USHC 6 Harlem Renaissance to Nativism

Which idea does this advertisement BEST reflect?

• Installment plans enabled many people to purchase the latest home appliances.

• Home appliances enabled women to work outside the home.

• Flappers were women who used new appliances to do housework.

• Advertisements were geared towards only the wealthiest Americans.

How did the Red Scare and the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan all impact America in the 1920s?

• Socialism increased nationwide.

• Racism became more widespread.

• Xenophobia grew out of nativism.

• Urbanization led to ethnic neighborhoods.

Why did many United States farmers fail to benefit from the economic prosperity of the 1920s?

• No technological advances were made in agriculture

• Levels of farm production declined.

• Farm exports were heavily taxed.

• Agricultural goods were overproduced.

After World War I, which factor was a major cause of the migration of many African Americans to the North?

• The start of the Harlem Renaissance

• Decreased job opportunities in northern cities

• To escape poverty and de jure segregation in the South

• Federal government job training programs

Which of the following events would have most likely been a result of the movement described in this image?

• The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1965

• The ratification of the 19th Amendment

• The beginning of the National Recovery Act

• The repeal of the Prohibition Amendment

Which of the following best reflects the decade of the 1920s?

• Foreign trade prospering after World War I

• The United States assuming a leadership role in world affairs

• Political reforms that made government more democratic

• Widespread social and economic change occurred

Which pair of circumstances represents an accurate cause-and-effect relationship?

• Establishment of Jim Crow Laws ---> Beginning of Reconstruction

• Dred Scott Decision ---> Passage of the Fugitive Slave Law

• Closing of the Frontier ---> Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad

• Technology and the automobile---> Movement from the city to the suburbs

How did Flappers look to deviate from the traditional norms of 1920s American society?

• They were able to secure equal pay for equal work

• After ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, they were given equality under the law.

• They dressed more provocatively and pushed the envelope on moral behavior.

• They discouraged female membership in national unions.

How was the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s different from the Ku Klux Klan following the Civil War?

• They abandoned the violent intimidation tactics of its predecessor in favor of economic boycotts.

• They found most of their support in the rural South due to the migration blacks North.

• They targeted Catholic and Jewish immigrants, as well as African Americans and Prohibition violators.

• They became increasingly popular among Hispanic and Asian populations on the West Coast.