Roaring 20's & Great Depression Review

After WWI, a “return to normalcy” meant:

• an end to isolationism

• a return to life as it had been before WWI

• a return to Prohibition

• an end to US immigration

Presidents Harding and Coolidge believed that the prosperity of all Americans depended on:

• the success of American businesses

• the importing of goods from foreign countries

• the passage of the 18th amendment

• an end to immigration restrictions

An increase in gas stations, tourist cabins, and restaurants was a result of:

• the Harlem Renaissance

• the 19th amendment

• The Red Scare

• the growing auto industry

In 1920, women won the right to:

• equal pay

• join labor unions

• work in factories

• vote

The Quota System was established to:

• stop anyone from leaving the United States

• increase immigration from Mexico

• set limits on immigration

• help foreigners assimilate more easily

Attorney General Palmer asserted there were 60,000 Communists at large, enough to bring the republic down. This quote expresses the fear which led to:

• the alliance system

• the return of the Ku Klux Klan

• nativism

• the Red Scare

The Sacco and Vanzetti Trial and the actions of the KKK showed that:

• Americans still blamed the Germans for WWI

• A strong fear of immigrants existed in America

• Less discrimination against African Americans existed in the North

• City people were more agreeable to change than farmers

Which of the following did NOT change American life in the 1920s?

• movies

• automobiles

• television

• radio

Which event happened last?

• Franklin Roosevelt takes office

• The stock market crashes

• Prohibition amendment passes

• Ford uses the assembly line

The Charleston, jazz music, flappers and flagpole sitting were all:

• outlawed during the 1920s

• causes of the Great Depression

• brought to America by soldiers returning from WWI

• popular fads during the 1920s