CTHS US HISTORY DW Assessment 2 2025

The Harlem Renaissance led to...

• a sense of pride in African American culture through art, literature and music.

• a rise in racial tensions in the North

• the spread of Jim Crow laws in the North

• the Great Migration

The creation of Prohibition (18th Amendment) had the unintentional effect of

• Increasing the popularity of television and motion pictures.

• Causing increased popularity of radical groups such as the Ku Klux Klan.

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  Causing people to turn to “harder” drugs.

• Creating a network of organized crime that illegally supplied people with alcohol.

Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan argued over the constitutionality of teaching evolution in schools. This trial highlighted the growing conflict between traditionalism and modernism.

• Sacco and Vanzetti Trial

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  Scopes Trial

• Palmer Raids Trial

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  Teapot Dome Trial

Which effect did the Teapot Dome Scandal have on the public's opinion of Warren G. Harding's presidency?

• they saw it as corrupt and unethical and lost faith/trust in the Government

• they embraced his ability to overcome scandal and challenges

• Americans supported Warren G. Harding by electing him to a second term as President

• The American people were were very accepting of a Return to Normalcy

How did Henry Ford's use of the assembly line impact American society?

• it increased the demand for skilled laborers.

• it led Ford to create a monopoly over the auto industry,

• it caused mass layoffs leading to an economic recession.

• it created a mass production ability in factories and assisted in lowering prices.

Why did the "Return to Normalcy" agenda of U.S. presidential candidate Warren G. Harding appeal to many voters in the 1920 election?

• There were significant shortages of military supplies

• There was a decrease in demand for consumer goods

• The public wanted to concentrate on domestic economic issues

• The public wanted to help rebuild war-torn countries

The events of the 1920s listed in the box reflect the influence of-

• civil rights leaders

• growing nativism

• organized crime

• prohibition

Which pull factor contributed to the Great Migration?

• The lower cost of living in urban areas

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  Economic opportunities in industrialized cities in the North, Midwest and West

• Better soil conditions in previously uncultivated areas

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  The availability of land grants for homesteaders

This is the philosophy of eugenics:

• To promote the reproduction of those with "good genes" with others who have "good genes"

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  To promote the reproduction of those with "bad genes" with those who have "bad genes"

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  To promote reproduction

• To promote the reproduction of those with "good genes" with those who have "bad genes"

Teapot Dome Scandal

• The British were upset by the cost of making tea.

• The US government order a tax on tea.

• The President colluded with the Soviet Union in order to traded cheaper natural gas.

• Oil executives bribed interior secretary and got government land in return.