Roaring 20s

In the 1920’s speakeasies became popular in America as a result of

• Prohibition of alcohol

• Billboard advertising

• New trends In music

• New immigration patterns

During the 1920’s which innovation became an important part of popular culture?

• Radio

• Opera

• Television

• Newspapers

Ford’s system for making cars increased efficiency by

• Reducing the number of car parts

• Dividing the job into simple tasks

• Training workers to do every task

• Assigning a team to each car

The flowering of African American arts in the 1920s became known as the

• Great Migration

• Great Awakening

• South Side Renaissance

• Harlem Renaissance

John T. Scopes was put on trial for

• Violating Prohibition laws

• Being a leader of the Ku Klux Klan

• Teaching creationism

• Teaching evolution

What effect did anti-immigrant sentiment have on domestic policy in the early twentieth century?

• The government placed quotas on immigration

• The government restricted job opportunities for immigrants

• The government required immigrants to attend public schools

• The government insisted on more immigration for economic growth

Many people viewed Sacco and Vanzetti with suspicion because they were

• German immigrants and anarchists

• German immigrants and socialist

• Italian immigrants and anarchists

• Italian immigrants and socialists

After World War I, most Americans wanted to avoid future wars by

• Joining the League of Nations

• Excluding Germany from the League of Nations

• Avoiding involvement in European affairs

• Forbidding Germany to rebuild its armed forces

Warren G. Harding won the presidency by appealing to Americans’ desire to

• Reform society

• Become a world power

• Return to normal life after World War I

• Repeal Prohibition

In the Teapot Dome scandal, a government official received bribes for

• Allowing private interests to lease and drill land containing U.S. Navy oil reserves

• Allowing private interests to build industrial sites in national parks

• Allowing lumber companies to cut trees in national forests

• Promising immunity for businessmen who overcharged the U.S. Navy