Roaring Twenties & Great Depression/New Deal

What caused the US to go into a brief economic depression after WWI?

• Demobilization and the impacts of switching from a wartime to a peacetime economy

• Industrialization and the growing pains of the US shifting away from an agrarian society

• Dollar Diplomacy lead to the US putting too much of its money into Latin America and disrupted the national budget

• Open Door Policy lead to the US losing all of its global trade partners hurting US exports

The Rejection of the League of Nations and the Emergency Quota Act on immigration showcased what about the US in the 1920s?

• Decreasing militarism

• Increasing isolationism

• decreasing imperialism

• Increasing internationalism

The Dawes Plan describes...

• The US alternative to the League of Nations

• The US plan to end the Great Depression

• The US governments effort to Americanize the Native Americans

• The US making payments to Germany to help them repay their war debts from world war I

Which of the following is an aspect of the US economy during the 1920s?

• A shift in war production to support soldiers

• The growth of middle-class incomes in rural areas

• The decline of automobile sales nationally

• The use of installment plans that allowed many to purchase the new wave of consumer products

Which describes a change in manufacturing practices during the Roaring Twenties?

• Job vacancies in factories led to new opportunities for women and minorities.

• Expanded advertising increased American consumption of goods and services.

• Improved efficiency of the assembly line led to the mass production of consumer goods.

• Ineffective machinery resulted in underproduction and contributed to the Great

  Depression.

Which represents the United States' purpose during the Washington Naval Conference?

• to reduce barriers to international trade

• to work with other nations to prevent future wars

• to form military alliances as a defense against aggression

• to expand American influence over Asia and Latin America

During the 1920s, communist revolution in Russia led to

• The Cold War

• The Red Scare

• Prohibition

• The Great Migration

Sacco and Vanzetti received an unfair trial in the 1920s because..

• The rise of nativism caused many Americans to view immigrants as radical threats to America

• The courts were being influenced by Communist influence in the 1920s

• They were unable to afford a lawyer and one was not appointed to them

The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 was passed to

• Ensure that companies were being fair in their hiring practices

• Limit the amount of weapons the military could posses

• Limit the amount of immigrants that could enter the US

• Limit the amount of people who could immigrate FROM the US

Fundamentalists

• Supported the changes that were being made in American society during the 1920s

• Were against the changes being made to traditional values in American society during the 1920s