The Roaring 20s Test Review 2022

Following the Teapot Dome Scandal, American people ________

• Began to cast votes for the Democratic Party
• Challenged the beliefs of the Progressive Party
• Began to distrust elected officials
• Challenged the validity of the electoral colleges

For which of the following are Marcus Garvey, founder of the United Negro Improvement Association known?

• promoting the resettlement of American Blacks in Africa
• all of these
• cultivating feelings of self-confidence and self-reliance among Blacks
• promoting Black-owned businesses

What was the Indian Citizenship Act?

• Gave Native Americans the right to American citizenship.
• The right for DC residents to vote in Presidential elections
• “ vote shall not be denied … on account of sex.”
• allowed Native Americans the right to vote

What was the effect of the new convenience inventions of the 1920s?

• more people were able to buy goods and services
• freedom for the American housewife
• a market for low cost, high efficiency appliances
• a modernization of the European household

This information supports the idea that immigration laws were designed to do what?

• Reduce immigration from specific regions
• Admit skilled workers
• Encourage immigration from Southern Europe
• Stop illegal entry into the country

In the U.S., the 1920s was characterized by ______

• A willingness to encourage immigration
• Increased consumer borrowing and spending
• Active involvement in European affairs
• Major reforms in national labor legislation

Which is an accurate cause/effect relationship?

• Sacco & Vanzetti trial/Ratification of women's suffrage

• Establishment of speakeasies/Prohibition

• Red Scare/Demand limits on immigration

• High food prices/Start of Great Depression

Public disregard for Prohibition indicates that ____

• The film industry influences public opinion
• System of checks and balances does not work
• Trying to govern public morality is met with resistence
• Citizens have little respect for laws

The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s was a period when African Americans ________

• Left the U.S. to settle in Nigeria
• Created works of art and literature
• Migrated North and West for land and jobs
• Fought segregation in the Armed Forces

Which viewpoint did Clarence Darrow represent in the Scopes Trial?

• Fundamentalism has no place in public classroom
• Evolutionary theory has not been proven by science
• Traditional values have lasted because they are true
• Scientific research will support basic beliefs of religion