected the idea of women's right to vote
Challenged establish social norms
Began to prefer more modest fashions
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Most Americans who OPPOSED the Ku Klux Klan embraced what notion?
That America was a “melting pot”
That the races should remain separate
That immigrants should be deported
That David Stephenson should be elected President
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The first practical peacetime use of airplanes was for
carrying mail
crop-dusting
carrying passengers
weather forecasting
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The Red Scare was a period of
Persecution of people suspected of holding anti-American political views.
Great growth in art, literature and music
Severe economic depression
Widespread support for group promoting international anarchy
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This established the maximum number of immigrants who were allowed into the United States from each foreign country
Quota System
Anarchists
isolationism
Ku Klux Klan
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Communism appealed to this group of people...
Men
Women
Rich
Poor
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Which invention allowed news and entertainment to reach large audiences in a very short amount of time in the 1920's?
the newspaper
the television
the radio
the mail
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The 1925 trial of John Scopes reflected the conflict between
Isolation and international involvement
Prohibition and organized crime
Science and Religion
Traditional roles and new roles for women
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In the 1920s, farmers had economic problems because
there was an oversupply of farm products on the market.
the demand for farmer products was rising.
prices for farm products were rising.
there were too few farmers.
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What was the condition of America’s economy following World War I?
There was a brief recession, followed by economic growth
There was a long, gradual decline in America’s economy
There was immediate nationwide prosperity
There was a long recession
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Attorney general A Mitchell Palmer believed that he needed to protect the American people from
political radicals
corruption and fraud
big business
labor union members
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What was a bootlegger?
Criminals who immigrated to the U.S.
Criminals who brought clothing made in other countries into the U.S.
Criminal who sold alcohol in the United States during Prohibition
Criminals who brought guns made in other countries into the U.S.
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Which of the following BEST describes a flapper?
A rebellious woman who wanted to drink, smoke, and have a good time
A woman who campaigned for the legalization of the "Moral Gown"
A modest women who obeyed her parents
A women who thought men should stay home and women should dominate the work
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Who had a multi-million dollar crime operation in Chicago?
Pretty Boy Floyd
Babyface Nelson
John Dilinger
Al Capone
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This is a policy of abstaining from involvement in world affairs
Quota System
Neutrality
Ohi Day
Isolationism
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To expand its membership in the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan engaged in all of the following except
blaming national problems on immigrants.
encouraging white women to join the organization
playing on people's fear of political radicals
allowing members to profit from recruiting new members
23
Who would you vote for in the upcoming election?
Donald Trump
Kamala Harris
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During the 1920s, the Red Scare, the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti and the rise of nativism were all signs of
The start of the Great Depression
A rising fear of foreigners
The benefits of new technologies
The return of normalcy
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The main factor causing urban sprawl in the 1920s was
the use of electricity
growth in industry
a change in the birthrate
the automobile
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The immigration policies of the 1920s limited immigration from all of the following countries EXCEPT
Mexico
Italy
England
Japan
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Which is true of the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti?
It was started by concern that the United States would sink into a depressi
It was a public reaction against organized crime
It dealt with nativist fears of foreign influence in the United States
It was a grassroots movement to gain equal rights for minorities
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What was the driving cause of rising crime in the 1920's and 30's?
Prohibition
Booming economy
Taxes
World War I
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Its membership increased due to the Red Scare but its power declined due to racial violence
Sacco and Vanzetti
Ku Klux Klan
NATO
Anarchists
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As attorney general, he sent government agents on illegal raids to hunt down radicals
John Lewis
A Mitchell Palmer
Warren G Harding
Calvin Coolidge
