1920's US History Test

What were the results of the London naval treaties

During the 1920s the national debt increased due to a greater government spending

The site of a flowering of African American arts was Harlem

Many Americans fear that the country was losing its traditional values and joined a religious movement known as

Who did not share in the prosperity of the 1920s earning less than 1/3 of the average income for workers

Why did farmers miss out on prosperity in the 1920s

What is the name of the belief that ones land needs to be protected against immigrants

Religious fundamentalists supported passage of the prohibition which banned the sale of alcohol

The system of manufacturing adopted by Henry Ford was known as what

Who linked products with qualities associated with the modern era and preyed on consumers fears and anxieties

A major element of new morality was

Harding and Coolidge were the president and the vice president in the 1920s

What were the results of the Washington conference

The emergence of mass media helped make which baseball star a national hero

Bootleggers are people who make alcohol

Protective tariffs are taxes on imported goods from another country that is the same good from America

The national origins act of 1924 placed permanent limits on immigration based on a ______system

President Hoovers policy of encouraging manufactures and distributes to form their own organizations

Phohibiton is the ban of Alcohol

In 1926, NBC set up a network of stations to broadcast what

What did many of the groups that wanted to restrict immigration fear was taking over the nation

Charles R Forbes sold scarce medical supplies from veterans hospitals and kept the money for himself

THe KKK was associated with Nativism because they had hostality towards immagrants

Bootleggers where people who illegaly sold alcohol

Tariffs are imports on taxes

The first writer of the Harlem Renaissance was Claude McKay

TSEliot'sFictionPresentedAnewLiteraryStyleCharacterizedByDirect, Simple,AndConciseProse,AsShownInHisNovelAFarewellToArms

National pastimes are things everyone in America does to pass time example: baseball

The chief architect of economic policy in the United states during the 1920s was

How were the fundamentalists asscociated with the Scopes trial

The Washington conference was a hoax

How did the new industries, like automobile and the airlines, change the lives of Americans in the 1920s?

Many people viewed Sacco and Vanzetti with suspicion because

What was the KKK doing during the 1920's?

After entrepreneurs started building practical aircraft, the federal government began to support the airline industry

Kellogg-Briand Pact was where fourteen nations agreed to abandon war and settle all disputes by peaceful means

ClaudeMckay'sPoetryExpressTwoStrikingCharacteristicsOfHarlem'sRenaissanceWriting a proud defiance and bitter contempt of

The Kelly act was a airmail act where they could go on planes to fly their mail to whoever they wanted to send it to

Whats the big deal about Sacco and Vanzetti

American modern artists were greatly influenced by the art movements of

Bohemian lifestyle was unconventional lifestyle

The London naval treaties is where the nations agreed on ratios for warships, halting the arms race

The Empress of the Blues was Zora Neale Hurston

THe Universal Negro association was form to

Stylish, unconventional American woman in the 1920s who wore sleeveless dresses and short skirts were called

Ailerons are airplane parts

How is Nativism asscoiated with Isolationism?

Mexico was greatly immpacted by Nativism

The golden age of Hollywood began in 1927 with the release of the first

That case was associated with Nativism because Sacco and Venzetti were Italian Immagrants

AttorneyGeneral Harry Dougherty resigned in disgrace after being investigated for taking bribes in exchange for allowing

The main point about the daws plan was so America could get into another war

The birth of a nation was the first talking motion picture

In his policies, Calvin Coolidge aligned himself and the government with big business

Several writers of this time, such as Gertrude Stein, had an important impact on literary culture

President Harding gave many cabinet posts and other high level jobs to friends and political allies from Iowa

To attract consumers for their new products, manufacturers turn to television

Robert M. La Follette, a successful bank and industrialist, became secretary of the treasury under president Harding

how did prohibiton lead to organized crime

What style of music was influenced by dixieland and ragtime

The Ohio gang was a

WhatArtistAppliedTheInfluenceOfPhotographyAndTheGeometricFormsOfCubismToHisPaintingsOfUrbanAnd rural American landscapes

The flowering of American arts in the 1920s became known as

Many consumers in the 1920s began to feel confident that they would buy now and pay later, what was this plan called

PresidentHardingSecretarySecretlyAllowedPrivateInterestToLeaseLandsContainingU.S.NavyOilReserves this scandal was called

what did the flappers want, and who at home was upset with them?

The____,included radio,movies,newspapers,andMagazines,fosterDescents of a shared experience that helped unify the nation

What was the main point of the Kellogg-Briand Pact

evolution and creationism is the same thing

How is Nativism associated with WW1

What is nativism?

Tariffs were good for American industries but were bad for farmers becuase the cost fo their products went down

America created the Dawes plan to be in isolationism

What effect did the automobile industry of the 1920s have on the American Society

Commercial radio began its rise in November 1920 with news about a presidential election

Who where the flappers, how did they dress, and how did they act?

What is the KKK?

How did the attitudes towards credit, borrowing money, and consumerism, buying lots of stuff, change in the 20s

Who made the first successful flight in history in 1903

Disposable income is extra money to spend

Emergency quota act highly appreciated immigrants coming in

Dubois was an African American activists who led African American veterans of WW1 to March through Manhattan to Harlem

The author whose work featured African American women as central characters was Bessie Smith

When was the scopes trial, where, Who was the plaintiff, who was the defendant, who won?

The cotton club was a

The first musical written, produced, and performed by African Americans was shuffle along

why are the police going to struggle with enforcing Prohibiton?

The sharp reduction in immigrants due to the new immigration laws in the late 1920s contributed to the decline of

Business leaders views on immagrants are changing from seeing them as valuable assets to seeing them as radicals

One of the mostInnovativePlaywrightsOfAllTimeWasEugeneO'Neill offering a vision of life that sometimes touched on tragic

How did the assembly line help make cars affordable for more Americans?