Unit 5: The Roaring Twenties — Complete STAAR-Style Test

Which movement involved millions of African Americans leaving the South to find jobs and equality in Northern cities?

• The Great Migration

• The Harlem Renaissance

• The Civil Rights Movement

• The Second Great Migration

Henry Ford’s use of the assembly line most changed life for consumers by —

• lowering prices so more people could afford products

• reducing product quality

• slowing factory production

• limiting business competition

Which fear caused Americans to support the Red Scare in the 1920s?

• Communism spreading to the United States

• Economic depression

• Excessive immigration

• Corruption in politics

People who supported keeping the Chinese Exclusion Act in place were known as —

• Nativists

• Progressives

• Abolitionists

• Reformers

What was one result of installment buying during the 1920s?

• Americans purchased more items than they could afford

• Consumer spending decreased

• Taxes rose sharply

• Prices on goods increased

The Teapot Dome and Watergate scandals both led Americans to —

• lose trust in government leaders

• demand higher taxes

• limit presidential powers

• support one political party

Which African American leader promoted the idea of a separate Black nation instead of integration?

• Marcus Garvey

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• Frederick Douglass

• Booker T. Washington

What was one result of Henry Ford’s mass production of automobiles?

• Growth of suburbs outside major cities

• Decline of urban areas

• Reduction in road construction

• Fewer factory jobs

Which achievement made Charles Lindbergh famous in the 1920s?

• First solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic

• First person to walk on the moon

• Building the Empire State Building

• Designing the assembly line

Writers of the “Lost Generation” expressed —

• disillusionment and disappointment after World War I

• pride in modern technology

• faith in government leadership

• anger at traditional values