Unit 4 Testing Your Understanding - 1920s

The immigration quotas and National Origins Act of 1924 were intended to

• expand immigration to the U.S.

• create new opportunities for minorities.

• preserve the existing make-up of the U.S. 

• set high limits to encourage Americans to move abroad.

__________________ led to the farm depression of the 1920s.

• Banks refusing to loan money 

• Government crop control

• Overproduction 

• Excessive rain

Widespread fear of Communism

• was systematically played down by newspapers

• resulted in the Palmer Raids

• strengthened the public's good opinion of labor unions

• diminished predictions of a worldwide revolution

The National Origins Act of 1924 limited immigration from what region?

• Southern & Eastern Europe

• Northern & Western Europe

• Latin America

• Northern Africa

Based on this map, one can infer that women in the early 20th Century

• were not allowed to vote in the Midwest
  

• had full voting rights in the Southeastern states

• did not have the benefit of suffrage in the western states
  

• generally could not vote in states along the eastern seaboard

What did the Immigration Acts of 1921, 1924 and 1929 do?

• Increased the amount of immigrants allowed in the US

• Decreased the amount of immigrants allowed in the US

• Outlawed all immigration

Why were Sacco and Vanzetti convicted?

• They were serial killers, who targeted communists

• They were immigrants and had radical political beliefs

• They started a labor strike, that led to a riot, killing 6 people

• They lynched a group of African Americans without cause

All of the following are true of the Great Migration except?

• The availability of jobs during World War I encouraged many African Americans to move all over the country. 

• African Americans moved from the North to the South in search of new opportunities. 

• African Americans relocated from the South to the North. 

What explains the reason for the rise of a "consumer culture"in the 1920s?

• The federal government encouraged labor to unionize

• Enforcement of anti-trust laws resulted in higher prices.

• Minimum wage laws expanded buying power of consumers.

• Advertising and installment payments encouraged buying.

The introduction of the assembly line

• Made production quicker and cheaper

• Increased employment opportunities

• Made wages higher

• Used more resources