Roaring 20's

Which aspect of life during the 1920's most likely caused the decade to be labeled the "Roaring 20's"?

• technological improvement
• social change
• political reform
• territorial expansion

The Tennessee trial of John T Scopes in 1925 illustrated a conflict concerning

• free competition in the workplace
• due process of law
• freedom of the press
• religious beliefs and scientific theories

Which is an accurate statement about society in America during the 1920's?

• The puplic loved thier sports heros and movie stars
• Attitudes were the same as past decades
• The public idealized political figures
• A major goal was to give equal oppurtunity to blacks

A major reason for the consumer culture of the 1920's was

• The government encouraged labor to unionize
• enforcement of antitrust laws
• minimum wage laws
• advertising and installment plans

The event of the 1920's that was most inconsistent with racial and ethnic intolerance of the decade

• The Red Scare
• The Harlem Renaissance
• The Sacco-Vanzetti trial
• The resurgence of the KKK

- Teapot Dome Scandal
- Harlem Renaissance
-Scope Trial
Which decade?

• 20's
• 30's
• 40's
• 50's

The national policy of Prohibition ended when the states

• strengthened food and drug laws
• legalized alcohol for medical reasons
• ratified the 21st amendment
• banned interstate shipment of alcoholic beverages

The spread of jazz music from Harlem to the rest of the world is an example of

• alienation
• diversification
• assimilation
• diffusion

How did new farm machinery affect population migration in the 20th century? 

• increased the demand for more farm workers
• encouarged people to move into rural towns
• it created less need for farm workers leading people to move to cities
• it made farming very profitable

From 1919-1920, people in the United States were caught up in the Red Scare, which was a fear of

• monopolies
• communists
• foreign armies
• labor unions