US History Roaring 20's

Complete the following paragraph about the movements and events that contributed to social change during the 1920s:

At the end of World War I, the 19th Amendment ________, the Immigration Act was an unsuccessful political act met with increased illegal activities and pushback by citizens. Pushbacks against a white male American identity included the suffrage and civil rights movements. The Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to urban cities in the North led to the Harlem Renaissance the Pan-African Movement the Niagara Movement, which represented an increased sense of freedom, creativity, and prosperity for African Americans in the US.

The Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to urban cities in the North led to

_______________, which represented an increased sense of freedom, creativity, and prosperity for African Americans in the US.

• the New Deal
• the Harlem Renaissance
• the Reconstruction Era
• the Civil Rights Movement

Which is NOT how women showed that their perspectives of themselves had changed after the women's suffrage movement?

• by beginning to gather with men in bars

• • by living alone in cities

• by getting married at a younger age

• • by attending college

Which three statements accurately describe the effects of the economic policies on individuals?

• White men working in the car industries went bankrupt due to overextension of bank loans.

• Many immigrants took low paying jobs, which led to a decrease in pay for all employees.

• Many farmers were bankrupt due to the overproduction.

• Many African Americans had a difficult time getting jobs because of all-white policies.

Which two factors exhibit the additional impacts of the suffrage movement and the 19th Amendment?

• women taking on more non-traditional roles

• equal pay for women

• flappers changing gender roles

• women paying a poll tax

Which three pairs of concepts best describe the Roaring 20s?

• immigrants and minorities

• capitalism and communism

• women and men

• • innovation and urbanization

Read the excerpt below:

"America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration; not agitation, but adjustment; not surgery, but serenity; not the dramatic, but the dispassionate; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality." - President Warren G. Harding

Which conclusion can you draw from this excerpt of President Harding's speech about returning to "normalcy"?

• 
  Harding was seeking a peace between the US and their international allies after the war.

• Harding was seeking to inspire a return to national pride and peace after the war.

• Harding was seeking to acknowledge veterans after the war.

• Harding was seeking to encourage citizens to end protests and rebuild the economy.

What was a primary reason why the Immigration Act was passed?

• A decline in wages for citizens

• a fear of communism

• To establish stricter border security measures.
• a fear of overseas wars

Match the following

• Henry Gerber

• • NAACP

• W. E. B. Du Bois

• ACLU

• Hellen Keller

• • Society for Human Rights

What were three results of new innovations in the Roaring 20s?

• It gave people more time for leisure activities.

• It gave people an opportunity for higher wages.

• • It changed the way women viewed themselves.

• It made long-distance relationships easier.