Boom and Bust

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 year did the stock market crash occur, signaling the beginning of the Great Depression? A B C D

• 1930

• 1929

• 1928

• 1927

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

During the 1920s, Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan were most closely identified with the —

• increased use of credit by U.S. consumers

• development of new forms of popular entertainment

• decline of public support for Progressive reforms

• conflict between evolutionism and fundamentalism

Marcus Garvey made a lasting impact on the lives of African Americans in the United States by —

• organizing the NAACP with W.E.B. DuBois

• co-founding the Universal Negro Improvement Association

• contributing to the cultural contributions of the Harlem Renaissance

• advocating for the passage of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth amendments

Which demographic pattern resulted from the Great Migration?

• African American populations grew in urban areas.

• African Americans moved to the western United States.

• The number of African American owned farms increased.

• The African American population in the South outnumbered whites.

Improved mass-production techniques affected the American economy of the 1920s by —

• decreasing the need for workers

• lowering the quality of most products

• reducing the prices of consumer goods

• raising the costs for agricultural production

As a result of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution—

• women were guaranteed voting rights.

• African Americans were granted citizenship.

• American Indians were prevented from owning property.

• children were prohibited from working in factories.

The works of Harlem Renaissance artists such as Langston Hughes focused on issues related to —

• discrimination suffered by women

• class conflict caused by economic prosperity

• shifting demographics in New England states

• racial pride in the African American community

Which of these cause-and-effect relationships is accurate?

• The ideas of social Darwinism led to the passage of Prohibition laws.

• The signing of the Treaty of Versailles contributed to the implementation of the New Deal.

• The ideas of the Harlem Renaissance influenced the growth of the Civil Rights movement.

• The rise of fascism in Italy influenced the onset of the Red Scare.