Ch. 10 - The Roaring 20s

SS.912.A.5.3

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

SS.912.A.5.1

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

SS.912.A.5.2

Which event do these newspapers describe?

• Cold War

• Red Scare

• Prohibition

• Great Migration

SS.912.A.5.2

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.

SS.912.A.5.10

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

SS.912.A.5.4

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.

SS.912.A.5.4

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

SS.912.A.5.10

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.

SS.912.A.5.4

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

SS.912.A.5.9

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