Social Change in the 1920s

Which event do these newspapers describe?

• Cold War

• Red Scare

• Prohibition

• Great Migration

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Women had many new experiences as a result of World War I, including working at new jobs, wearing new fashions, and acting more independently. What other new change came to women just after World War I?

• the right to vote

• equal pay for equal work

• the right to serve in military combat

• the right to drink alcoholic beverages

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Which group did not generally participate in the economic boom of the 1920s?

• manufacturers and real estate developers

• stock brokers and automobile workers

• bankers and constructions workers

• minorities and railroad workers

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Why was there racial unrest in Northern cities after World War I?

• African Americans had been given the right to vote for the first time.

• African American baseball players were being allowed to play on previously all-white teams.

• The arrival of large numbers of immigrants from Eastern Europe caused tension with African Americans.

• The migration of African Americans and returning African American veterans created greater competition for jobs and housing.

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Which best describes the activities of the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s?

• successfully achieved control of both the Congress and the Presidency

• assisted Marcus Garvey in transporting African Americans "back to Africa"

• were mainly directed at preventing African Americans from voting in the South

• promoted anti-immigrant, anti-African American, anti-Catholic, and anti-Jewish sentiments

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What do the philosophies of Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Marcus Garvey suggest?

• African American believed that racial equality could not be achieved in the United States

• Only Booker T. Washington felt that whites would accept African Americans as equals

• Conditions were generally acceptable to the African American community as they were

• Frustrations with continuing inequality led African Americans to fight discrimination in different ways

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Which was an important goal of African American writers, artists, and musicians during the Harlem Renaissance?

• to display their ability as conscientious workers in the workplace

• to show that the pursuit of material success can often lead to tragedy

• to demonstrate that African Americans could produce great works of literature and art

• to reveal that conditions for African Americans in the South were almost as bad as in the North

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The excerpt below is from the 18th Amendment.

"After one year from the ratification of this article, the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, [or] the importation thereof into... the United States... for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited."

Which of these groups in American society sought to overturn this amendment?

• Fundamentalist Christians in rural areas

• immigrants and the residents of large cities

• American gangsters smuggling in illegal liquor

• women members of the Temperance Movement

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What was a significant cultural impact of the Harlem Renaissance?

• It caused a decline in African American participation in politics.

• It resulted in the immediate economic prosperity of African American communities.

• It fostered a new sense of racial pride and identity among African Americans.

• It led to the end of racial segregation in the United States.

Which factor contributed to the economic challenges faced by farmers in the 1920s?

• Overproduction and falling crop prices

• Increased demand for agricultural products

• Government subsidies and support

• High tariffs on imported goods