STAAR EOC US History Questions: Roaring Twenties

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.

The establishment of speakeasies in the 1920s 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 immigration restrictions.

Which inference about the 1920s is supported by this illustration?

• 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 was the primary reason for the raids described in this excerpt?

• To prevent workers from joining labor organizations.

• To block civil rights advocates from staging public protests.

• To suppress the teaching of evolution in colleges.

• To halt the spread of communist ideas by radicals.

Many Progressives opposed social Darwinism because it promoted the idea that —

• People in lower classes 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 increased economic regulation.

Cartoons such as this one took the position that deportation was necessary because —

• Assimilation programs in the United States had been unsuccessful.

• Economic decline had increased the competition for jobs.

• Communists were infiltrating the United States.

• Political machines had too much power in urban areas.

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

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.

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.

What was a primary reason for the demographic shift described in this excerpt?

• 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.