US History: 1920s Test

Which development contributed to the expansion of the suburbs in the United States in the 1920s?

• The increase in the immigrant population
• The building of skyscrapers
• The expansion of farm acreage
• The use of the automobile

Which group’s activities reflected a pattern of intolerance toward immigrants in the United States during the 20th century?

• Ku Klux Klan
• United Farm Workers
• American Indian Movement
• National Organization for Women

Which of the following statements best explains why many people came to oppose prohibition?  

• It was too difficult to find speakeasies in large cities.
• Too many federal agents were hired to enforce the ban on alcohol.
• The bootlegging industry gave rise to widespread lawlessness and crime.
• More women began to drink during prohibition

How did the growth of the automobile industry after WWI change the U.S. economy?

• It stimulated the development of other new jobs
• it decreased employment opportunities for assembly-line workers
• It increased the number of railroad passengers
• It encouraged government operation of major industries

What was the most significant effect of the passage of the 19th Amendment?

• It led to an increased participation of women in the political process
• It led to a mass migration of African Americans
• It led to more women engaging in factory work
• It ended prohibition

The Great Migration was a massive movement of African Americans from the... 

• urban North to the rural South 
• rural North to the urban South 
• rural South to the urban North 
• urban South to the rural North 

The outpouring of creativity among African American poets, writers, and artists in the 1920s is known as the

• Jazz Age
• Roaring Twenties
• Harlem Renaissance 
• Back-to-Africa Movement

What issue was central to the Scopes trial?

• whether a state can ban the teaching of evolution in public schools
• whether teaching creationism in public schools is unconstitutional
• whether a state can require the teaching of creative design in public schools
• whether reciting prayers in public schools is constitutional

Demobilization was

• the rise of socialist groups
• when women took over traditionally male jobs
• transition from wartime to peacetime
• the return of soldiers 

Which amendment gave voting rights to women in 1920?

• 18th
• 19th
• 20th
• 21st