6. The Harlem Renaissance celebrated what?

Racial pride of African Americans

7. One characteristic of the U.S. economy was....

all-time high production levels of consumer goods

21. Why did people in the U.S. want to deport the "alien reds"?

Communists were infiltrating the United States

19. After World War 1, why did many want immigration restrictions?

Soldiers coming back didn't have jobs anymore

5. What Marcus Garvey's most significant impact?

Founding Universal Negro Improvement Association to help African Americans

15. The Teapot Dome Scandal resulted in....

Conviction of a Presidential Cabinet Member

23. What is "eugenics"?

Improvement of human race by breeding

27. What was President Harding's "Return to Normalcy" about?

Prosperity at home, Less ambitious foreign policy, Increase in peacetime production

12. What caused nativist feelings to increase during the 1920s?

Red Scare, Growth of the KKK, Social Darwinism

9. Why did many African Americans move North and West during the Great Migration?

Discrimination and Racism in the South

18. What were flappers?

Women who challenged social norms

8. Why was the assembly line and mass production good for the economy?

Reduced the prices of consumer goods

20. What were "alien reds"?

Immigrants from communist countries

10. What did Tin Pan Alley contribute to American Culture?

Producing and distributing sheet music

22. How did the Great Migration contribute to changes in population/demographic patterns?

More African Americans moved to urban areas

17. Why did some people oppose Social Darwinism?

Said it promoted that poor people were not capable of economic success

26. Who are two famous Jazz musicians that got their starts in the 1920's?

Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington

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11. What new type of music made its debut in Harlem, featuring artists like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington?
Rock and Roll
Jazz
Classical
Country
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6. The Harlem Renaissance celebrated what?
Discrimination of Women
Harsh treatment of Immigrants
Pro-Communism
Racial pride of African Americans
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7. One characteristic of the U.S. economy was....
Increased government regulations
Decreased industrial input
all-time high production levels of consumer goods
More taxes
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21. Why did people in the U.S. want to deport the "alien reds"?
Because they said the Earth is round, just like their home planet of Mars
They wanted green aliens
Economic success was dependent on less immigration
Communists were infiltrating the United States
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19. After World War 1, why did many want immigration restrictions?
We didn't need them to work in facories anymore
Everybody was just super racist
Soldiers coming back didn't have jobs anymore
We didn't want to deal with Europe's problems anymore
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5. What Marcus Garvey's most significant impact?
Creating the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Funding sheet music in Tin Pan Alley
Starting the Women's Christian Temperance Movement
Founding Universal Negro Improvement Association to help African Americans
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15. The Teapot Dome Scandal resulted in....
Teapots being discontinued
President found drinking alcohol during Prohibition
Conviction of a Presidential Cabinet Member
Communist Revolution
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14. What was the 19th amendment?
Said all Communists should be executed on sight
Declared that all African Americans could NOT vote
Granted women the righ to vote
Gave immigrants the right to have whatever job they wanted to
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13. What effect did the 18th amendment have on crime?
Got rid of crime
Crime rates increased
Had no effect on crime
Crime rates decreased
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23. What is "eugenics"?
Survival of the fittest, but with different human races
Something racists, probably
Someone misspelling the name "Eugene"
Improvement of human race by breeding
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27. What was President Harding's "Return to Normalcy" about?
Become rulers of the world and impose our will over everyone
Prosperity at home
Less ambitious foreign policy
Increase in peacetime production
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24. Where did the belief of the superior Anglo-Saxon "race" originate from?
Germany
Italy
United States
Great Britain
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12. What caused nativist feelings to increase during the 1920s?
Red Scare
Growth of the KKK
Jazz
Social Darwinism
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9. Why did many African Americans move North and West during the Great Migration?
All of the jobs were taken in the South
Jazz
Cheap housing
Discrimination and Racism in the South
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3. Charles Lindbergh and Glenn Curtis known for?
Medicine
Weaponry
Automobiles
Aviation
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18. What were flappers?
People who told on others who were drinking
A new dance craze
Women who challenged social norms
Failed attempts at airplanes
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8. Why was the assembly line and mass production good for the economy?
Decreased the need for workers
Raised the costs for agricultural production
Reduced the prices of consumer goods
Lowered the quality of most products
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20. What were "alien reds"?
Native American immigrants
Aliens from Mars
Immigrants from communist countries
Hispanic Nativists
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16. Which invention revolutionized industrial manufacturing?
Automobile
Radio
Assembly line
Washing machine
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10. What did Tin Pan Alley contribute to American Culture?
Promotion of African American culture
Fashion district for flapper clothing
The popularity of jazz music
Producing and distributing sheet music
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2. What year did the stock market crash?
1930
1928
1929
1931
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1. What was the Red Scare?
Fear of the color Red
Fear of Republicans
Fear of Communist Revolution
Fear of Native Americans
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22. How did the Great Migration contribute to changes in population/demographic patterns?
More African Americans moved to urban areas
White people leaving the cities to go live on farms
African Americans all moved to Harlem
More African Americans moved to rural, country towns
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4. The Scopes Trial first saw tensions rise between which two groups?
Religion and Science
KKK and Immigrants
Democrats and Republicans
Modernist and Traditionalist
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17. Why did some people oppose Social Darwinism?
We should install a secret world government to rule over all countries
It said that Communists should overthrow the U.S. Government
Said that poor people could become President
Said it promoted that poor people were not capable of economic success
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25. What crime did notorious crime boss Al Capone go to jail for?
Tax Evasion
Plotting to overthrow the government
Unpaid parking tickets
Murder of city officials
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26. Who are two famous Jazz musicians that got their starts in the 1920's?
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
Glenn Curtis
John Steinbeck

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