What is one of the most important of Wilson's 14 Points?

Russia should be punished for dropping out of the war, People of all countries should have self-determination

What demonstrates the Nativist sentiment felt by many during the 1920's?

The executions of Sacco & Vanzeeti as suspected anarchists

Who was Frances Willard?

Women's right's and temperance leader

Why did President Wilson want the U.S. to enter WWI?

Germany's usage of unrestricted submarine warfare

What is one reason that so many Americans would go into debt?

Buying on credit (installment plan)

A "flapper" is a women who does what?

Rejects traditional female roles

What was the Great Migration?

Millions of African Americans leave the south for the north

Marcus Garvey encouraged African Americans to do what?

Own their own business and know their history

What did buying on credit allow Americans to do?

Buy now, pay later-pay in installments

Prohibition led to an increase of what?

Crime like the St. Valentines Day Massacre

Use the cartoon to determine which of the choices was the result?

People lost trust in the federal government

The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920's targeted which groups?

Jews, Catholics and African Americans and Immigrants

Why did President Harding call for a "return to normalcy" after World War I?

Wanted to restore America to a peace-time economy

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

A period of black art, music and cultural achievement

What led to the emergence of Tin Pan Alley?

The music publishing industry in New York

Why did Senator Henry Cabot Lodge not want the U.S. to join the League of Nations?

Fear that we would get pulled into foreign wars

What was the Red Scare?

Fear that Communism would spread throughout America

The 19th Amendment did what?

Granted women the right to vote

What was the purpose of Eugenics?

Controlled breeding to increase most desirable character.

What is one important reason that African Americans left the south?

Factory work in the industrial cities of the north

The Scopes Trial brought attention to what?

Conflict between religion and science

What contributed to a strong economy for the majority of the 1920's

Mass consumerism like car ownership

What is the meaning of President Hoover's "rugged individualism?

People have equal opportunity, education and abilities

What did the Emergency Quote Act and Nationals Origins Act do?

