Roaring Twenties - 1918-1929

Prejudice against foreign-born people is called

• affirmative action
• sympathy
• nativism
• tolerance

The Coal Miners' Strike led to

• lower wages in most mills
• a five-day workweek
• the death of John L. Lewis
• a wage increase

A policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs is called

• isolationism
• disengagementism
• bolshevism
• nativism

Why do most people believe that Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted and executed for a robbery in the 1920s?

• they spoke good English
• they were native-born Americans
• they were Italian anarchists
• they confessed to the robbery and murder

Which of the following things did the KKK like?

• Roman Catholics
• Jews
• African Americans
• white, native-born people

What was the result of the Boston Police Strike?

• policemen got better wages
• only some policemen were fired
• the police became federal troops
• the strikers were accused of being communists

What did Louis Armstrong and Langston Hughes have in common?

• They were both running for office.

• They both helped create interest in African American Culture

• They both helped lead us to war.

What treaty officially ended WWI?

• Brest-Litovsk
• Paris
• Versailles
• Trafalgar

How did the assembly line help America?

• helped cities to grow and become bigger.

• helped unemployment rise

• helped make the automobile less expensive.

How did automobiles affect the migration patterns of america?

• People were no longer able to afford a car.

• Americans began moving to other countries

• American could now move out of Urban areas and began commuting to work.