American History II - Roaring 20s

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

• a decline in immigration
• a growing fear of communism
• the expansion of the consumer economy
• the rise of organized crime
  

Why was Henry Ford an important person in American industrialization?

• he created the radio to broadcast
• he created the assembly line to lower the price of goods
  
• he founded an airplane company
  
• he created the cotton gin

During the 1920s, Congress passed a series of immigration laws that were primarily designed 

• to increase immigration from Asia
• o expand the workforce for the economy
• to limit immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe
• to prohibit immigration from Latin America

4. Which event represented an expression of nativism during the 1920s?

• trial of John Scopes for teaching evolution
  
• adoption of the quota system to limit immigration
  
• Charles Lindbergh's solo transatlantic flight
• the rise in the popularity of sports
  

The "Red Scare" in the United States immediately following World War I was a reaction to 

• President Wilson's attempts to join the League of Nations
• the perceived growth of organized crime in major urban areas
• a perceived threat of a communist revolution in the US
  
• a rise in the number of immigrants from Germany

What would a study of "flappers" from the 1920s indicate?

• some women rejected traditional restrictions
• many women were elected to national political office
• women were barred from traditionally male occupations
• the earning power women equaled that of men in most jobs

A movement characterized by the flourishing of literature, art, music and expression

• Great Migration
• World War II
• Cultural Fusion
• Harlem Renaissance

During the 1920s, Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan were closely associated with -

• 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
  

Which 1920 event resulted in the deportation of over 5000 suspected anarchists and leftists?

• The Red Scare

• The Palmer Raids

• The Espionage Act

• The Communist Purge

All of these terms are associated with what era in American history?

Gangsters

Eighteenth Amendment

bootleggers

speakeasies

• Prohibition

• World War II

• Civil Rights

• Women’s Suffrage