What was the Great Migration?

Movement of African Americans from the south to the north

Everyone did not experience the prosperity in the 20's. Which groups still struggled?

African Americans, Farmers, and Native Americans

What is a cause of the Great Depression?

Overproduction and crashing stock market

What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?

leasing government oil reserves to private businesses

Which of the following conclusions can be made in regards to the Immigration and Quota laws?

Decrease in Southern and Eastern European immigrants

What did President Harding mean when he coined the term "return to normalcy?"

Life as they knew it would return now that WWI was over

All of the following were reasons why people were prosperous in the 1920's EXCEPT:

The U.S. stopped trade with all other countries

The Scopes (Monkey) Trial was significant during the 1920's because...

it showed the tension b/w traditional and alternative views

What is isolationism?

idea of staying out of the issues of the world

What groups were targeted by the KKK in the 1920s?

Catholics, any foreigners and African Americans

What does "buying on the margin" mean?

buying stocks with borrowed money

What was Black Tuesday?

October 29th, 1929 stock market crash

How did FDR help victims of the Great Depression?

Direct relief through gov't funded programs

What describes the Harlem Renaissance?

Black artists, writers and musicians based in Harlem, NY

Who were considered flappers?

Young women who drank, smoked and went to night clubs

Favoring the interest of native born instead of immigrants

What was the Dust Bowl?

Regions in the US affected by the drought of the 1930's

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1
What was the Great Migration?
Movement of unemployed women to other states
Discrimination towards children workers
The move South for birds during winter months
Movement of African Americans from the south to the north
2
Which industry revolutionized the American economy with assembly and interchangeable parts?
The railroad industry
The meatpacking industry
The automobile industry
The steel industry
3
Everyone did not experience the prosperity in the 20's. Which groups still struggled?
Farmers, Irish, and Jewish people
African Americans, Farmers, and Native Americans
Native Americans, African Americans, and younger people
African Americans, Farmers, and Irish people
4
What is a cause of the Great Depression?
Lack of rain
Gang activity and stock market crash
Overproduction and crashing stock market
People no longer interested in buying products
5
What are Hoovervilles?
A hotel that Hoover had built for foreign diplomats
A nice place in New York
Shantytowns
A part of the White House that was off limits
6
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?
leasing government oil reserves to private businesses
a joke made on the government
stealing of tea
all of the above
7
Which of the following conclusions can be made in regards to the Immigration and Quota laws?
Americans were immigrating to other countries
The U.S. welcomed everyone to this country.
Decrease in Southern and Eastern European immigrants
The number of immigrants from Africa increased
8
What did President Harding mean when he coined the term "return to normalcy?"
Americans should expect gov't interference in daily life
Life as they knew it would return now that WWI was over
Americans weren't sure what Harding was talking about
Americans were behaving oddly & should go back to "normal"
9
All of the following were reasons why people were prosperous in the 1920's EXCEPT:
The invention of Henry Ford's Model T automobile
Better industrial techniques such as the assembly line
Growth of industries
The U.S. stopped trade with all other countries
10
The Scopes (Monkey) Trial was significant during the 1920's because...
it showed the tension b/w traditional and alternative views
discrimination towards John Scopes because of ethnicity
he disproved the theory of relativity
everyone wanted Evolution Theory in schools
11
What is isolationism?
the belief that there are many gods
None of the above
idea of staying out of the issues of the world
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12
What effect did prohibition have in the United States?
Made the transport and selling of alcohol illegal.
Decreased taxable revenue
all of the above
organized crime grew
13
What groups were targeted by the KKK in the 1920s?
Catholics, any foreigners and African Americans
Children
Animals
Anyone that wasn't a white male
14
What does "buying on the margin" mean?
Loaning family members money in order to purchase stocks
buying useless things
buying stocks with borrowed money
Buying something when it goes on sale
15
How did Calvin Coolidge become president?
he ran for president
none of the above
the country loved him that much
Harding died
16
What was Black Tuesday?
Deals on basic goods
An eclipse that happen in 1927
Marketing scheme from retailers
October 29th, 1929 stock market crash
17
How did FDR help victims of the Great Depression?
He didn't help the people at all
Direct relief through gov't funded programs
He gave everyone a house, a car, and a radio
The gov't decided Laissez Fare was best
18
What describes the Harlem Renaissance?
Black artists, writers and musicians based in Harlem, NY
A style of dance
A festival in New York to honor famous African Americans
none of the above
19
Who were considered flappers?
Young women who drank, smoked and went to night clubs
Women who voted
Men and women who believed in gender equality
All women during the 1920's
20
What is nativism?
Growing up with pilgrims
Believing immigrants are superior to others in the U.S.
Favoring the interest of native born instead of immigrants
Believing Native Americans are superior
21
What was the Dust Bowl?
A term describing a bank account during the Depression era
Regions in the US affected by the drought of the 1930's
A fundraiser football game
Dust caused by stampeding animals

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