Politics of the Roaring Twenties

What is Nativism?

• The belief that anyone should be allowed to come to the US

• A belief that America should be for American's and not immigrants

• The separation between state and federal governments

• An economic system

What was one reason some people wanted to restrict immigrants?

• They felt they took jobs away from Americans

• It the land of opportunity

• They brought money for investing in America

What was one reason people did not want to restrict immigration?

• Immigrants provided cheap labor

• People thought they led to more crime

• They might help to pass the 21st amendment

What was one way people tried to restrict immigrants?

• Allowing anyone to come to the US

• offering scholarships to immigrants

• setting quota's

• giving immigrants free land

What legislation reduced how many immigrants can come to America?

• KKK

• Organized Crime

• Emergency Quota Act

• The Scopes Trial

Who hated anyone who didn't look or act like them?

• KKK

• The Scopes Trial

• Speakeasies

• Nativism

Which of the following factors was most significant in the development of labor unions during the 19th century?

• Racial segregation

• Working conditions

• Class discrimination

• Growing prosperity

Oil allowed the U.S. to modernize because it fueled machines and cars.

• True

• False

in the early 1900s the U.S. became a leader in Oil Production. Oil was valuable because it fueled factories and automobiles.

• True

• False

Who invented the Model-T automobile?

• Thomas Edison

• Andrew Carnegie

• John Rockefeller

• Henry Ford