Dichotomy Test

Which of these events are examples of nativism in the 1920s?

• The passage of immigration quotas 
• The Scopes Trial and the passage of women’s suffrage
• The Washington Naval Conference and the Kellogg-Briand Pact

Life in the Great Plains region was made much harder during the Great Depression by  

• a series of floods on the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers.
• President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s failure to push for government aid to farmers.
• poor farming practices that resulted in the Dust Bowl.

The Palmer Raids were

• attacks on striking workers.
• law enforcement actions against suspected communists.
•  actions taken by veterans against the government.

The Harlem Renaissance can be best described as the

• Lost Generation of white authors.
• warehousing district for major publishing companies.
• African-American literary and artistic movement in New York.

Which characteristics are associated with the Great Depression?

• widespread business failures and high unemployment
• speculation on the stock exchange and Prohibition
• equal rights for minorities and peace overseas

The purpose of the Volstead Act was to enforce -

• labor laws
• the Red Scare
• speed limits
• Prohibition

Early New Deal programs such as the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) were effective in that they

• provided jobs for the unemployed.
• stabilized the stock market.
•  nationalized the banks of America.

Which of the following BEST explains Marcus Garvey’s plan for the African American community?

• he called for African Americans to escape discrimination by returning to Africa and starting their own country
• he desired full and immediate equality for all African Americans
• he wanted African Americans to follow a slow and steady path to gaining rights

Which of the following is NOT true about the 1925 Scopes Trial?

• As a result of the trial, evolution became standard in science curriculum
•  William Jennings Bryan acted as the prosecuting attorney for John Scopes.
• Clarence Darrow acted as the defending lawyer for John Scopes.

Roosevelt’s first major action during the Hundred Days was

• declaring a national bank holiday.
• taking the nation off the gold standard
• doubling relief for the unemployed