The Roaring 20s Review

The Harlem Renaissance was

• an example of the demographic shift from North to South

• a popular New York City jazz club

• the name of Charles Lindbergh’s airplane

• an African American literary and musical awakening

The Emergency Quota Act and feelings of isolationism were created in part because of

• strong feelings of Sectionalism within the nation

• the nation’s belief in Manifest Destiny

• a desire for American colonization abroad

• strong feelings of Nativism and Xenophobia

Using your knowledge of American History, which of the following were NOT targets of the newly revived KKK?

• Immigrants

• Catholics

• Protestants

• Jews

During the 1920’s many Hispanics began settling in the United States into neighborhoods known as?

• Suburbs

• Barrios

• Ghettos

• Boroughs

The Red Scare of the 1920s was fueled by the fear that

• another world war might begin

• Communist ideas might spread in the United States

• Italian immigrants might start illegal businesses

• workers’ strikes might take a violent turn

After World War I throughout the 1920's ALL Americans saw a substantial increase in their wages and income which allowed for a boom in spending.

• True

• False

A major reason for the depressed economic conditions of farmers in the 1920s was

• the nation imported cheaper wheat from the Soviet Union

• the war had led to an overproduction of agricultural goods

• a rise in the cost of grain due to a shortage in seeds

• the use of inefficient production methods

A major reason for the consumerism of the 1920s was that

• the federal government encouraged labor to organize

• minimum wage laws expanded buying power

• advertising, installment plans and credit encouraged buying

• enforcement of anti-trust resulted in higher prices

President Calvin Coolidge's quote, "the business of America is business" illustrates the commitment of government in the 1920's to a return to

• laissez-faire economics

• Keynesian economics

• Socialism

• reformed capitalism

During the 1920s, controversies concerning the Scopes Trial, national Prohibition, and the behavior of flappers were all evidence that during this decade

• the reformer spirit of the Progressive movement was as strong as ever.

• racial and gender relations between began to improve

• there was conflict between old and new National ideals

• the country was more receptive to socialist ideas.