1920'S, DEPRESSION, AND NEW DEAL

Which action is an example of nativism in the 1920s?

• widespread violation of Prohibition laws

• efforts to improve living conditions for Native American Indians

• passage of laws restricting immigration

• provision of credit to farmers

The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s is best known for

• ending racial segregation in public facilities

• promoting the cultural creativity of African Americans

• encouraging passage of new voting rights legislation

• supporting legislation to eliminate the Ku Klux Klan

"Radical Immigrants Deported"

"Bombs Explode on Wall Street"

"Palmer Raids Criticized by Congress"

These post-World War I headlines are most closely associated with the

• Volstead Act

• Ku Klux Klan

• Scopes trial

• Red Scare

Which economic trend of the 1920s helped cause the Great Depression?

• increasing government intervention

• nationalization of investment banks

• decreasing reliance on credit

• widening gaps between the rich and the poor

This cartoon is portraying a situation that resulted from the

• public rejection of the New Deal

• economic downturn of the late 1920s

• failure of the Civilian Conservation Corps

• opposition to the Treaty of Versaille.

Which conclusion is best supported by the information on the chart?

• Business advertising has succeeded in selling more products.

• Violence by labor had increased throughout the country.

• Economic conditions had become worse.

• The stock market had recovered in 1933.

During the 1920s, which economic trend helped cause the Great Depression?

• buying goods on credit

• saving rather than spending

• continuing shortages of consumer goods

• imposing low tariffs on imported products

Which statement about the period from 1918 through 1929 is most clearly supported by information in the graph?

• The percentage of income controlled by the wealthiest Americans declined.

• The income gap between the wealthiest fifth and the rest of the population increased

• The overall per capita income in the United States declined.

• The percentage of income controlled by the poor steadily increased.

What was an underlying cause of the Great Depression?

• unequal distribution of income throughout the 1920s

• adoption of high federal income tax rates during the 1920s

• failure of American farmers to produce enough food after World War I

• rapid increase in federal defense spending following World War I

The economic boom of the 1920s was fueled in part by

• government subsidies paid to farmers

• tariff reductions on European goods

• increased investment in the stock market

• construction by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)