Roaring 20's

The Roaring Twenties were characterized by-

• Internment camps,the rationing of goods, & 1st use of atomic bomb

• bank failure, the New Deal, and bread lines

• Installment plans, prohibition, and flappers

• brinkmanship, McCarthyism, and a policy of containment

The establishment of speakeasies in the 1920's was an unintended consequence of which federal government action?

• The taxation of imported luxury goods

• The deportation of suspected communist sympathizers

• The prohibition of the sale of alcoholic beverages

• The implementation of immigrants restrictions

Which inference about the flappers in the 1920's is supported?

• Women confronted discrimination in employment and education

• Women challenged traditional attitudes and social norms

• Reform organizations targeted women's issues

• Mass media reflected trends popular in rural communities

What is the primary reason for the Palmer Raids?

• To prevent workers from joining labor organizations

• To block civil rights advocates from staging public protests

• To suppress the teaching of evolution in college

• To halt the spread of communist ideas by radicals

Many Progressives opposed Social Darwinism because it promoted the idea that-

• People in lower class were not capable of economic success

• Immigration weakened national unity

• The government should take responsibility for the well-being of people

• Poverty could be eradicated through increase economic regulation

Many took the position that deportation was necessary because-

• Assimilation programs in the US had been unsuccessful

• Economic decline had increased the competition for jobs

• Communist were infiltrating the US

• Political machines had too much power in urban areas

Which of these results from the prohibition of alcohol during the 1920's?

• A decline in immigration rates

• A growing fear of communism

• The expansion of the consumer economy

• The rise of organized crime

What was Warren Harding campaign promise to be a president who would (Return to Normalcy)

• Help the country recover from the turmoil of 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

During the 1920's Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan were most closely identified with the-

• Increased use of credit by US consumers

• Development of new forms of popular entertainment

• Decline of public support for Progressive reforms

• Conflict between modernism and traditionalism

What was the primary reason for the Great Migration?

• Increased demand for sharecroppers in the North

• Limited economic opportunities for African Americans in the South

• Increased availability of manufactured goods in the North

• A lack of educational institutions for African Americans in the South