Ch. 21 Flashcard-The Roaring 20s

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What President had a corrupt-ridden administration at the start of the 1920s?

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Harding

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What trial pitted science versus religion in the 1920s?

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The Scopes Trial

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What activity saw radicals being rounded up all over America by government agents in the early 1920s?

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Palmer Raids

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What group got stereotyped as being "extremist or radical" in the 1920s?

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Immigrants

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The Roaring Twenties were characterized by -

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installment plans, Prohibition, and flappers

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Which phrase best completes the diagram? Options: Prohibition, Isolationism, Red Scare, National Suffrage

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Red Scare

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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 members of the beat generation together, It was literary, artistic, and intellectual movement that sparked a new black cultural identity, It focused attention on the anti-war literary genre

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It was literary, artistic, and intellectual movement that sparked a new black cultural identity

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What was a major influence on the popularity of the flapper during the 1920s? A decline in the number of women working in urban factories, A shift away from the traditional roles of women, An increase in the use of credit and installment plans, A decrease in crime associated with prohibition

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A shift away from the traditional roles of women

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Cartoons such as this one took the position that deportation was necessary because --

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communist were infiltrating the US

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A type of music; it made African-American musicians popular in the 1920’s.

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Jazz