Roaring 20's & Depression #1

What did African American writers, artists, and musicians hope to achieve during the Harlem Renaissance?

• display their ability as conscientious workers in the workplace
• show that the pursuit of material success can often lead to tragedy
• demonstrate that AFrican Americans could produce great works of literature and art
• to reveal that conditions for African Americans in the South were almost as bad as in the North

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

• a willingness to encourage immigration to the US from Southeastern European countries
• increased consumer borrowing and spending
• the active involvement of the United States in European affairs
• major reforms in national labor legislation

Which best describes the activities of the KKK during the 1920s

• successfully achieved control of both Congress and the Presidency
• assisted Marcus Garvey in transporting African Americans "back to Africa"
• were mainly directed at preventing African-Americans from voting in the South
• promoted anti-immigrant, anti-African American, anti-Catholic, and anti-Jewish sentiments

Why was there racial unrest in Northern cities after WWI?

• African Americans had been given the right to vote for the first time
• African American baseball players were being allowed to play on previously all-white teams
• the arrival of large numbers of immigrants from Eastern Europe caused tensions with African Americans
• the migration of African Americans had created a greater competition for jobs and housing

Which groups did NOT generally participate in the prosperity of the 1920s?

• manufacturers and real estate developers
• stock brokers and automobile workers
• bankers and construction workers
• minorities and railroad workers

Women had many new experiences as a result of WWI, including working at new jobs, wearing new fashions, and acting more independently. What other new change came to women just after WWI?

• the right to vote
• the right to drink
• equal pay for equal work
• the right to serve in military combat

Which Amendment repealed prohibition?

• 17
• 19
• 21
• 23

Which amendment approved prohibition?

• 15
• 16
• 17
• 18

The Red Scare focused on the fear of...

• socialism
• capitalism
• communism
• free markets

The Scopes Monkey Trial was important because it brought to light the teaching of ____ in schools.

• Evolution
• Creationism
• Christianity
• Temperance

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