The Roaring 20s

Which group of immigrants poured into the United States between 1890 and 1920?

• Scandinavians and Germans

• Irish, Spanish, and Italian

• English, Scottish, and Welsh

• Immigrants from southern and eastern Europe

Which 1920 event resulted in the deportation of over 5000 suspected anarchists and leftists?

• The Red Scare

• The Palmer Raids

• The Espionage Act

• The Communist Purge

All of these terms are associated with which era?

Palmer Raid

Red Scar

Harlem Renaissance

Sacco and Vanzetti Trial

• 1910s

• 1920s

• 1930s

• 1940s

The creation of Prohibition had the unintentional effect of

• Increasing the popularity of television and motion pictures.

• Causing increased popularity of radical groups such as the Ku Klux Klan.

• Causing people to turn to “harder” drugs such as heroin and cocaine.

• Creating a network of organized crime that illegally supplied people with alcohol.

Women in the United States were MOST affected by which amendment?

• The Nineteenth Amendment

• The Thirteenth Amendment

• The Twenty-first Amendment

• The Twenty-fourth Amendment

All of these terms are associated with what era in American history?

Gangsters

Eighteenth Amendment

bootleggers

speakeasies

• Prohibition

• World War II

• Civil Rights

• Women’s Suffrage

Which amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920?

• Twentieth Amendment

• Eighteenth Amendment

• Nineteenth Amendment

• Twenty-first Amendment

In the era after World War I and before the Great Depression, American suburbs began to grow rapidly because of

• Increased use the airplanes.

• Invention of electric lights.

• Mass production of automobiles.

• Greater availability of information.

Which decade was marked by the emergence of “mass production” and “mass consumption”?

• The 1890’s

• The 1920’s

• The 1950’s

• The 1970’s

Who is generally considered the “Father” of the modern assembly line?

• Henry Ford

• Samuel Gompers

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller