1920's

Which factor contributed to the boom and bust economy of the 1920s and 1930s in the United States?

• bear market

• easy consumer credit

• monoplies

• powerful unions

Which factor explains why many U. S .citizens bought goods on installment plans during the 1920s?

• persuasive advertising

• fewer products available for purchase

• increase of traditional values

• thrift spending habits

Which factor best explains the economic boom that occurred in the United States during the 1920s?

• repeal of Prohibition

• Increased employment of minorities and women

• suffrage for women

• increased consumer credit and spending

Which economic policy did President Coolidge support regarding big business during the 1920s?

• He believed in laissez-faire economics

• He believed that intervention was necessary to stabilize the economy

• He supported importing foreign goods rather than buying inferior U.S. goods

• He supported taxing business more to pay for social programs

Which writer was a leader of the Harlem Renaissance?

• W.E.B. DuBois

  
  

• T.S. Elliot

• Ernest Hemingway

• Langston Hughes

Which example best reflects the popular U.S. culture of the 1920s?

• listening to rock and roll music

• dancing the Charleston

• watching television

• flying in airplanes

A main focus of the arguments during the Scopes trial in Tennessee in 1925 involved what issue?

• evolution

• prohibition

• materialism

• socialism

Which statement best completes the chart below?

Factors leading to the Great Depression

Access to easy credit

Severe drought in the Midwest

__________________________

• Failure of the League of Nations

• Buying stock on margin

• high prices for farm commodities

• Establishment of stricter banking regulations

Which statement correctly describes the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s?

• It was the first organized effort to establish farm ownership for African Americans in the South

• It was a highly organized effort to help urban African Americans leave crowed cities for jobs in rural areas

• It was a government effort to offer financial relief to minority groups during the Great Depression

• It was an important era of literacy and artistic accomplishments for African Americans writers, musicians, actors, and dancers.

What is the best example of a return to nativism in the United States during the 1920’s

• the rise of baseball as a spectator sport

• the John T Scopes trial on teaching evolution

• the rise of the Whip Party

• a quota system to limit immigration