roaring 20's STAAR

the roaring 20's were characterized by

• internment camps, the rationing of goods, and the first use of the atomic bomb

• bank failures, the new deal, and bread lines

• installment plans, prohibition, flappers

• brinkmanship, McCarthyism, and a policy of containment

the establsihment of speak easies in the 20's was an unintended consequence of which federal government action?

• the taxation of imported luxury goods

• the deportation of suspected communist sympathizers

• the prohibition of the sale of alcoholic beverages

• the implementation of immigration restrictions

what was one way the role of women in society changed during the 1920's?

• they were granted the right to attend public schools

• they were allowed to own property

• they were allowed increased participation in the political process

• they were granted the right to serve in military combat units

what was a major influence on the popularity of the flapper during the 1920's?

• a decline in the number of women working in urban factories

• a shift away from the traditional roles of women

• an increase in the use of credit and installment plans

• a decrease in crime associated with prohibition

what was a result of the social problems presented in this 1917 political cartoon?

• government leaders introduced health-care reform laws

• lobbyists focused attention on the power of corporate monopolies

• women worked to improve conditions in tenement houses

• progressives worked to ratify a prohibition amendment

which inference about the 1920's is supported by this illustration?

• women confronted discrimination in employment and education

• women challenged traditional attitudes and social norms

• reform organizations targeted women's issues

• mass media reflected trends popular in rural communities

what was the primary reason for the raids described in this excerpt?

• to prevent workers from joining labor organizations

• to block civil rights advocates from staging public protests

• to suppress the teaching of evolution in colleges

• to halt the spread of communist ideas by radicals

many progressives opposed social darwinism because it promoted the idea that

• people in lower classes were not capable of economic success

• immigration weakened national unity

• the government should take responsibility for the well being of people

• poverty could be eradicated through increased economic regulation

cartoons such as this one took the position that deportation was necessary because

• assimilation programs in the US had been unsuccessful

• economic decline had increased the competition for jobs

• communists were infiltrating the US

• political machines had too much power in urban areas

which of these resulted from the prohibition of alcohol during the 1920's?

• a decline in immigration rates

• a growing fear of communism

• the expansion of the consumer energy

• the rise of organized crime