Roaring 20s Cultural Values

“African Americans should return home to Africa to establish their own independent nation free from white control.”

1.Which of the following people advocated the ideas in the quote above?

• W.E.B

  DuBois

• Marcus

  Garvey

• Booker

  T. Washington

• Woodrow

  Wilson

The passage of the immigration acts of 1921 and 1924 indicated that the United States wished to

• restrict the flow of immigrants

• continue the immigration policies followed during most of the 19th century

• encourage

  cultural diversity

• play a

  larger role in international affairs

United States immigration restrictions of the 1920s were especially resented by people in

• Great

  Britain and Scandinavia

• Eastern

  Europe and Asia

• Africa

  and Latin America

• Canada and

  Australia

During the 1920s, as a result of intense nativism, the United States Congress approved an immigration policy that

• gave

  special preference to political refugees

• admitted people solely on the basis of skills

• based

  admission to the United States on national origins

• sought

  to exclude people from northwestern Europe

Which is the most valid generalization to be drawn from the study of Prohibition in the United States?

• Social

  attitudes can make laws difficult to enforce

• Increased

  taxes affect consumer spending

• Morality

  can be legislated successfully

• People

  will sacrifice willingly for the common good

The Harlem Renaissance can best be described as a

• renewal

  of religious fundamentalism

• revival

  of Dutch culture in New York City

• new era

  in Broadway musicals

• black

  expression of racial heritage

In the period between World War I and World War II, which group made the greatest gain in political rights?

• blacks

• women

• new

  immigrants

• Native

  American Indians

The prohibition of alcoholic beverages, the Scopes Trial, and the passage of the National Origins Act all occurred during the 1920s. These events are evidence that during this decade

• the

  reform spirit of the Progressive movement was as strong as ever

• relations

  between blacks and whites began to improve

• there

  was a conflict between old and new American ideas

• the

  country was more receptive to socialist ideas

The Tennessee trial of John T. Scopes in 1925 illustrated a conflict concerning

• free

  competition in the marketplace

• due

  process of law

• freedom

  of the press

• religious

  beliefs and scientific theories

The works of Duke Ellington and Langston Hughes reflected the

• expanding

  role of women in the 1920s

• achievements

  of the Harlem Renaissance

• architectural

  innovations of the 1930s

• influence

  of southern European immigrant groups