SSUSH 16

The demand for automobiles in the 1920s

• stimulated growth in many other industries.

• led to a nationwide recession.

• closed down the steel industry.

• brought about the collapse of the suburbs.

How did the Red Scare add to nativist opposition to immigration?

• immigration

• Prohibition

• evolution

• fundamentalism

Jazz was

• a musical style created by southern plantation owners.

• a style of art created by African American activists.

• a fashion style that came and went quickly.

• an American hybrid of African American and European music forms.

The movie industry became a leading industry of the 1920s. Though the first movies were silent, in 1927 theater-goers enjoyed the first “talkie.” What does the growth of the movie industry indicate about this era?

• a growing sense of nationalism

• a conservative movement

• a disinterest in radio

• a time of prosperity

The literature of the Harlem Renaissance

• explored the origins of jazz.

• explored the pains and joys of being black in America.

• is largely forgotten today.

• argued for the separation of races.

The sense of group identity created by the Harlem Renaissance

• formed a basis for later progress for blacks in America.

• was lost by the end of the 1920s.

• enabled African Americans to form their own nation.

• ended discrimination against blacks in America.

Why is Louis Armstrong considered a jazz legend?

• for becoming the first white musician to contribute to jazz

• for his ability to play the trumpet and his subtle sense of improvisation

• for being the highest-paid African American entertainer

• for predicting that America will be best remembered for the Constitution, baseball, and jazz

Who is depicted in this photograph?

• women of the victorian age

• women entering the workforce during the 1920s

• New Women known as flappers

• none of the above

Which BEST defines the Harlem Renaissance?

• a time of great racial tension exemplified by race riots in New York.

• a time of high interest in southern African American culture

• a concentrated time of African American achievement in literature and music

• the renovation of turn of the century buildings in Harlem

Why was the National Origin Act of 1924 passed?

• to provide a database for immigrants

• to promote immigration for all parts of the world

• to create a means of tracking immigrants from Europe

• to limit immigration from southern and eastern Europe