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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.

It can be argued that radio’s MOST important contribution to American life in the 1920s was

• Broadcast updates about the growing “Dust Bowl”

• It helped to create a common culture in the United States.

• People could keep posted on all news about the war with Japan.

• Those in the city could hear Broadway plays instead of attending them.

In the United States, the decade of the 1920’s was characterized by

• a willingness to encourage immigration to the United States

• the active involvement of the US in European affairs

• major reforms in national labor legislation

• increased consumer borrowing and spending

After WWI, why did Am. farmers fail to share in the economic growth of the United States?

• immigrants settled in the west and competed with farmers

• Federal Gov't reduced the # of acres for subsidized crops

• Farmers could not produce enough to keep up with demand

• Overproduction and competition caused falling prices

The "New Woman" of the 1920s

• Embraced traditional Victorian morality

• Rejected traditional codes of morality

• Rejected the notion of suffrage

• Began to prefer more modest fashions

The 1st Red Scare, the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti and the rise of nativism were all signs of

• the benefits of new technologies

• the start of the Great Depression

• a rising fear of foreigners

• the return of normalcy

The 1925 trial of John Scopes reflects the conflict between

• isolationist and interventionist foreign policies

• science and religion

• traditional roles and new roles for women

• prohibition and organized crime

In 1929, the United States entered an economic slowdown called the Great Depression. One of the early events was the stock market crash. What was a major cause of the stock market crash?

• Stock prices went up so fast that investors could not keep up with the changes. 
• Stock prices fell, investors panicked and sold their stocks, which led to more panic. 
• The government decided to close the stock market in New York. 
• People decided to invest their money in stock markets in Europe. 

President Hoover's philosophy that Americans must work harder to dig out of the depression.

• chicken in every pot
• rugged individualism
• Square Deal
• New Deal

Which of the following DID NOT cause the Dust Bowl?

• overproduction
• windstorms
• drought
• tornadoes