1920s Review

1920s Review

Bolshevik

• Russian political faction

• led by Vladmir Lenin

• Revolution in Russia

• 1917

• Ushered Russia into communist takeover

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are most associated with the rise of Bolsheviks and communism in Russia?

• the rise of fundamentalism in the U.S.

• the Red Scare in the U.S.

• Taylorism

• Prohibition in the U.S.

Multiple Select

Which of the following are TRUE about A. Mitchell Palmer?

• He was the Attorney General

• He violated civil rights

• He was a notorious gangster

• He is an example of fundamentalism

• He deported anarchists and suspected communists

A. Mitchell Palmer

• Attorney General for U.S.

• Red Scare - rounded up suspected anarchists/communists

• Fear in the U.S. of communism

Immigration

• Quotas set

• Fear of immigrants (especially from Eastern Europe)

• Increased nativism

Limits on Immigration

Limits were even set on different nationalities entering the country

Multiple Choice

Before WWI there were few restrictions on immigrants to the U.S.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A 1917 U.S. law prevented which group entirely from entering the U.S.?

• Russians

• Germans

• Chinese

• French

Multiple Choice

What word is best associated with the Sacco and Vanzetti case?

• Nativism

• Taylorism

• Fundamentalism

• Bolshevik

Multiple Select

Check each item associated with the Sacco and Vanzetti case:

• Red Scare

• anarchists

• prejudice

• rural

• prohibition

Frederick Taylor

"Taylorism" - scientific studies used to efficiently produce goods

Multiple Select

Because of Taylorism, in the 1920's, factory owners could: (check all)

• sell their products for more money

• reduce the costs of goods

• produce their items faster

• raise wages

• relocate to cities

Henry Ford

• Detroit automaker

• Assembly line

• Model T Ford

Multiple Select

Why were Americans "all of a sudden" able to buy more cars in the 20's? (click all)

• they were more expensive

• the cost went down

• people could use credit cards

• people could buy on credit

Impact on the growth of automobiles

• economic impacts

• social impacts

Multiple Select

Which were economic impacts of the growth of the automobile?

• growth in auto service industries

• rubber industry growth

• teens broke away from parents

• "immoral" acts could occur in cars

Urban vs. Rural

• 1920 census - first time urban population outnumbered rural

• Stark contrasts between urban and rural life

Multiple Choice

Which of the following groups experienced the "Roaring" 20's?

• urban areas

• rural farmers

Multiple Select

Which of the following are associated with rural areas during the 1920's?

• growth of fundamentalism

• flappers

• decreased farm prices

• increased farm prices

Warren G. Harding

Considered by most Historians as one of the worst presidents

Multiple Select

Which of the following are associated with Warren Harding? (check all)

• Teapot Dome Scandal

• Dreyfuss Affair

• quotas on immigration

• increased taxes

• decreased taxes

Multiple Choice

Prohibition was passed with the:

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 20th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

Prohibition

• 18th Amendment

• 1920

• on the heels of WWI

Multiple Choice

How is Prohibition associated with WWI?

• beer was associated with communism

• women went to work in the factories

• beer was associated with Germany

• beer is connected with gangsters

Anti-German Fervor!

During WWI: Beer associated with Germany

Multiple Choice

What group of people pushed for temperance leading up to 1920?

• industrialists

• women

• immigrants

• farmers

Women's Temperance Movement

• Pressured men to abstain from drinking

• Did "pray ins" at taverns

Multiple Choice

After America entered WWI, prohibitionists argued that the use of grain to make alcohol was:

• illegal

• unpatriotic

• temperance

• prohibited

Multiple Choice

Which of the following words is most associated with Al Capone?

• bootlegger

• fundamentalism

• Jazz Age

• automobile

Al Capone

• symbolized the negative impact of Prohibition

Multiple Choice

What was the negative effect of Prohibition?

• increased nativism

• increased crime

• decreased income

• raise in taxes

Multiple Choice

Before WWI there were few restrictions on immigrants to the U.S.

• True

• False

Fundamentalism

• Clash between modern day thought and religion

Multiple Choice

What part of America saw a rise in fundamentalism?

• urban areas

• rural areas

• suburban areas

Multiple Select

Which of the following caused a surge in fundamentalism? (click all)

• the Red Scare

• breakdown in morality

• effects of prohibition

• growth of consumerism

Scopes Monkey Trial

• symbolized modern thought vs. science

• Evolution was "illegally taught"

• Exposed the "closed minded, anti-science" fundamentalists

Multiple Select

Which of the following are TRUE about the Scopes Monkey Trial? (click all)

• It resulted in funamentalism being a "negative" thing

• It was symbolic of the differences between rural and urban

• It revealed the downside of Prohibition

• It occurred because of the advancement in technology