Limit immigrants from southern & eastern Europe coming to US

Risky financial transactions= get rich quick in stock market

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1
What is one of the most important of Wilson's 14 Points?
Germany shouldn't pay reparations to Great Britain & France
That the U.S. shouldn't join the League of Nations
Russia should be punished for dropping out of the war
People of all countries should have self-determination
2
What demonstrates the Nativist sentiment felt by many during the 1920's?
The Great Migration
The executions of Sacco & Vanzeeti as suspected anarchists
Passage of the 19th Amendment
Increase of violent crimes during Prohibition
3
What gave so many Americans leisure time?
Television
Radio
Flight
The car
4
Who was Frances Willard?
Inventor of the dish washer
Tried to reverse the military draft
Women's right's and temperance leader
Anti-Suffrage advocate
5
Why did President Wilson want the U.S. to enter WWI?
Central Powers were under attack
Germany's usage of unrestricted submarine warfare
To boost the U.S. economy
Fear of the Red Scare
6
What is one reason that so many Americans would go into debt?
Many people were finally able to buy homes
More people were going to college
Buying on credit (installment plan)
The purchase of a car, gas and insurance was too costly
7
What document forced Germany to pay reparations and reduce their military?
League of Nations
Constitution
Treaty of Versailles
Wilson's 14 Points
8
A "flapper" is a women who does what?
Rejects traditional female roles
Advocated to get women the right to vote
Single mother who works in factories to support her family
Led anti-lynching leagues in many southern states
9
What was the Great Migration?
Immigrants who left the U.S. do to nativism
Removal of Native Americans to reservations
Westward expansion
Millions of African Americans leave the south for the north
10
Marcus Garvey encouraged African Americans to do what?
Forget their past and embrace their neighbors of all races
Separate completely from white people
March on Washington
Own their own business and know their history
11
What did buying on credit allow Americans to do?
Become home owners for the first time
Allowed most Americans to own a car
Buy now, pay later-pay in installments
Own radios
12
Prohibition led to an increase of what?
Crime like the St. Valentines Day Massacre
Consumer interest in leisure time
Temperance Movements all over the U.S.
Driving under the influence
13
What did the 18th Amendment do?
Banned the sale of alcohol
Allowed for a referendum
Granted voting rights to immigrants
Allowed voters to put an initiative on the ballot
14
Use the cartoon to determine which of the choices was the result?
The price of oil dropped within the U.S.
Western Europe placed tariffs on oil imports
Oil became worthless due to the Stock Market crash
People lost trust in the federal government
15
Which geographic featured would the U.S need to protect from a European attack?
Mississippi River
Pacific Ocean
Great Lakes
Atlantic Ocean
16
The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920's targeted which groups?
Jews, Catholics and African Americans and Immigrants
Women and children
Southerners
Protestants and natives
17
Why did President Harding call for a "return to normalcy" after World War I?
Wanted to restore America to a peace-time economy
Hoped to end Klan violence that had spread all over the U.S.
Wanted immigrants to have full equality within society
Called for isolationism of the U.S.
18
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A period of black art, music and cultural achievement
A 1920's dance
A Native American ritual
Marked a period of economic prosperity in the 1920's
19
This cartoon is showing restrictions on what?
Unskilled labor
Sharecroppers
Immigration
African Americans from the south
20
What led to the emergence of Tin Pan Alley?
The music publishing industry in New York
Growth of theater in California
A location for homeless people in Chicago
Community development in the Midwest
21
Why did Senator Henry Cabot Lodge not want the U.S. to join the League of Nations?
Fear that we would get pulled into foreign wars
Entry would be too costly for the U.S.
It went against the Monroe Doctrine
It would negatively impact the U.S. economy
22
Which writer do we associate with the Harlem Renaissance?
Ida B. Wells
Jacob Riis
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Langston Hughes
23
What was the Red Scare?
Oil crisis after the Teapot Dome Scandal
Saturation of women in the labor force
Mistrust of all immigrants
Fear that Communism would spread throughout America
24
The 19th Amendment did what?
Granted African American's the right to vote
Allowed bootlegging in Chicago Speak Easy's
Granted women the right to vote
Banned the sale of alcohol
25
What was the purpose of Eugenics?
Controlled breeding to increase most desirable character.
Created urban slums for African Americans in northern cities
Policy of increasing racial equality during the 1920's
Created the assembly line for the mass production of goods
26
What is one important reason that African Americans left the south?
Resurgence of the Klan in the south
Factory work in the industrial cities of the north
To escape slavery
In search of sharecropping work
27
The Scopes Trial brought attention to what?
Conflict between religion and science
A large Klan rally in southern Tennessee
Reforms to the Stock Market
The end of Jim Crow in the south
28
What contributed to a strong economy for the majority of the 1920's
Increase in production of military goods for World War II
Increase in employee wages
Speculation in the Stock Market
Mass consumerism like car ownership
29
Which piece of technology united people all over the country?
The car
The radio
The t.v.
The vacuum cleaner
30
One is one reason that the stock market failed in 1929?
Too may people out of work out of WWII
People were in debt due to paying by installments
Too much competition in business
Laissez Faire Economics
31
What is the meaning of President Hoover's "rugged individualism?
Education is needed to be "your own man"
Owing your own business is the key to success
People should rely on the government for economic support
People have equal opportunity, education and abilities
32
What allowed for mass production in the 1920's?
Cheap unskilled labor
The assembly line
Mercantilism
Manufactured goods from Europe
33
What did the Emergency Quote Act and Nationals Origins Act do?
Increased immigration from Asia
Limit immigrants from southern & eastern Europe coming to US
Increased native attitudes towards immigrants
Temporary stopped immigration from Great Britain
34
What did the 21st Amendment do?
Allowed for the direct election of senators
Banned the sale of alcohol
Granted women the right to vite
Repealed Prohibition
35
What is speculation?
Buying on Margin
Risky financial transactions= get rich quick in stock market
A practice of determining the best land for drilling oil
Refers to what the 49er's did during the gold rush

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