AH2 Unit 5 Quiz Review

What was the purpose of the Dawes Plan?

• to encourage Native American settlement in the West.

• to help establish the U.S.' role as a creditor nation and help rebuild European nations post-WWI

• to cripple the German economy

• to increase the U.S.' supply of money

What did the flapper image of the 1920s represent for the US woman?

• changing religious roles

• a challenge to traditional values

• free trips to Europe

• more educational opportunities

Why were the Palmer Raids and the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti significant after WWI?

• they demonstrated the hostility of the government to big business

• they represented increased recognition of the rights of women and minorities

• they demonstrated the declining power of labor unions

• they illustrated the public's fear of communists and anarchists in the United States

Jazz was

• a blend of African tribal rhythms.

• a literary movement reflecting the uncertainty of the time period.

• a blend of European and African musical styles.

• an expression of African American culture through art and literature.

To what does the term "Harlem Renaissance" refer?

• a struggle for civil rights led by the NAACP

• a population increase in Harlem in the 1920s

• a program to promote African American-owned businesses

• a celebration of African American culture in literature and art

Immigration restrictions of the 1920s were introduced as a result of

• increased migration of Blacks to the North.

• the growing belief in nativism and the Red Scare.

• a desire to get rid of the quota system.

• growing concern about urban overcrowding and crime.

The Red Scare of 1919-1920 was provoked by

• the wartime registration of rural blacks to northern cities.

• the strict enforcement of prohibition laws.

• evolutionary science's challenges to the Bible.

• the public's association of labor violence with its fear of communist revolutions.

The Teapot Dome scandal involved the corrupt mishandling of

• funds for veterans' hospitals.

• naval oil reserves.

• European war-debt payments.

• presidential pardons.

The main problem faced by American manufacturers in the 1920s involved

• an increase in the level of production.

• developing extended markets to buy American goods.

• developing technologically innovative products.

• finding a skilled labor force.

All of the following represent social clashes that occurred during the 1920s EXCEPT

• modernists and fundamentalists

• bootleggers and prohibitionists

• women and African Americans

• immigrants and nativists