Roaring 20's and Great Depression

President Warren Harding's call for a "return to normalcy" meant the United States should

• limit the number of exports

• expand efforts to end racial discrimination

• support women's suffrage

• reduce its role in world affairs

Which change in buying habits of American consumers occurred during the 1920s?

• The number of credit purchases increased.

• Preferences for imported goods greatly increased.

• Locally made products were preferred over national brands.

• Homemade products experienced a revival in popularity.

The “flappers” of the 1920s gained public attention mainly because they

• fought for the right of women to vote

• often refused to conform to society’s expectations

• fled the United States to live in Europe

• worked for equal status in employment

What was a major result of Prohibition in the United States during the 1920s?

• restriction of immigration

• increase in organized crime

• destruction of family values

• growth of communism

The Harlem Renaissance was important to American society because it

• isolated African Americans from mainstream society

• provided new political opportunities for African Americans

• highlighted the cultural achievements of African Americans

• brought an end to racial segregation in the North

The Scopes trial of 1925 illustrated the

• desire for new voting rights laws

• need for better private schools

• conflict between Protestant fundamentalism and science

• effects of the Red Scare on the legal system

During the 1920s, installment buying, income inequality, and stock market speculation were all

• introductions of supply-side economics

• a return of laissez-faire economic principles

• economic weaknesses that led to the Great Depression

• decisions to lower tariff rates

During the 1920s, which economic trend helped cause the Great Depression?

• buying goods on credit

• saving rather than spending

• continuing shortages of consumer goods

• imposing low tariffs on imported products

Which group of Americans generally failed to experience the economic prosperity of the 1920s?

• farmers

• retailers

• consumers

• manufacturers

Which economic factor contributed most directly to the start of the Great Depression?

• decreasing tariff rates

• low worker productivity

• high income taxes

• buying stocks on margin