STARR Review Roaring Twenties – Great Depression 1920 - 1940

America’s present need is not heroics but healing; . . . not revolution but restoration; . . . not submergence in internationality but sustainment in triumphant nationality.

—Warren G. Harding, presidential campaign speech, 1920

Why did the “Return to Normalcy” agenda of U.S. presidential candidate Warren G. Harding appeal to many voters in the 1920 election?

• The public wanted to help rebuild war-torn countries.

• There were significant shortages of military supplies

• There was a decrease in demand for consumer goods.

• The public wanted to concentrate on domestic economic issues.

America’s present need is not heroics but healing; . . . not revolution but restoration; . . . not submergence in internationality but sustainment in triumphant nationality.

—Warren G. Harding, presidential campaign speech, 1920

This excerpt illustrates Harding’s campaign promise to be a president who would —

• help the country recover from the turmoil of the previous decade

• refuse to allow the continuation of laissez-faire economic policies

• use diplomacy to establish alliances with other countries

• improve economic growth by promoting unrestricted immigration

Which headline describes a consequence of the Teapot Dome scandal?

• A

• B

• C

• D

This 1924 cartoon satirizes a scandal that led to —

• public disappointment over revelations of government corruption

• widespread dissatisfaction with a lack of economic development

• public frustration with government neglect of the working class

• widespread anger over excessive partisan politics

Which of these contributed to the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment?

• Veteran soldiers protesting to obtain benefits

• The growing political influence of women

• Politicians campaigning for education reform

• The growing number of workers organizing into labor unions

How did the events on this time line affect U.S. businesses?

• Profit sharing became a standard practice for industrial corporations.

• Monopolistic practices were abolished by federal legislation.

• Mass-manufacturing techniques were adopted to maximize production.

• Retirement plans were guaranteed to factory workers.

The Roaring Twenties were characterized by —

• internment camps, the rationing of goods, and the first use of an atomic bomb

• bank failures, the New Deal, and bread lines

• installment plans, Prohibition, and flappers

• brinkmanship, McCarthyism, and a policy of containment

During the 1920s, what was one result of innovations in U.S. transportation technology?

• Commercial airplanes replaced ocean liners as the primary means of travel to Europe.

• Mass-produced automobiles made travel more affordable for many people.

• Cable cars provided a comfortable means of quick travel to any city within a state.

• Container ships delivered agricultural goods to ports along the Pacific coast.

Which of these resulted from the prohibition of alcohol during the 1920s?

• A decline in immigration rates

• A growing fear of communism

• The expansion of the consumer economy

• The rise of organized crime

During the 1920s, Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan were most closely identified with the —

• increased use of credit by U.S. consumers

• development of new forms of popular entertainment

• decline of public support for Progressive reforms

• conflict between modernism and traditionalism