Unit 6 Test Review

Which of the following consumer products of the 1920’s had the greatest economic impact on American society?

• Automobile

• Refrigerator

• Vacuum Cleaner

• Radio

African Americans began migrating to Eastern and Midwest cities in the 1920’s for ALL of the following reasons EXCEPT

• The Roaring 20’s era saw the end of discrimination and de facto segregation in Northern areas

• Jim Crow laws in the South continued to make daily life extremely difficult for African-Americans

• A younger generation of African-Americans looked to leave the South in order to find better jobs and opportunities in the Northern cities.

• African-Americans remained subject to beatings, lynching, and other violent acts at the hands of some Southerners.

The Harlem Renaissance is primarily responsible for which of the following?

• Forming of one platform for black activists as a result of negotiations between W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington

• An increased appreciation of both black and white society for African-American culture in the areas of music, literature, and art.

• Creation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People at and African-American rights convention in New York City.

• The Election of African-American leaders into the Senate following Woodrow Wilson’s plea for the end of segregation in the U.S.

Which of the following is MOST closely related to organized crime, bootleggers, speakeasies, and the temperance movement?

• Scopes Trial

• Prohibition

• Nativism

• "Red Scare"

The Palmer Raids and the “Red Scare” phenomena during the early 1920s best indicate which of the following?

• Growing racial tensions and fears of riots in urban centers

• Increase in support for the rights of workers to unionize

• Decrease in nativist sentiment against European immigrants

• Growing fears of radical communists’ disruption of society

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

• Speculation in the stock market

• The availability of easy credit

• A growing number of homeless people

• A crisis in the farming industry

One long-range effect of the Great Depression was that many people

• Grew to like President Hoover

• Became risk takers in the stock market

• Looked to the government to provide for their needs

• Came to believe in small government

Which of the following best describes someone who buys stock at low prices in hopes for a quick profit?

• Undermining laissez-faire economics

• Engaging in mass production

• Stock market speculation

• Purchasing tariffs

Which of the following was NOT a result of the Great Depression?

• Increase in the purchasing of electric appliances

• Bank failures and business closings

• Decrease of marriages

• Deficit spending by the government

Which of the following MOST accurately describes the plight of American farmers during the 1920s?

• They enjoyed prosperity like much of the nation

• They maintained the same level of economic stability they had enjoyed since the war years

• They suffered from foreclosure due to falling prices caused by overproduction.

• They suffered because of Congress’ refusal to pass government programs sponsored by President Coolidge that would have provided direct relief.