The Harlem Renaissance was a time period when African Americans...

Created noteworthy works of art and literature

Which statement best describes the U.S. in the 1920s?

Increased consumer borrowing and spending

Which events are examples of nativism in the 1920s?

The National Origins Act and the rise of the KKK

Much of the economic growth of the 1920s came from...

The production of new consumer goods

Why did farmers in the U.S. suffer after World War I?

Overproduction caused falling prices

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The Roaring Twenties

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A short quiz on the decade of the 1920s in the United States. Based on sample questions from the NY Regents exam.

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1
Which movement did Marcus Garvey and the UNIA support?
The Niagara Movement
Harlem Renaissance
Back to Africa
The Great Migration
2
The Harlem Renaissance was a time period when African Americans...
Migrated West in search of land and jobs
Created noteworthy works of art and literature
Left the U.S. to settle in Nigeria
Used civil disobedience to fight racial segregation
3
Which statement best describes the U.S. in the 1920s?
Increased consumer borrowing and spending
Widespread acceptance of immigrants to the U.S.
The active involvement of the U.S. in European affairs
Major reforms in national labor legislation
4
Which was a major result of Prohibition in the United States?
Growth of communism
Restriction of immigration
Destruction of family values
Increase in organized crime
5
Which economic trend helped cause the Great Depression?
Increasing wealth inequality
Falling tariff rates
Rising cost of mass-produced goods
Increasing income taxes
6
Which events are examples of nativism in the 1920s?
The growth of the auto industry and the Teapot-Dome affair
The Washington Conference and the Kellogg-Briand Pact
The Scopes trial and women's suffrage
The National Origins Act and the rise of the KKK
7
"The business of America is business." - With this statement, President Coolidge supported...
Higher corporate taxes
Democratic socialism
Banking regulation
Free enterprise
8
Much of the economic growth of the 1920s came from...
Increased trade with other nations
The rapid development of the West
The production of new consumer goods
Rising prices of agricultural products
9
Why did farmers in the U.S. suffer after World War I?
Farmers could not produce enough crops to meet demand
The federal government reduced the acres farmers could use
Immigrants settled in the West and competed with farmers
Overproduction caused falling prices
10
The 1925 trial of John Scopes reflects the conflict between...
Isolationism and international involvement
Science and religion
Prohibition and organized crime
Traditional and new roles for women

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