EOC Review: U10 1920s

“We [Sacco and Vanzetti] were tried during a time that has now passed into history…a time when there was a hysteria of resentment and hate against the people of our principles, against the foreigner, against slackers…”     --from Sacco and Vanzetti’s Last Statement

Using the quote above, which of the following best explains an effect of World War I.

• increased crime rates

• increased fear of foreigners

• Passage of the 18th amendment

• The beginning of the Great Depression

Using the graph, what did all of the demobilization treaties at the Washington Conference have in common?

• They created secret military alliances between the former Allies and Central Powers.

• They were attempts at promoting world peace and naval disarmament to prevent future conflicts

• They were attempts at promoting world peace without the efforts of the League of Nations.

• They were unenforced and ultimately, they all failed.

Which action best demonstrated the United States effort to isolate itself from European conflicts after World War I?

• lowering tariff rates

• attempting to improve relations with Asia

• failing to sign international disarmament agreements

• refusing to join the League of Nations

Which events best support the image of the 1920’s as a decade of nativist sentiment?

• the passage of the National Origins Act and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan

• the Scopes trial and the passage of women’s suffrage

• the Washington Naval Conference and the Kellogg-Briand Pact

• the growth of the auto industry and the Teapot Dome Affair

The economic boom and the financial speculation of the 1920’s were caused in part by

• installment buying and an unregulated stock market

• the expansion of civil rights to women and minorities

• the mobilization of the economy for war

• increased government restrictions on big business

What did African American writers, artists, and musicians hope to achieve during the Harlem Renaissance?

• To display their ability as conscientious workers in the workplace

• To show that the pursuit of material success can often lead to tragedy

• To demonstrate that African Americans could produce great works of literature and art

• To reveal that conditions for African Americans in the South were almost as bad as in the North

What did the rejection of the League of Nations, the higher tariffs imposed by the Fordney-McCumber Act, and the Emergency Quota Act all point to during the early 1920’s?

• increasing militarism

• increasing isolationism

• increasing militarism

• increasing imperialism

What do the philosophies of DuBois, Washington, and Garvey suggest about African American civil rights?

• African Americans believed that racial equality could not be achieved in the United States.

• Only Booker T. Washington felt that whites would accept African Americans as equals.

• Conditions were generally acceptable to the African American community as they were.

• Frustrations with continuing inequality led African Americans to fight discrimination in different ways.