STAAR Review Roaring 20's

The Roaring Twenties were characterized by --

• internment camps, the rationing of goods, and the first use of the atomic bomb

• bank failures, the New Deal, and bread lines

• installment plans, Prohibition, and flappers

• brinkmanship, McCarthyism, and a policy of containment

The establishment of speakeasies in the 1920s was an unintended consequence of which federal government action?

• The taxation of imported luxury goods

• The deportation of suspected communist sympathizers

• The prohibition of the sale of alcoholic beverages

• The implementation of immigration restrictions

Which inference about the 1920s is supported by this illustration?

• Women confronted discrimination in employment and education.

• Women challenged traditional attitudes and social norms.

• Reform organizations targeted women's issues.

• Mass media reflected trends popular in rural communities.

What was the primary reason for the raids described in this excerpt?

• To prevent workers from joining labor organizations

• To block civil rights advocates from staging public protests

• To suppress the teaching of evolution in colleges

• To halt the spread of communist ideas by radicals

Many Progressives opposed social Darwinism because it promoted the idea that --

• people in lower classes were not capable of economic success

• immigration weakened national unity

• the government should take responsibility for the well-being of people

• poverty could be eradicated through increased economic regulation

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

• assimilation programs in the U.S. had been unsuccessful

• economic decline had increased the competition for jobs

• communists were infiltrating the U.S.

• political machines had too much power in urban areas

Which of these resulted from the prohibition of alcohol during the 1920s?

• A decline in immigration rates

• A growing fear of communism

• The expansion of the consumer economy

• The rise of organized crime

This excerpt illustrates Harding's campaign promise to be a president who would --

• help the country recover from the turmoil of the previous decade

• refuse to allow the continuation of laissez-faire economic policies

• use diplomacy to establish alliances with other countries

• improve economic growth by promoting unrestricted immigration

During the 1920s, Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan were most closely identified with the --

• increased use of credit by U.S. consumers

• development of new forms of popular entertainment

• decline of public support for Progressive reforms

• conflict between modernism and traditionalism

What was the primary reason for the demographic shift described in this excerpt?

• Increased demand for sharecroppers in the North

• Limited economic opportunities for African Americans in the South

• Increased availability of manufactured goods in the North

• A lack of educational institutions for African Americans in the South