Unit 5: Roaring 20s

Which major era in U.S. history is described by the information in the box?

• Progressive Era

• Twenties

• Great Depression

• Sixties

What historical era is identified by the items in the graphic above?

• The Roaring Twenties

• The Progressive Era

• The Gilded Age

• The Red Scare

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

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

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

The ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920 was a victory in the long struggle for women's equality because the amendment-

• gave women the right to vote

• allowed women to hold political office

• guaranteed women the right to attend state universities

• made it illegal to discriminate against female job applicants

The Eighteenth Amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale and transportation of intoxicating beverages, but Prohibition's unintended consequences were-

• a decrease in the production of alcohol

• an increase in organized crime and mob related violence

• a decrease in organized crime and mob related violence

• an increased participation in Progressive Era reform movements

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 a result of the social problems presented in this 1917 political cartoon?

• Government leaders introduced health-care reforms

• Lobbyists focused attention on the power of corporate monopolies

• Women worked to improve conditions in tenement houses

• Progressives worked to ratify a prohibition amendment

The debate between Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan in the Scopes Trial illustrated how society in the 1920s was characterized by-

• clashes between ethnic minority groups

• changing attitudes about the role of women

• demands to reform the public education system

• tension between traditional values and modern views