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The Roaring 20s
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1
Which of the following groups were most likely to join the KKK?
Rural white workers, farmers, & small business owners
Rural white pastors and teachers
Urban white workers, farmers, & small business owners
Urban white professionals like lawyers & doctors
2
Which did NOT increase racial tensions after WWI?
Removal of the immigration quota system
The Great Migration to northern cities
Resurgence of the KKK
Asian Americans banned from owning land
3
How did Calvin Coolidge's presidency end?
He decided not to run for re-election
He died in office
He served his term limit
He was impeached
4
The trial of ----------- set off protests around the world & raised questions about American legal equality & rights
Leopold & Loeb
Beulah Annan
Sacco & Vanzetti
Fatty Arbuckle
5
In the 1920s, flight changed in all the following ways except
Charles Lindberg & Amelia Earhart were flying celebs
Flight attendants joined the AFL union
Flights over longer distances, times
Fun, commercial flights more available
6
Babe Ruth, Gertrude Ederle, & Jim Thorpe were all known for their achievements in
Music
Literature
Sports
Flying
7
Culture in the 1920s can be defined by one term
Function
Fundamentalism
Movement
Normalcy
8
Why did the older generation censor books & movies and enforce dress codes to discourage skimpy clothing?
To restore segregation in the American south
To reinforce gender roles
To keep evolution out of schools
To restore morality in younger generation
9
How were marriages affected by the increasing freedoms for women in the 1920s?
Divorces per year nearly doubled
Women wanted subservient husbands
Marriages per year nearly doubled
Men wanted subservient wives
10
All of the following were illegal under Prohibition except
Transporting alcohol
Drinking alcohol
Selling alcohol
Manufacturing alcohol
11
Created a shared culture in the 1920s; broke down barriers separating urban & rural America
Literature
Radio
Movies
Automobiles
12
What was the purpose of the Palmer Raids?
To end the wave of postwar strikes
To spark a Communist revolution
To stop governmental abuses of civil iberties
To round up suspected suversives
13
The outpouring of creativity among African American poets, writers, artists, & musicians in the 1920s
The Roaring 20s
Harlem Renaissance
The Jazz Age
Back-to-Africa movement
14
Cultural clash of the 1920s was between
Fundamentalists & Modernists
Traditionalists & Modernists
Flappers & Hippies
Republicans & Democrats
15
After the 19th amendment was passed, women voters (2 correct)
Were a powerful voting block
Voted with the Leauge of Women Voters
Were not yet a unique voting block
Tended to vote the same as the men in their lives
16
Which economic achievement is Harding famous for?
Inflation dropped from 5% to 3%
GDP grew by 7%
GDP dropped by 7%
Unemployment dropped from 12% to 2%
17
Popular club for jazz music in the 1920s
Connie's Inn
Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club
Cotton Club
Vaudeville Hall
18
What was the importance of the Volstead Act?
Provided federal enforcement of the 19th amendment
Provided federal enforcement of Prohibition
Set quotas for immigration
Banned prayer from public schools
19
Which demographic did not like jazz because its fast rhythms contributed to a loosening of morals
Young Americans
Asian Americans
Mexican Americans
Older Americans
20
Which president had the economic policy of "associationalism" to eliminate poverty by allowing businesses to prosper?
Harding
Wilson
Hoover
Coolidge
21
The US economy after WWI
Low interest rates & increasing tariffs caused economic growth
Rapid deflation & high employment caused a depression
High interest rates & decreasing tariffs caused a stagflation
High inflation & unemployment caused a recession
22
What innovation in film occured in the 1920s?
Sound
Subtitles
Cartoons
Color
23
President who economized the White House, eliminated unneccessary spending in the budget, & cut taxes
Hoover
Harding
Coolidge
Taft
24
Which industry did Amelia Earhart & Charles Lindberg help to change forever?
Warfare
Flights, airlines
Music, jazz
Literature, novels
25
President who wanted a "return to normalcy"
Hoover
Coolidge
Harding
Wilson
26
What did the Emergency Immigration Act & Immigration Act of 1923 do to limit immigration?
Only allowed immigration from Canada & Mexico
Banned immigration from South & Eastern Europe
Banned immigration outright
Established a quota system for immigration
27
Innovation that most contributed to a mass pop culture in the 1920s
Airplanes
Automobiles
Newspapers
Radios
28
The Kellogg-Briand Pact was created to
Create an international court of justice
Help Germany repay its war debts
Outlaw war as an instrument of national policy
Improve relations with the government of Mexico
29
A grassroots organization formed in the 1920s to educate citizens on public issues
League of Women Voters
National Women's Party
ADL
ACLU
30
Fears after the Russian Revolution lead to the
Russian Panic
Red Scare
Socialist Crackdown
Red Fever
31
Focus was the glitz & glamor of the 1920s, as well as disillusionment with life in the post-war era
The Harlem Renaissance
The Flapper Generation
Existentialism
The Lost Generation
32
The end of child labor allowed more children to
Go to war
Travel the world
Graduate from high school
Get jobs
33
Politics of 1920s; trickle-down, supply-side economics
Republican era
Democratic era
Fiscal era
Libertarian era
34
Many people turned to ---------- in response to the uncertainty of cultural changfes
Traditionalism
Ku Klux Klan
Modernism
Fundamentalism
35
What criticism did Marcus Garvey have of the NAACP & Du Bois?
Didn't support African American literature
Didn't support African American economic success
Didn't provide legal assistance for African Americans
Discouraged & undermined African American pride & self confidence
36
Common themes of Harlem Renaissance literature
Hope; definance of/reistance to white prejudice
Hope; Religious overtones of freedom
Dread & fear; Religious overtones of vengence
Existentialism; disillusionment with the future
37
Court case that questioned whether a state can ban the teaching of evolution in a public school
Schenck v. United States
Saccoo & Vanzetti
Scopes Trial
Leopold & Loeb
38
Mass media, fads of the time, relevant to the youth
Pop culture
Lost Generation
Mass culture
Youth culture
39
Victorians courted before marriage, while the youth of the 1920s
Courted
Had arranged marraiges
Dated
Went steady
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1920s women rebelled against Victorian parents by
Bootlegging when alcohol became illegal
Cutting their hair into short bobs & wore shorter dresses
Burning corsets
Moving from urban centers to rural towns
