The Roaring Twenties

During the 1920’s the power of labor unions declined because:

• Unemployment was high.

• More women were entering the workforce.

• Americans became fearful of striking workers during the Red Scare.

• Everyone was rich.

When World War I ended, people stopped buying war bonds and:

• Began moving west

• More people became farmers

• Started protesting

• Bankers began selling stocks to ordinary Americans.

During the 1920’s Presidents Harding and Coolidge adopted a policy of “trickle down economics” by:

• Reducing taxes on farmers

• Reducing taxes on the wealthy

• Breaking up monopolies

• Taking saxophone lessons

The popularity of jazz spread across the United States mainly because of radio and:

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Great Migration

• Prohibition

• The Model T

To Americans who voted for Warren Harding, a “return to normalcy” meant:

• a return to life as it had been before World War I.

• a return to colonial times

• riding bicycles

• a return to prohibiton

The Red Scare after World War I was:

• The fear of ketchup

• The cause of World War I.

• The fear of Jim Crow laws and lynching.

• The fear of immigrants and revolution in the United States during the early part of the 1920’s.

During the 1920’s, stock market prices continued to rise. This is called:

• Black Thursday

• A raccoon market

• A bull market

• A bear market

What was the most important result of Henry Ford’s assembly line manufacturing methods?

• The price of automobiles went down.

• The price of the average automobile increased.

• Fewer Americans had jobs.

• Cheap stock prices.

Which social group struggled during the 1920's?

• dancers

• women

• farmers

• musicians

The 1920s are sometimes called the “Roaring Twenties” because of

• Widespread social and economic change occurred.

• The United States assumed a leadership role in world affairs.

• More people went to the zoo.

• Political reforms made more government more democratic.