1920s Lesson 2

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

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

• People in lower classes were not capable of economic success

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

• Immigration weakened national unity

• Poverty could be eradicated through increased economic regulation

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.

Which action completes this cause-and-effect diagram?

• Banks lower interest rates.

• Companies lay off employees.

• Elected leaders lower tariff rates.

• Labor unions demand higher wages.

Which of these cause-and-effect relationships is accurate?

• The ideas of social Darwinism led to the passage of Prohibition laws.

• The signing of the Treaty of Versailles contributed to the implementation of the New Deal.

• The ideas of the Harlem Renaissance influenced the growth of the Civil Rights movement

• The rise of fascism in Italy influenced the onset of the Red Scare

During the 1920s, what was one result of innovations in U.S. transportation technology?

• Commercial airplanes replaced ocean liners as the primary means of travel to Europe.

• Mass-produced automobiles made travel more affordable for many people.

• Cable cars provided a comfortable means of quick travel to any city within a state.

• Container ships delivered agricultural goods to ports along the Pacific coast.

The group most credited with pushing Prohibition was...

• The Ku Klux Klan

• African Americans

• Women

• Business Owners

All of the following are associated with Flappers EXCEPT...

• Smoking

• Lipstick

• More Exposed Skin

• Ankle-length Skirts

Which major innovation was found in the majority of U.S. homes by the end of the 1920s?

• Television

• Microwave

• Radio

• Telephone

One reason for U.S. fears of communism in the 1920's was

• Bolshevik spies were found in the US government

• the Bolsheviks had taken over Russia during World War I

• millions of Bolsheviks were migrating to the US

• a Bolshevik army was sailing to the US