During the 1920s what caused thousands of Union strike?

Businesses reduced wages of union workers

Why did people come to oppose prohibition?

Bootlegging caused a rise in lawlessness and crime

What was the main issue during the Scopes trial?

Can a state ban the teaching of evolution in public schools

Which of the following was a cause of the economic boom of the 1920s?

Innovations led to the birth of new industries

What was the purpose of the Palmer Raids

round up communists and anarchists

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1
During the 1920s which group of people were filing for bankruptcy
Farmers
Politicians
Bankers
Suburban America
2
His presidency was tarnished by the Teapot Dome Scandal
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
3
Which grassroot organizations was formed in the 1920s to educate citizens on public issues?
Anti-Defamation League
League of Women Voters
ACLU
National Women's Party
4
What contributed to 1920s consumer culture
demobilization
installment buying
stock speculation
normalcy
5
Which of the following contributed to the development of national popular culture in the 1920s?
automobiles
radio
plastic
airplanes
6
Why did the US population decrease after 1921
economic recession
Palmer Raids
WWI ended
quota system
7
A free enterprise system is
mass production of goods
private ownership of property
government control of prices
union representation of workers
8
During the 1920s what caused thousands of Union strike?
Businesses reduced wages of union workers
Union membership decreased
Congress passed antiunion laws
returning soldiers took jobs away from union workers
9
The creativity among African American poets, writers, and artists during the 1920s is known as
Jazz Age
Harlem Renaissance
Back-to-Africa Movement
Roaring Twenties
10
Why did people come to oppose prohibition?
Bootlegging caused a rise in lawlessness and crime
Too few federal agents to enforce the ban
It was too difficult to find speakeasies in large cities
More women began to drink during prohibition
11
The Kellogg-Briand Pact
to improve relations with the government of Mexico
create an international court of justice
to outlaw war
was to help Germany repay WWI debt
12
What was the main issue during the Scopes trial?
Can a state ban the teaching of evolution in public schools
requiring kids to learn creative design in schools
If teaching creationism in schools is unconstitutional
Was reciting prayers in public schools constitutional
13
Which of the following groups would have been the most likely to defend Sacco and Vanzetti?
KKK
Anti-Defamation League
International Workers of the World
League of Women Voters
14
Which of the following was a cause of the economic boom of the 1920s?
Innovations led to the birth of new industries
farmers income rose
speculators made money off the Florida land boom
Dow Jones Industrial Average rose
15
What was the purpose of the Palmer Raids
round up communists and anarchists
postwar strikes
spark a communist revolution
stop abuse of civil liberties
16
Which of the following is a famous jazz musician
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ms. Richards
Donald Trump
Louis Armstrong
17
They followed the teaching of Karl Marx...
anarchists
communists
pacifists
socialists

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