World War I and the 1920s

What was a major reason the United States entered World War I (1917)?

• The Japanese had occupied Manchuria.
• Foreign troops had landed on American soil.
• The Austro-Hungarian Empire had invaded Belgium.
• Germany had resumed unrestricted submarine warfare.

The clear-and-present danger doctrine established in Schenck v. United States (1919) permits the government to

• declare war on any nation that attacks the United States
• limit speech that threatens the security of the nation
• break up monopolies that limit business competition
• outlaw organizations that threaten the civil rights of others accused of crimes

One goal for a lasting peace that President Woodrow Wilson included in his Fourteen Points was

• establishing a League of Nations
• maintaining a permanent military force in Europe
• returning the United States to a policy of isolationism
• blaming Germany for causing World War I

Many United States senators refused to support membership in the League of Nations because they believed that it would

• endanger United States economic growth
• force the United States to give up its colonies
• grant the president the power to annex new territory
• involve the United States in future foreign conflicts

The migration of African Americans to the North during and following World War I was mainly a result of the

• success of military desegregation
• efforts of the civil rights movement
• availability of new factory jobs
• impact of affirmative action programs

Langston Hughes and Duke Ellington are noted for their contributions to the cultural movement of the 1920s known as the

• Gospel of Wealth
• Lost Generation
• Harlem Renaissance
• Gilded Age

Immigration laws passed during the 1920s changed United States policy by

• establishing immigration quotas
• allowing only skilled workers into the country
• favoring immigration from Asia
• encouraging an increase in immigration to the United States

The Red Scare, the National Origins Acts of the 1920s, and the verdict in the Sacco and Vanzetti trial are examples of negative American attitudes toward

• immigrants
• business leaders
• African Americans
• labor union leaders

The Scopes Trial of 1925 is an example of

• the effects of assimilation on American culture
• a clash between scientific ideas and religious beliefs lifestyles
• an increase in violence in American society
• government intervention in racial conflicts

The changing image of women during the 1920s was symbolized by the

• passage of an equal pay act
• drafting of women into the army
• popularity of the flappers and their style of dress
• appointment of several women to President Calvin Coolidge’s cabinet