Roaring 20s

The Roaring Twenties were characterized by - 

• internment camps, the rationing of goods, and the first use of an atomic bomb
• bank failures, the New Deal, and bread lines
• installment plans, Prohibition, and flappers
• brinksmanship, McCarthyism, and a policy of containment

Which pull factor contributed to the Great Migration?

• The availability of land grants for homesteaders
• Economic opportunities in industrialized cities
• Better soil conditions in previously uncultivated areas
• The lower cost of living in urban areas

During the 1920s, what was one result of innovations in U.S. transportation technology?

• Commerical airplanes replaced ocean liners as the primary means of travel to Europe
• Mass-produced automobiles made travel more affordable for many people
• Cable cars provided a comfortable means of quick travel to any city within a state
• Container ships delivered agricultural goods to ports along the Pacific coast.

What was the primary reason for the raids described in this excerpt?

• To prevent workers from joining labor organizations
• To block civil rights advocates from staging public protests
• To suppress the teaching of evolution in colleges
• To halt the spread of communist ideas by radicals

Cartoons such as this one took the position that deportation was necessary because - 

• assimilation programs in the United States had been successful
• economic decline had increased the competition for jobs
• communists were infiltrating the United States
• political machines had too much power in urban areas

Which of these resulted from the prohibition of alcohol during the 1920s?

• A decline in immigration rates
• A growing fear of communism
• The expansion of the consumer economy
• The rise of organized crime

This excerpt illustrates Harding's campaign promise to be a president who would - 

• help the country recover from the turmoil of the previous decade
• refuse to allow the continuation of laissez-faire economic policies
• use diplomacy to establish alliances with other countries
• improve economic growth by promoting unrestricted immigration

During the 1920s, Clarence Darrown and William Jennings Bryan were most closely identified with the - 

• increased use of credit by U.S. consumers
• development of new forms of popular entertainment
• decline of public suport for Progressive reforms
• conflict between modernism and traditionalism

Why did the "Return to Normalcy" agenda of U.S. presidential candidate Warren G. Harding appeal to many voters in the 1920 election?

• The public wanted to help rebuild war-torn countries
• There were significant shortages of military supplies
• There was a decrease in demand for consumer goods
• The public wanted to concentrate on domestic economic issues

This 1924 cartoon satirizes a scandal that led to - 

• public disappointment over revelations of governmental corruption
• widespread dissatisfaction with a lack of economic development
• public frustration with government neglect of the working class
• widespread anger over excessive partisan politics