Ch. 10 - The Roaring 20s

Front

What did the rejection of the League of Nations, the higher tariffs imposed by the Fordney-McCumber Act, and the Emergency Quota Act all point to during the early 1920s?

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increasing isolationism

Front

What was the primary cause of the changes to the unemployment rate in the US in 1920 and 1921? Options: the effects of demobilization, the impact of the "Red Scare", the passage of the Emergency Quota Act, the Bolshevik victory in the Russian Civil War

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the effects of demobilization

Front

Which event do these newspapers describe? Options: Cold War, Red Scare, Prohibition, Great Migration

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Red Scare

Front

What is the main idea of the cartoon?

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Dangerous Communists and anarchists should be sent out of the country.

Front

What new change came to women just after World War I? Options: the right to vote, the right to drink, equal pay for equal work, the right to serve in military combat

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the right to vote

Front

What was one impact of the changes shown in the graph? Options: The U.S. government purchased the agricultural surplus from farmers. Farmers did not generally participate in the prosperity of the 1920s. Speculators bought up American farmland at inexpensive prices. Local food prices remained high because of domestic demand.

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Farmers did not generally participate in the prosperity of the 1920s.

Front

Which groups did not generally participate in the prosperity of the 1920s? Options: manufacturers and real estate developers, stock brokers and automobile workers, bankers and construction workers, minorities and railroad workers

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minorities and railroad workers

Front

Why was there racial unrest in Northern cities after World War I?

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The migration of African Americans and returning African-American veteran had created greater competition for jobs and housing.

Front

Which phrase best completes the diagram? Options: Led to a wave of strikes across the country, Stimulated a period of Progressive reforms, Spurred a period of economic growth and prosperity, Helped to bring about the Second Industrial Revolution

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Spurred a period of economic growth and prosperity

Front

Which best describes the activities of the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s?

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promoted anti-immigrant, anti-African-American, anti-Catholic, and anti-Jewish sentiments