Copy of Unit 6 Test "The Roaring 20's"

1.

• Morals and values changed with women more than any other social group.
• A fear of communism emerged throughout the United States.
• Prohibition became an instant success in solving many of the nation’s problems.
• The government’s return to laissez-faire ideals helped to allow businesses to prosper.

2.

• They are all factors that encouraged new democratic voting procedures.
• They are all factors contributing to the American fear of communism.
• They are all factors that encouraged international trade amongst members of the League of Nations.
• They are all concerned with promoting government assistance programs in the United States.

3.

• The U.S. government made efforts to protect the beliefs and ideas that helped form America.
• The U.S. government chose to become more involved with foreign entanglements.
• The U.S. government passed legislation to ensure consumer protection and health.
• The U.S. government encouraged new forms of foreign political influence.

4.

• There were fewer restrictions on immigrants.
• There were greater opportunities for employment.
• There were fewer demands by political machines.
• There were greater opportunities for property ownership.

5.

• All of these events led to a decrease in support for political change in the workforce.
• All of these events led to an increase in support of child labor laws across the country.
• All of these events led to a decrease in the number of factories in northern cities.
• All of these events led to the increase in the standard of living experienced by most Americans.

6. Which of the following statements best describes an effect of the U.S. automobile industry’s growth during the 1920s?

• The average purchase price for a new car increased.
• The population in urban areas decreased in comparison to rural areas.
• Oil and steel production in the United States increased.
• The construction of paved roads increased across the country.

7.

• Harding supported increasing business expansion and consumer manufacturing.
• Harding supported American participation in the League of Nations.
• Harding supported increasing government regulation of industry and agriculture.
• Harding supported expanding colonial holdings in the Caribbean.

8. Which of the following best describes the increase in labor strikes after the end of World War I?

• Numerous labor strikes following the war were an attempt to allow women to keep their jobs.
• Numerous labor strikes following the war were an attempt to demand higher wages and better conditions.
• Numerous labor strikes following the war were an attempt to discourage other workers from joining unions.
• Numerous labor strikes following the war were attempts to protest against child labor.

9.

• Race riots following World War I were caused by police brutality.
• Race riots following World War I were due to disenfranchisement.
• Race riots following World War I were due to competition for jobs and housing in the inner cities.
• Race riots following World War I were due to the Jim Crow Laws in the South.

10. Which factors were the major causes of the Red Scare and Palmer Raids that followed World War I?

• The success of the Communist Party of America in U.S. congressional and presidential elections.
• The increase in race riots across the country along with the rise of the Ku Klux Klan.
• The successful Bolshevik Revolution in Russia and the rise of radical labor unions such as the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
• The failure of the United States to join the League of Nations and the unpaid German war debts.