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America in the 1920s
America in the 1920s
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Which of the following BEST describes a flapper?
A modest women who obeyed her parents
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 women who thought men should stay home and women should dominate the work
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Why did African Americans Migrate?
To live in a big city
To Escape the Winter
All of these
To Escape Discrimination and Look for Better Jobs
3
Opposed all forms of government which led to arrests and deportations during the Red Scare
Anarchists
Communists
Democrats
Republicans
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Its membership increased due to the Red Scare but its power declined due to racial violence
Ku Klux Klan
NATO
Anarchists
Sacco and Vanzetti
5
The main factor causing urban sprawl in the 1920s was
the automobile
the use of electricity
a change in the birthrate
growth in industry
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This established the maximum number of immigrants who were allowed into the United States from each foreign country
Ku Klux Klan
Quota System
isolationism
Anarchists
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Attorney general A Mitchell Palmer believed that he needed to protect the American people from
political radicals
corruption and fraud
labor union members
big business
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What is the Harlem Renaissance?
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Cultural Explosion of African Americans
Social Explosion of African Americans
Artistic Explosion of African Americans
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What big event had just ended causing joy and celebration during the Roaring Twenties?
World War II
World War I
Spanish American War
Construction of a skyscraper
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What was a bootlegger?
Criminals who brought clothing made in other countries into the U.S.
Criminals who immigrated to 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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The demand for automobiles in the 1920s
Led to a nationwide recession
Closed down the steel industry
Stimulated growth in many other industries
Brought about the collapse of the suburbs
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In the 1920s, farmers had economic problems because
there were too few farmers.
prices for farm products were rising.
the demand for farmer products was rising.
there was an oversupply of farm products on the market.
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During the Harlem Ren who was an African American writer who expressed the hard times and struggles for black Americans?
Claude Mckay
Langston Hughes
Louis Armstrong
Paul Robeson
14
This is a policy of abstaining from involvement in world affairs
Neutrality
Isolationism
Quota System
Ohi Day
15
The first practical peacetime use of airplanes was for
carrying passengers
weather forecasting
carrying mail
crop-dusting
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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.
playing on people's fear of political radicals
encouraging white women to join the organization
allowing members to profit from recruiting new members
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Who had a multi-million dollar crime operation in Chicago?
Babyface Nelson
Al Capone
John Dilinger
Pretty Boy Floyd
18
As governor of Massachusetts during the police strike he opposed the strike and called out the National Guard
Calvin Coolidge
William McKinley
Warren G Harding
Theodore Roosevelt
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People began using ____________ to buy new items.
Credit
Cash
Gold Coins
Checks
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The Red Scare was a period of
Severe economic depression
Widespread support for group promoting international anarchy
Great growth in art, literature and music
Persecution of people suspected of holding anti-American political views.
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As attorney general, he sent government agents on illegal raids to hunt down radicals
Calvin Coolidge
A Mitchell Palmer
John Lewis
Warren G Harding
22
What was the Great Migration?
A great movement of Bootleggers from the east to the west
A great movement of African Americans from the north to the south
None of These
A great movement of African Americans from the south to to north
23
Women of the 1920s
Rejected the idea of women's right to vote
Embraced their traditional family roles
Began to prefer more modest fashions
Challenged establish social norms
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This is an economic and political system based on single party government and dictatorship
Anarchy
Democracy
Oligarchy
Communism
25
What was the driving cause of rising crime in the 1920's and 30's?
Booming economy
Prohibition
Taxes
World War I
26
The immigration policies of the 1920s limited immigration from all of the following countries EXCEPT
Italy
England
Japan
Mexico
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As president of the United Mine Workers, he led the miners on a strike that resulted in a wage increase
Salman Rushdie
John Lewis
Samuel Gompers
George Costanza
28
Which invention allowed news and entertainment to reach large audiences in a very short amount of time in the 1920's?
the television
the radio
the mail
the newspaper
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Favoring people born in the United States...
Isolationism
Nativism
Urban Sprawl
Prohibition
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The 1925 trial of John Scopes reflected the conflict between
Prohibition and organized crime
Traditional roles and new roles for women
Science and Religion
Isolation and international involvement
31
Most Americans who OPPOSED the Ku Klux Klan embraced what notion?
That immigrants should be deported
That America was a “melting pot”
That the races should remain separate
That David Stephenson should be elected President
32
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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Communism appealed to this group of people...
Women
Poor
Rich
Men
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What was the condition of America’s economy following World War I?
There was immediate nationwide prosperity
There was a brief recession, followed by economic growth
There was a long recession
There was a long, gradual decline in America’s economy
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Which is true of the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti?
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
It was started by concern that the United States would sink into a depressi
