The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties were characterized by-

• internment camps, the rationing of goods, and the first use of an atomic bomb

• bank failures, the New Deal, and bread lines

• installment plans, prohibition, and flappers

• brinkmanship, McCarthyism, and a policy of containment

Which pull factor contributed to the Great Migration?

• The availability of land grants for homesteaders

• Economic opportunities in industrialized cities

• Better soil conditions in previously uncultivated areas

• The lower cost of living in urban areas

o Elevated train-- Train that ran on aboveground tracks-- 1869-1973

o Cable car-- Streetcar operated by underground steam-driven cable conduits-- 1883-1909

o Trolley-- Streetcar operated by overhead or underground electrical power-- 1887-1958

o Subway-- Train that runs on underground tracks-- 1904-present

How did these developments in transportation most affect the standard of living in US cities?

• By increasing the expenses associated with relocation

• By giving residents more flexibility in employment

• By expanding the options for personal education

• By increasing traffic congestion on city streets

During the 1920s, what was one result of innovations in US transportation technology?

• Commercial airplanes replaced ocean liners as the primary means of travel to Europe.

• Mass-produced automobiles made travel more affordable for many people.

• Cable cars provided a comfortable means of quick travel to any city within a state.

• Container ships delivered agricultural goods to ports along the Pacific coast.

The establishment of speakeasies in the 1920's was an unintended consequence of which federal government action?

• The taxation of imported luxury goods

• The deportation of suspected communist sympathizers

• The prohibition of the sale of alcoholic beverages

• The implementation of immigration restrictions

Which inference about the 1920s is supported by this illustration?

• Women confronted discrimination in employment and education.

• Women challenged traditional attitudes and social norms.

• Reform organizations targeted women's issues.

• Mass media reflected trends popular in rural communities.

Attorney-General A. Mitchell Palmer conducted a series of raids... The most spectacular of the "Palmer Raids" occurred in January 1920.

^{-"Start-up of the Department and WWI, 1913-1921," U.S. Department of Labor, www.dol.gov (accessed November 21, 2013)}

What was the primary reason for the raids described in this excerpt?

• To prevent workers from joining labor organizations

• To block civil rights advocates from staging public protests

• To suppress the teaching of evolution in college

• To halt the spread of communist ideas by radicals

Many Progressives opposed social Darwinism because it promoted the idea that -

• people in lower classes were not capable of economic success

• immigration weakened national unity

• the government should take responsibility for the well-being of people

• poverty could be eradicated through increased economic regulation

Cartoons such as this one took the position that deportation was necessary because-

• assimilation programs in the United States had been unsuccessful

• economic decline had increased the competition for jobs

• communists were infiltrating the United States

• political machines had too much power in urban areas

Which of these resulted from the prohibition of alcohol during the 1920s?

• A decline in immigration rates

• A growing fear of communism

• The expansion of the consumer economy

• The rise of organized crime