1920s Social & Culture 2025

Multiple Choice

Which event do these newspapers describe?

• Cold War
• Prohibition
• Red Scare
• Great Migration

Multiple Choice

What was the significance of the Palmer Raids during the Red Scare of the 1920s?

• They were a series of raids to arrest and deport suspected radicals and anarchists.

• They were efforts to increase worker wages.

• They were attempts to improve relations with Russia.

• They were campaigns to promote immigration.

Multiple Choice

What was the main purpose of the immigration quotas shown in the political cartoons and the graph?

• To limit the number of immigrants from Europe

• To encourage more immigration from Asia

• To promote equal immigration from all countries

• To eliminate all immigration to the United States

Fill in the Blanks

Nativism is a political policy that prioritizes the interests of

over immigrants.

Multiple Choice

What was the main idea promoted by the Ku Klux Klan in their advertisements for 'Pure Americanism'?

• Support for racial equality and integration

• Opposition to anything contrary to their definition of 'Pure Americanism'

• Promotion of jazz music and Black culture

• Advocacy for women's suffrage

Multiple Choice

How does the poem by Langston Hughes illustrate a major theme of the Harlem Renaissance?

• Stresses the need for economic reform
• Supports the creation of colleges operated by African Americans
• Expresses the pride and hope of many African Americans
• Details mistreatment of African Americans by the music industry

Multiple Choice

What was one of the main goals of the NAACP when it was founded in 1909?

• To promote jazz music

• To encourage peaceful protests against racial violence

• To support segregation

• To oppose women's suffrage

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the main difference between the approaches of W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington regarding African American rights?

• Du Bois advocated for immediate social and civil rights, while Washington emphasized economic independence before civil rights.

• Du Bois promoted vocational training, while Washington focused on higher education.

• Du Bois believed in peaceful coexistence, while Washington encouraged protests.

• Du Bois wanted segregation, while Washington fought for integration.

Multiple Choice

What Florida city was the site of a violent racial attack in 1923 by a white mob against African Americans?

• Rosewood, Fl
• Ybor City, Fl
• Tampa, Fl
• Jacksonville, Fl

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a direct result of the 19th Amendment passed in 1920?

• Women gained the right to vote in the United States.

• Women were allowed to serve in the military.

• Women received equal pay for equal work.

• Women gained access to higher education.

Multiple Choice

Which amendment banned the manufacture, sale, or transportation of liquor in the United States, and what law enforced this ban?

• 18th Amendment and Volstead Act

• 19th Amendment and Sherman Act

• 21st Amendment and Prohibition Act

• 17th Amendment and Temperance Act