1920's

One characteristic of the U.S. economy in the 1920s was —

• greater financial dependency on credit cards

• increasing government regulations on businesses

• all-time high production levels of consumer goods

• repeated labor uprisings that limited industrial output

Which of the following is a defining characteristic of society in the United States during the Red Scare of the 1920s?

• Yellow journalism

• Spread of communism

• Anti-immigration sentiment

• Increasing rights for minority groups

The works of Harlem Renaissance artists such as Langston Hughes focused on issues related to—

• discrimination suffered by women

• class conflict caused by economic prosperity

• shifting demographics in New England states

• racial pride in the African American community

The Teapot Dome Scandal tarnished the Harding administration and resulted in —

• the conviction of a cabinet member

• the impeachment of a U.S. President

• the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment

• the limitation on number of presidential terms

Which demographic pattern resulted from the Great Migration?

• African American populations grew in urban areas.

• African Americans moved to the western United States.

• The number of African American owned farms increased

• The African American population in the South outnumbered whites.

A cultural contribution made by African American artists and performers during the early twentieth century includes —

• creating a uniquely American music form known as jazz

• introducing Americans to vaudeville-style entertainment

• forming America’s first musical district known as Tin Pan Alley

• pioneering the “flapper” look for women after the First World War

One factor that contributed to the Great Migration of the 1920’s was —

• discrimination in the South

• demand for agricultural workers

• immigration of southern Europeans

• development of interstate highways

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

Improved mass-production techniques affected the American economy of the 1920s by —

• decreasing the need for workers

• lowering the quality of most products

• reducing the prices of consumer goods

• raising the costs for agricultural production

Which economic conditions contributed to support for the passage of immigration quotas at the beginning of the 1920s?

• Elevated tax rates to pay war debts

• Increasing mechanization in factories

• Unemployed soldiers returning from war

• Excessive tariffs placed on exported goods