Unit 6 Roaring 20's Review

The Roaring Twenties were characterized by --

• internment camps, the rationing of goods, and the first use of an atomic bomb

• bank failure, the New Deal, and bread lines

• installment plans, Prohibition, and flappers

• brinkmanship, McCarthyism, and a policy of containment

Which pull factor contributed to the Great Migration?

• The availability of land grants for homesteaders

• Economic opportunities in industrialized cities

• Better soil conditions in previously uncultivated areas

• The lower cost of living in urban areas

Attorney-General A. Mitchell Palmer conducted a series of raids...The most spectacular of the "Palmer raids" occurred in January 1920.

-- "Start-up of the Department and World War 1, 1913-1921, " U.S. Department of Labor, www.dol.gov (accessed November 21, 2013)

What was the primary reason for the described in this excerpt?

• To prevent workers from joining labor organizations

• To block civil rights advocates from staging public protests

• To suppress the teaching of evolution in colleges

• To halt the spread of communist ideas by radicals

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

• The public wanted to help rebuild war-torn countries.

• 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.

Which of the following was a major contribution of the Harlem Renaissance to U.S. culture?

• It led to the increased popularity of vaudeville stage performers.

• It brought the most significant beat poets together.

• It establish jazz as a prominent musical form.

• It focused attention on the antiwar literary genre.

Which trial saw the conflict between Modernism and Traditionalism?

• Sacco and Vanzetti 
• Scopes Trial
• Schenck v. United States
• Korematsu v. United States

A new breed of young women who wore short skirts, cut their hair into a "bob", and listened and danced to jazz music.

• Suffragists

• Flappers

• Idols

• Models

This amendment gave women the right to vote.

• 15th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

Prohibition was made by what amendment

• 21st amendment

• 14th amendment

• 18th amendment

• 23rd amendment

What is the KKK?

• A group for children to play educational games.
• A political party founded by Abraham Lincoln  
• An organization focused on white supremacy 
• An organization focused on Black supremacy