Roaring 20s & The Great Depression

What was a immediate effect of the radio?

• help with finances

• mobility for the working class

• improved access to information

• helped women get away from traditional roles

Which of these was NOT a characteristic of the Harlem Renaissance?

• helped to break stereotypes about Blacks

• helped to increase respect for Blacks

• decreased support for the civil rights movement

• increased appreciation for Black art and literature

The Ku Klux Klan was most closely associated with

• nativism

• education

• helping immigrants

• assembly line

Modern 1920s woman who had a new liberated lifestyle (nontraditional)

• floozie

• flapper

• flubber

• flippant

Who did the Palmer Raids target?

• anti-imperialists

• progressives

• communists

• fascists

What amendment gave women the right to vote?

• 16

• 18

• 19

• 21

What amendment banned alcohol (Prohibition)?

• 16

• 18

• 19

• 21

Why was the 1920s known as the "Roaring 20s?"

• huge increase in immigration which led to fighting

• economic depression

• people were free to drink and party at their leisure

• it was a time of cultural and social changes

What kind of people were targeted during the Red Scare?

• anarchists and socialists

• socialist candidates

• people with freedom of speech who talk bad about the government

What was one of the biggest reasons why the American economy boomed in the 1920s?

• mass production led to goods being made faster and an increase in supply

• the arrest of criminals who wouldn't stop killing people

• the banning of alcohol

• giving women the right to vote