Gateway US Ch 10: The Roaring 20s

What did the rejection of the League of Nations, the higher tariffs imposed by the Fordney-McCumber Act, and the Emergency Quota Act all point to during the early 1920s?

• increasing militarism
• increasing isolationism
• increasing imperialism
• increasing internationalism

What was the primary cause of the changes to the unemployment rate in the US in 1920 and 1921?

• the effects of demobilization

• the impact of the "Red Scare"

• the passage of the Emergency Quota Act

• the Bolshevik victory in the Russian Civil War

Which event do these newspapers describe?

• Cold War

• Red Scare

• Prohibition

• Great Migration

What is the main idea of the cartoon?

• The land of opportunity is not for Russian immigrants.

• If an alien is from Latin America, he or she can be deported.

• Packing vicious aliens like sardines is a serious vioation of human rights.

• Dangerous Communists and anarchists should be sent out of the country.

Women had many new experiences as a result of World War I, including working at new jobs, wearing new fashions, and acting more independently. What other new change came to women just after World War I?

• the right to vote
• the right to drink
• equal pay for equal work
• the right to serve in military combat

What was one impact of the changes shown in the graph?

• The U.S. government purchased the agricultural surplus from farmers.

• Farmers did not generally participate in the prosperity of the 1920s.

• Speculators bought up American farmland at inexpensive prices.

• Local food prices remained high because of domestic demand.

Which groups did not generally participate in the prosperity of the 1920s?

• manufacturers and real estate developers
• stock brokers and automobile workers
• bankers and contruction workers
• minorities and railroad workers

Why was there racial unrest in Northern cities after World War I?

• African Americans had been given the right to vote for the first time.
• African-American baseball players were being allowed to play on previously all-white teams.
• The arrival of large numbers of immigrants from Eastern Europe caused tensions with African Americans.
• The migration of African Americans and returning African-American veteran had created greater competition for jobs and housing.

Which phrase best completes the diagram?

• Led to a wave of strikes across the country

• Stimulated a period of Progressive reforms

• Spurred a period of economic growth and prosperity

• Helped to bring about the Second Industrial Revolution

Which best describes the activities of the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s?

• successfully achieved control of both the Congress and the Presidency
• assisted Marcus Garvey in transporting African Americans "back to Africa"
• were mainly directed at preventing African Americans from voting in the South
• promoted anti-immigrant, anti-African-American, anti-Catholic, and anti-Jewish sentiments